(with whom he toured on the 2004 Vote for Change tour with R.E.M. and Bruce Springsteen), Jenny Lewis (whose debut solo album Rabbit Fur Coat he co-produced), and My Morning Jacket. In 2005, Ward was – along with Aaron Burtch, Jason Lytle and Jim Fairchild from Grandaddy, Scout Niblett, Marie Frank or Jeremy Gara – involved in Howe Gelb's project called Arizona Amp and Alternator, which had officially no band members but a lot of guest musicians (M. Ward's voice can be recognized on the track "Aaaa(3)"). In 2006, he helped produce and contributed a song to the John Fahey tribute album I Am the Resurrection. He also appears on Norah Jones' album Not Too Late, performing backing vocals and guitar on "Sinkin' Soon", and toured as the opener and a member of her "Handsome Band" for the album in the spring of 2007. Also his cover of David Bowie's song "Let's Dance" is featured on the soundtrack of the 2007 New Zealand film Eagle vs Shark. Ward was previously a member of the band Rodriguez with Kyle Field of Little Wings and Mike Funk of Echodrone. Their album Swing Like a Metronome was released in 2000 and produced by Jason Lytle of Grandaddy. Songs or compositions written by M. Ward have been recorded or performed by: Bright Eyes ("Seashell tale"), Feist ("Post war"), Catpower ("Sad sad song"), Carrie Rodriguez ("Eyes on the prize"), Grandaddy ("Fishing boat song"), Lloyd Cole ("Chinese translation"), Gillian Welch and Dave Rawlings ("One life away" "Fuel for fire"), Norah Jones (Lullaby + exile"), and She and Him ("Magic trick"). In 2013, Ward contributed guitar work to the Neko Case album The Worse Things Get, The Harder I Fight, The Harder I Fight, The More I Love You. Neko noted on her September 2, 2013, appearance on Comedy Bang! Bang! that Ward not only contributed but was "paid in full". Selected discography Solo albums Duet for Guitars #2 (1999) End of Amnesia (2001) (reissued 2013) Transfiguration of Vincent (2003) Transistor Radio (2005) Post-War (2006) (#146 U.S.) Hold Time (2009) (#31 U.S.) A Wasteland Companion (2012) (#21 U.S., No. 106 U.K.) More Rain (2016) What a Wonderful Industry (2018) Migration Stories (2020) Think of Spring (2020) EPs Scene from No. 12 (I Ain't Sleeping) (2000) To Go Home (2007) She and Him Volume One (2008) (#71 U.S.) Volume Two (2010) (#6 U.S.) A Very She & Him