Excelling at the art of making uncompromising folk music put Americana-beloved veteran duo The Milk Carton Kids in an unimaginably compromised position. The tandem of Kenneth Pattengale and Joey Ryan ...

When they first hosted the Americana Honors & Awards back in 2018, the Milk Carton Kids performed an original song titled "What Even Is Americana," a quippy, self-reflective musing on the state of one ...

The Milk Carton Kids are set to release their first new album in four years this spring and are giving eager listeners a preview of what's to come with their new single "When You're Gone." Released ...

Think back for a moment to when you were a kid. When you didn't have so many commitments. When the stakes didn't feel so high. When you could play for hours just for the sake of playing. That's sort ...

“Getting back feels great because it’s been so long for everybody,” says Milk Carton Kid Joey Ryan, reflecting on the past year. For all artists, not being able to play live shows has been especially ...

Joey Ryan and Kenneth Pattengale of the Milk Carton Kids capture the fleeting nature of time on their seventh album “I Only See the Moon.” The indie folk duo has dedicated plenty of time supporting ...

Originally conceived as the union of two otherwise obscure singer/songwriters, Joey Ryan and Kenneth Pattengale, Milk Carton Kids has evolved over the past decade into one of the more popular ...

THE ASH & CLAY, Grammy-nominated for Best Folk Album 2014, out now. VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE The Foreword to The Ash & Clay by Joe Henry The good doctor William Carlos Williams famously wrote that “the ...

The Milk Carton Kids are still going strong after 14 years of sad songs (that might secretly be hopeful) Credit: Photo by Brendan Pattengale This February, we all get an extra 24 hours to enjoy – and ...

In the dozen years that the Milk Carton Kids have played their modern folk music in towns and cities around the world, the folk festivals always felt best to singer-guitarists Joey Ryan and Kenneth ...

Kenneth Pattengale and Joey Ryan have been writing and working together as The Milk Carton Kids since 2011. In that time they have released five records, been included in various small and big screen ...