The Milk Carton Kids

Completing their seventh studio album was a hard-won victory for The Milk Carton Kids, but 2023’s  I Only See the Moon was worth the effort for Kenneth Pattengale and Joey Ryan. “It feels like returning to something that’s natural and comfortable, and also just as inspiring and new as when we first met,” says Pattengale, who formed the duo with Ryan in 2011.

This latest recording reflects a distillation of the essence of The Milk Carton Kids: simply two voices blended together in spellbinding harmony, accompanied by subtly perfect acoustic instrumentation in the hands of virtuosic players. 

Since forming, they enjoyed a rapid ascension to the top of the indie folk world. Their 2013 record, Ash and Clay, received a Grammy Nomination for Best Folk Album, and they were nominated for Group of the Year by the Americana Music Association. In 2014 they performed and recorded live over two nights with Joe Henry and Over the Rhine with new music inspired by the Great American Soundtrack; their third album Monterey was released in 2015 to critical acclaim, showing that the pair are very much at the top of their genre.

Live on stage in the park, you’ll get to revel in the full Milk Carton Kids experience: you’ll hear spine-tingling harmonies, brilliant instrumentation and powerhouse songwriting – and laugh with one of the best comic duos in folk music!