Photo by Candice Watkins
For the last three years, Miller-Kelton has been making waves on the Columbus and International folk-rock scene with their raucously gleeful live shows and dedicated fan base. Based in the east side of Columbus, Ohio, the band features Julia O'Keefe on vocals, Reilley Forman on Guitar, Chase Hurlow on drums, Neil Unterbrink on lead guitar and Brian Ludwig on bass.
Goodbye Cindy, our first album, was released on January 1, 2010. Cindy searched the band's folk roots, with an emphasis on Julia's soaring vocals, myriad acoustic instruments and vocal harmonies. The Other Paper described the album's songs as having a "veritable one-act play of pathos and interpersonal drama underneath the album's surface." With a release date of April 15, 2011, our second album "Tip-Top" delivers a rich and gritty electric country sound with a driving rock beat, catching the energy of our live shows.
MK has received world-wide radio play, including Stone Cold Country, Yarra Valley FM 99.1 in Australia, Ray Pieters' Somewhere Between on Golden Flash Radio in Belgium, WGOE (Mike Chenault) from Richmond, Virginia, Honky Tonks and Heartaches Show in Melbourne, Australia, Country Roads in Victoria, Australia, Baybreeze Country in Queensland, Australia, Radio Free Americana, Acoustic Edge 89.1 The Wood, KCLC St. Louis, Shayne Hollinger's "The Vault" in Stephenville, Texas, ECMA Radio/Archangel's Music Corner in Maria Enzersdorf, Austria, Peelgrass Radio in the Netherlands, BRTO Radio and Alex de Vries' "Country Trail" in the Netherlands, Triplestrand Productions, Crazy Joe's Country Jux Box in Vienna, Austria, DJ Filip's Country Ways in Cachtice, Slovakia, TLC on the New Zealand Country Music Network, Matamata and Te Atatu (which has been playing us like crazy -- luv ya!), Yvonne Bartle's A Country Corner in Pitt Town, Australia, AmericanaOK Radio, Dave McCrory's Coffee Break in Nambbucca Heads, Australia, The Upper Room with Joe Kelley and Gi Dussault in Fairfield, Connecticut, Country Music Jukebox in Munich, Germany, Radio Tonkuhle in Lower Saxony, Germany, DJ Ottic's Alooga Media and Ottic FM in Sinzig, Germany and CD101 in the glistening metropolis of Columbus, Ohio.
MK's Goodbye Cindy single "A Man Without a Country" was the number one featured song for No Depression Magazine on February 3, 2010, and was featured on Big Al's RockCast on March 3, 2010. Songs from Goodbye Cindy were featured as an Editor's Pick at Indie-Music.com on February 6, 2010. "Throws Like" reached #9 on the Indie-Music.com country chart, and "Without a Coutry" reached #24 on the folk chart (Glad to see rolled in at #92 on the Country Charts, and is developing a complex). "Throws Like" also made the "best-of Indie-Music Country" playlist. "Without a Country" was spun on Silentalkie's podcast on March 26, 2010. The album charted at No. 13 on Roots Country Internet Music Report. Our live (and rather low-fi) video for "Summerflies" was featured at Daily Americana on February 8, 2010. Our live video for "American Boys" appears to have won a Shockwave NME Award for 2010, although this is somewhat unclear.
MK plays thirty or so shows in the Columbus and Athens area, including Comfest 2009 and 2011. Venues played include Dick's Den, Woodlands Tavern, Rumba Cafe, Carabar, the High Beck Tavern, Oldfields on High, Vic's Cafe, the Shrunken Head, Victory's, Hal and Al's, Ruby Tuesday's, Casa Nueva and The Treehouse, among many others.
Goodbye Cindy, our first album, was released on January 1, 2010. Cindy searched the band's folk roots, with an emphasis on Julia's soaring vocals, myriad acoustic instruments and vocal harmonies. The Other Paper described the album's songs as having a "veritable one-act play of pathos and interpersonal drama underneath the album's surface." With a release date of April 15, 2011, our second album "Tip-Top" delivers a rich and gritty electric country sound with a driving rock beat, catching the energy of our live shows.
MK has received world-wide radio play, including Stone Cold Country, Yarra Valley FM 99.1 in Australia, Ray Pieters' Somewhere Between on Golden Flash Radio in Belgium, WGOE (Mike Chenault) from Richmond, Virginia, Honky Tonks and Heartaches Show in Melbourne, Australia, Country Roads in Victoria, Australia, Baybreeze Country in Queensland, Australia, Radio Free Americana, Acoustic Edge 89.1 The Wood, KCLC St. Louis, Shayne Hollinger's "The Vault" in Stephenville, Texas, ECMA Radio/Archangel's Music Corner in Maria Enzersdorf, Austria, Peelgrass Radio in the Netherlands, BRTO Radio and Alex de Vries' "Country Trail" in the Netherlands, Triplestrand Productions, Crazy Joe's Country Jux Box in Vienna, Austria, DJ Filip's Country Ways in Cachtice, Slovakia, TLC on the New Zealand Country Music Network, Matamata and Te Atatu (which has been playing us like crazy -- luv ya!), Yvonne Bartle's A Country Corner in Pitt Town, Australia, AmericanaOK Radio, Dave McCrory's Coffee Break in Nambbucca Heads, Australia, The Upper Room with Joe Kelley and Gi Dussault in Fairfield, Connecticut, Country Music Jukebox in Munich, Germany, Radio Tonkuhle in Lower Saxony, Germany, DJ Ottic's Alooga Media and Ottic FM in Sinzig, Germany and CD101 in the glistening metropolis of Columbus, Ohio.
MK's Goodbye Cindy single "A Man Without a Country" was the number one featured song for No Depression Magazine on February 3, 2010, and was featured on Big Al's RockCast on March 3, 2010. Songs from Goodbye Cindy were featured as an Editor's Pick at Indie-Music.com on February 6, 2010. "Throws Like" reached #9 on the Indie-Music.com country chart, and "Without a Coutry" reached #24 on the folk chart (Glad to see rolled in at #92 on the Country Charts, and is developing a complex). "Throws Like" also made the "best-of Indie-Music Country" playlist. "Without a Country" was spun on Silentalkie's podcast on March 26, 2010. The album charted at No. 13 on Roots Country Internet Music Report. Our live (and rather low-fi) video for "Summerflies" was featured at Daily Americana on February 8, 2010. Our live video for "American Boys" appears to have won a Shockwave NME Award for 2010, although this is somewhat unclear.
MK plays thirty or so shows in the Columbus and Athens area, including Comfest 2009 and 2011. Venues played include Dick's Den, Woodlands Tavern, Rumba Cafe, Carabar, the High Beck Tavern, Oldfields on High, Vic's Cafe, the Shrunken Head, Victory's, Hal and Al's, Ruby Tuesday's, Casa Nueva and The Treehouse, among many others.
