Milk Carton Kids

Something for the weekend: Aoife O’Donovan ft. The Milk Carton Kids “More Than We Know”

July 23, 2021 Mark Whitfield 0

Well that’s it from us for another week and we leave you dear reader with a new collaboration between longtime AUK favourites the Milk Carton Kids and Irish-American singer and Grammy award-winning songwriter Aoife O’Donovan, best […]

Black Deer 2022 announces its line-up

July 22, 2021 Mark Whitfield 0

Black Deer Festival has had arguably more runs than any other at trying to give us a weekend of americana in the sun, with 3 dates over the last year and a bit cancelled, so it’s […]

AUK’s Chain Gang: The Milk Carton Kids “Hope of a Lifetime”

September 14, 2020 Paul Campbell 0

“Can’t Do Much” was the refrain of the last Chain Gang piece, and indeed there are times when the odds are overwhelming, and you will not overcome. What music can express this and provide the soundtrack […]

The Milk Carton Kids with Josh Ritter “Losing Battles”

March 6, 2020 Mark Whitfield 0

We leave you this week dear reader with a song that actually came out a few months ago but has been re-released today in an acoustic format on Spotify, and since Spotify is uber-irritating to embed […]

UK Americana Awards 2020 adds Shingai to its line-up

January 14, 2020 Mark Whitfield 0

The AMAUKs are only 2 weeks away and there are still a handful of tickets left if you haven’t got yours yet. It’s the fifth annual shindig which forms part of AmericanFest which returns to Hackney […]