Over the past 40 years Living Archive Milton Keynes (LAMK) has produced performances from large-scale documentary musical dramas to broadcast radio ballads.
The archive collections have inspired over 100 songs composed by local musicians about people who have lived in the area.
To celebrate Milton Keynes’ 50th Birthday, Marion Hill and Craig McLeish have selected 36 of these songs in a project to share MK’s special heritage and create the first accessible collection of home-grown music.
The Milton Keynes Songbook, supported by the MK Community Foundation, includes the background to each song along with a free download of the song scores.
Living Archive Milton Keynes has made a complimentary book available to all schools in the borough to enable our young people to learn and be inspired by MK’s founders.
Copies of The Milton Keynes Songbook are available through the online shop here for just £10.
To celebrate the launch of the songbook and website Two Mile Ash Primary School, Caroline Haslett Primary School and Denbigh School with be performing at Denbigh School with the Living Archive Band on Thursday 30 November.
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