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Ruth Ungar Merenda
Ruth Ungar, Newport Folk Festival 2005
Ruth Ungar, Newport Folk Festival 2005
Background information
Born1976
Mt. Kisco, NY, United States
Genresfolk, folk rock, old time music
Instrument(s)fiddle, Guitar, banjo, ukulele, vocals, songwriter
Member ofMike + Ruthy, The Mammals, Sometymes Why
Websitehttp://mikeandruthy.com

Ruth Ungar Merenda was born February 19, 1976, in Mount Kisco, New York. She is a singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist who plays fiddle, ukulele and guitar. She is the daughter of fiddler/composer Jay Ungar and singer Lyn Hardy[1] and a graduate of Bard College in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York.

Her song Four Blue Walls, inspired by the play Danny and the Deep Blue Sea by John Patrick Shanley was recorded by Canadian band The Duhks, on their eponymous 2005 album produced by Béla Fleck and Gary Paczosa. Her song Simple and Sober was recorded by Lindsay Lou on her 2018 album Southland.[1]

Ungar resides in the Hudson Valley of NY State with her husband Michael J. Merenda, Jr and their two children, Willy and Opal Merenda. The couple produce a bi-annual music festival at the Ashokan Center called The Hoot[2][3] which they launched in 2013.

Bands

Ungar and Merenda perform as the duo Mike + Ruthy and as founding members of the folk-rock band The Mammals.[4] They also both appear with the Jay Ungar and Molly Mason Family Band.

From 2005 to 2009 Ungar also recorded and performed in the trio Sometymes Why (2005–2009) with Kristin Andreassen of Uncle Earl and Aoife O'Donovan of Crooked Still.

Discography

Solo

The Mammals

Sometymes Why

Mike + Ruthy

The Mike + Ruthy Band

Dances

At the age of twelve, she wrote the Contra dance The Wizard's Walk.[6][7] It is set to music by the same name[8] composed by her father Jay Ungar.

References

  1. ^ Mindel, Valerie (February 2, 2017). So You Want to Sing Folk Music: A Guide for Performers. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 9781442265622.
  2. ^ Woodstock, Come to (August 2, 2018). "Summer Hoot Returns". Come to Woodstock Mobile Guide. Retrieved January 15, 2019.
  3. ^ "Winter Hoot: The Mammals use music as catalyst for change". The Poughkeepsie Journal. Retrieved March 29, 2019.
  4. ^ Himes, Geoffrey (November 5, 2006). "A New Wave of Musicians Updates That Old-Time Sound". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved January 15, 2019.
  5. ^ "The Mammals Evolver". Yoga Journal (174): 185. May–June 2003. ISSN 0191-0965.
  6. ^ "The Wizard's Walk". www.cambridgefolk.org.uk. Retrieved January 15, 2019.
  7. ^ "American for All". colinhume.com. Retrieved January 15, 2019.
  8. ^ "Wizard's Walk Ted Steele A2 | Dance | Contra". contradb.com. Retrieved January 15, 2019.

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