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Joey Ryan of The Milk Carton Kids on Hotel Noise Complaints and a Triumphant First Gig

Tuesday, August 25, 2020 By Mayer Danzig

Milk Carton Kids’ Joey Ryan talks about sad baskets of bananas, making mistakes, and the importance of arts funding.

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Folk, Interviews, Why It Matters Tagged With: The Milk Carton Kids

Americana Music Awards – 2018 Edition

Tuesday, September 25, 2018 By Shawn Underwood

As has become tradition in the middle of September, the Americana Music Festival rolled into Nashville earlier this month.  The opening of the festival used to be the Awards show at the fabulous Ryman Auditorium, but over the past couple of years the festival has outgrown its 4 day window and this year you could start […]

Filed Under: Americana, Americana Music Conference, Country, Folk, Pop, Reviews, Rock, Soul/R&B Tagged With: Brandi Carlile, Buddy Miller, Fantastic Negrito, Irma Thomas, Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, Lukas Nelson, Nathaniel Rateliff, Roseanne Cash, The Milk Carton Kids, Tyler Childers

Readers’ Pick: The Milk Carton Kids – All the Things…

Friday, July 06, 2018 By Tom Osborne

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You picked All the Things That I Did and All the Things That I Didn’t Do by folk duo, The Milk Carton Kids, as your favorite new release for the week of June 29, 2018. Poll Results New Releases Did we miss something? If you feel a new release is missing from our current poll, […]

Filed Under: Readers' Pick Tagged With: The Milk Carton Kids

Americana 2017: Mayer’s Picks (Part 2)

Wednesday, September 27, 2017 By Mayer Danzig

Every fall, The Americana Music Association gathers members, artists and music fans together in Nashville for its annual conference. Starting with the annual Americana Music Awards and continuing through four days of showcases and panel discussions, it is a tremendous celebration of Americana music. Here are but a few of my favorite performers and performances […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Americana Music Conference, Bluegrass, Country, Folk, Indie, Pop, Rock Tagged With: Brian Wright, David Ramirez, Graham Nash, Jack Ingram, Josh Ritter, Matthew Ryan, Ricky Scaggs, The Milk Carton Kids, The Texas Gentlemen, The Wild Reeds

Monday Morning Video – Joe Pug and the Milk Carton Kids Cover Tom Petty

Monday, May 25, 2015 By Mayer Danzig

The Newport Folk Festival will soon be upon us. Here’s a flashback to one of last year’s late night shows that featured Joe Pug and the Milk Carton Kids covering Tom Petty’s “Time To Move On.”

Filed Under: Acoustic, Videos Tagged With: Joe Pug, The Milk Carton Kids

Folk Alliance Conference 2015 – The Scene and The Sounds

Wednesday, March 04, 2015 By Mayer Danzig

Twangville made its first trip to the annual Folk Alliance Conference a few weeks ago. The event brought hundreds of musicians to Kansas City for four days of music. And more music. And more music. Folk Alliance is unlike any other festival or conference one can attend. Sure, like most conferences it features topical sessions […]

Filed Under: Folk Alliance, News, Reviews Tagged With: Christopher Paul Stelling, Dan Bern, Dom Flemons, Drivin' N' Cryin', Kevn Kinney, Matt the Electrician, Session Americana, The Milk Carton Kids

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