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9:30 Club

815 V St. NW, 20001, Washington, DC, US

www.930.com

Capacity: 1,200

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Tour name: Lost Cause Lover Fool Tour

Doors open: 19:00

Concert in your area for Indie & Alt, Folk & Blues, and Country.

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The Milk Carton Kids biography

The Milk Carton Kids are a duo hailing from Eagle Rock, California, United States who formed in 2011. The band have released three albums of delicate, close harmony Americana and have toured with everyone from The Lumineers to Old Crow Medicine Show as a result.

Proving that two heads are indeed better than one, The Milk Carton Kids are made up of two singer songwriters who joined forces after failing to find fortune as solo acts. Kenneth Pattengale met Joey Ryan at one of his solo shows, and after becoming firm friends, the duo decided to start writing songs together. The songs that wrote together proved better than a lot of what they came up with solo, so they decided to form a band and take them on tour very soon afterwards. Their first record came out in March 2011, and “Retrospect” was a live record recorded in Ventura, California before the nascent duo had even decided on a name. Shortly before joining the bill of that years SXSW Festival, Pattengale and Ryan decided on the name The Milk Carton Kids and were soon afterwards hitting the road full time, first as the opening act and backing band for fellow folk singer and songwriter Joe Purdy.

The shows with Purdy spread their name far and wide, and shortly after the tour the duo self-released their second album and first professionally recorded record “Prologue”. Ever since then, they’ve become the one of the most acclaimed acts in Americana, continuing to write and record massively acclaimed albums while touring with acts as prestigious as The Punch Brothers and the aforementioned Lumineers. 2013 saw the release of their second album “The Ash & Clay”, and it doesn’t seem like anything will be able to stop these phenomenal young songwriters any time soon. For that, they come highly recommended.

Live reviews

The Milk Carton Kids will win you over from the moment they step on stage! Their witty banter only adds to their beautiful, folky music.

Think Simon & Garfunkel + self-deprecating banter between songs. They have impeccable taste in concert venues - they seem to pick cozy, intimate places. I've seen them at Zoey's in Ventura (before it was unfortunately closed), The Lobero in Santa Barbara, as well as The Largo in Los Angeles.

One of my favorite TMKC songs is 'Charlie,' a song written for Kenneth's yet-to-be-conceived daughter.

Anonymous

Willie Watson is calling himself a folk singer these days. I'm calling him a song catcher. Digging up old tunes and giving them a new life. He also does some familiar tunes from his repertoire of OCMS. Honestly though...he's moved on and once you've heard his 'new' music, so will his fans that have loved him from the OCMS days. You get full on Willie Watson! Singing his ballads, sing-a-longs, playing guitar with harmonica and MORE BANJO! It's stripped down...just his instrument of choice and that sweet voice. There's not a a lot of chit chat between songs, which could be seen as a positive or negative, depending on your perspective. Willie just keeps pouring it on! He puts 110% into his music and shows, both in quality and quantity. So, GO! Knowing that you will be getting what feels like an intimate performance even amongst the crowd. The most recent Willie Watson performance that I saw, was at Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion. I've seen Willie Watson perform solo seven times since his release of his debut album, Folk Singer Volume 1 and once with Dave Rawlings Machine at the Ryman. He has added something new at each show and I have always left thinking THAT was his best show. Willie has lots of dates as a solo act and still some dates with DRM. If you can get to ANY of these shows, I highly recommend that you do!

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