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Artist
Kristen Ward
12+ albums
singer-songwriterfemale vocalistsalt-folknorthwestunder 2000 listeners
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Kristen Ward can’t help but smile when mentioning her co-production effort alongside Seattle producer, Brad Zeffren to make her most recent album, “Charles”. The album was recorded entirely in a 70’s era Seattle apartment and was Ward’s first serious recording experience outside of the big studio. “We wanted to do something really different”, she says, “And that’s what we got, a much more intimate record”. With the exception of a haunting trumpet solo by Billy Joe Huels (The Dusty 45’s), the record was performed entirely by Kristen Ward and Gary Westlake, her right-hand man and beloved guitarist whose credits include work with Peter Frampton, Maurice and the Clichés, Pearl Jam, and Jim Carroll. “The album is a product of my life and could be properly expressed through the very close musical connection I share with Gary”, Ward says. “Gary and I worked on some of those songs for months. Some for years”. In 2009, Kristen and her band were moving full-steam ahead through the pre-production of “Last Night on Division”, Ward’s much anticipated rock record. The record was to be her third, but things took a sudden turn. Ward shrugs, “ I suppose there were some things I needed to get out. Some things I had to say before I could do a rock record, and I’m glad for it”. “Charles”, the dreamy and evocative follow-up to Ward’s 2008 sophomore release, “Drive Away”, makes you feel as if you have stepped into a different world altogether. The record channels a certain nostalgia throu
