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Ruth Ungar Merenda was born February 19, 1976, in
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. She is a singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist who plays
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,
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and guitar. She is the daughter of fiddler/composer
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and singer Lyn Hardy and a graduate of
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in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York. Her song ''Four Blue Walls'', inspired by the play ''Danny and the Deep Blue Sea'' by
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was recorded by Canadian band
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, on their eponymous 2005 album produced by
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and
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. Her song ''Simple and Sober'' was recorded by Lindsay Lou on her 2018 album Southland. /sup> 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
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called The Hoot 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 The Mammals are a contemporary folk rock band based in the Hudson Valley area of New York, in the United States. The band tours internationally and consists of founding members and principal songwriters Mike Merenda (guitar, banjo) and Ruth Un ...
. They also both appear with the
Jay Ungar Jay Ungar (born November 14, 1946) is an American folk musician and composer. Life and career Ungar was born in the Bronx, New York City. He frequented Greenwich Village music venues during his formative period in the 1960s. In the late 1960s, ...
and Molly Mason Family Band. From 2005 to 2009 Ungar also recorded and performed in the trio Sometymes Why (2005–2009) with
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of
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and
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of
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.


Discography


Solo

*''Jukebox'' (2002)


The Mammals

*''Born Live'' (2001) *''Evolver'' (2002) *''Migration'' (EP) (2004) *''Rock That Babe'' (2004) *''Departure'' (2006) *''Sunshiner'' (2018)


Sometymes Why

*''Sometymes Why'' (2005) *''Your Heart is a Glorious Machine'' (2009)


Mike + Ruthy

* ''The Honeymoon Agenda ''(2008) * ''Waltz of the Chickadee ''(2009) * ''Million to One ''(2010) * ''The NYC EP ''(2012)


The Mike + Ruthy Band

* ''Bright as You Can'' (2015)


Dances

At the age of twelve, she wrote the
Contra dance Contra dance (also contradance, contra-dance and other variant spellings) is a form of folk dancing made up of long lines of couples. It has mixed origins from English country dance, Scottish country dance, and French dance styles in the 17th c ...
''The Wizard's Walk.'' It is set to music by the same name composed by her father
Jay Ungar Jay Ungar (born November 14, 1946) is an American folk musician and composer. Life and career Ungar was born in the Bronx, New York City. He frequented Greenwich Village music venues during his formative period in the 1960s. In the late 1960s, ...
.


References


External links

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Mike + Ruthy

The Mammals

Sometymes Why
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ungar, Ruth 1976 births Living people American folk musicians American multi-instrumentalists American fiddlers American folk singers American harmonica players Jewish American musicians Singers from New York City Jewish folk singers 21st-century American singers 21st-century American violinists Sometymes Why members 21st-century American Jews Singer-songwriters from New York (state)