Name Ruth Ungar Role Singer | Spouse Michael J. Merenda, Jr. | |
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Genres folk, folk rock, old time music Instruments fiddle, Guitar, banjo, ukulele, vocals, songwriter Associated acts Mike + Ruthy, The Mammals, Michael J. Merenda, Jr., Tao Rodriguez-Seeger, Sarah Lee Guthrie and Johnny Irion, Jay Ungar, Sometymes Why Children Willy Merenda, Opal Merenda Albums Sometimes Why, Jukebox, Departure, Evolver | ||
The mike ruthy band tackles rock on little jane
Ruth Ungar Merenda (born 1976, in New York) is a singer songwriter who performs with many folk bands. She also plays fiddle, ukulele and guitar. She is the daughter of Jay Ungar and Lyn Hardy.
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- The mike ruthy band tackles rock on little jane
- my baby drinks water by ruth ungar
- Bands
- Solo
- The Mammals
- Sometymes Why
- Mike Ruthy
- The Mike Ruthy Band
- Dances
- References
She resides in the Hudson Valley of NY State with her husband Michael J. Merenda, Jr and their two children, Willy and Opal Merenda. In 2013 the couple launched a bi-annual music festival at the Ashokan Center called The Hoot.
my baby drinks water by ruth ungar
Bands
Ruth currently records and performs with her husband Michael J. Merenda, Jr. in their duo Mike + Ruthy and with the Jay Ungar and Molly Mason Family Band (with Jay Ungar, Molly Mason and Michael J. Merenda, Jr.)
She performed 2001-2007 with The Mammals (with Michael J. Merenda, Jr., Tao RodrÃguez-Seeger, Chris Merenda and Jacob Silver).
She sporadically records and tours with Sometymes Why (with Kristin Andreassen of Uncle Earl and Aoife O'Donovan of Crooked Still.)
Solo
The Mammals
Sometymes Why
Mike + Ruthy
The Mike + Ruthy Band
Dances
She wrote the Contra dance The Wizard's Walk when she was about twelve. It is set to music by the same name composed by her father Jay Ungar.