FACTS, MEDIA, AND LIES

Illustration by E.J. Pettinger                                                    

Quotes that make us seem cool

"Whether its the tolling bells of deathbed fevers, the loping swagger of a stranger in town walking down mainstreet as every gunslinger in town stops and stares, or the wagon trains of woe rolling past desolate, arid, landscapes on a breeze of radiation, Ward and his Hillfolkers flow through the last wisps of a world gone very wrong for the protagonist with crooked, receding grins at reapers grim and eager as they transcend the alt.country hokum with a full-tilt-off-kilter medicine show of captivating enchantment that should diffuse beyond the canyons, badlands and sad-swaying hillsides of Idaho."

-Medicine Stu, Maverick Magazine

"To authentic to be considered alt anything."
"Ward is an evocative, charismatic singer-songwriter who embraces diverse shards of Americana"
"Time warped kaleidoscopes –sparse, historically reverent and pretty terrific."
-Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman

"Much better than the crap on the radio"
-Amy Garrett, Boise Weekly

" Ward’s lyrical songwriting and the bandstands walking rhythms create original songs so true to our musical heritage, you’d swear these tunes date from a lost era of open space, boxcar wisdom and the wobblies."
Best Blues Band 2002
Boise Weekly

T.W. has what many musicians lack: soul (and a hefty dose of talent)
Best acoustic musician 2002
Boise Weekly

"I Move On is the best song I’ve ever heard."
2005
-E.J. Pettinger

Country rock, then more folksy, then something that sounds like Tom Waits, and then something that could have come out of late-60’s San Francisco."
-Rob Christensen, Tape Op

"You guys sound like Johnny Cash on Robitussin"
2005
Ryan, Pengilly's bartender

"This music is good, and it's drawn from the same pool as the music of Woody Guthrie, Johnny 
Cash, and Bob Dylan." 2004-Justin Prescott Arbiter

"Ward's greatest contribution to Idaho music is his ability to craft a perfect sentence, rhyme or list of objects to jerk a listener back into western focus." 2005-Nicholas Collias Weekly

"It's all genuine and heartfelt. He's pulling off the most difficult of musical tasks - making an old style fresh, allowing you to experience the Delta Blues, Midwest Folk, Protest Songs, Countrified ballads in an engaging new manner."
2005-Chris Winn-Boise Journal

To see clippings from newspapers and magazines
contact Rose Ward at 208-433-9306
She has the whole catalog from the last 34 years 
including: high school awards, tickets, report cards with F's,
pictures of Travis with Mullets, and much much more.
Please don't call her...

Booking @ t.ward@msn.com