Ruth Ungar is a singer songwriter who performs with many folk

Folk music

Folk music is an English term encompassing both traditional folk music and contemporary folk music. The term originated in the 19th century. Traditional folk music has been defined in several ways: as music transmitted by mouth, as music of the lower classes, and as music with unknown composers....

 bands. She also plays fiddle

Fiddle

The term fiddle may refer to any bowed string musical instrument, most often the violin. It is also a colloquial term for the instrument used by players in all genres, including classical music...

, ukulele

Ukulele

The ukulele, ; from ; it is a subset of the guitar family of instruments, generally with four nylon or gut strings or four courses of strings....

 and guitar

Guitar

The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...

. She is the daughter of Jay Ungar

Jay Ungar

Jay Ungar is an American folk musician and composer. -Biography:Ungar was born in the Bronx , the son of immigrant Jewish parents from Eastern Europe. He frequented Greenwich Village music venues during his formative period in the 1960s...

 and Lyn Hardy and is married to Michael J. Merenda, Jr.

Michael J. Merenda, Jr.

Michael J. Merenda, Jr. is a singer-songwriter with the American folk band, the Mammals. He plays guitar, banjo, ukulele and percussion. He also has a solo career and performs with the Jay Ungar and Molly Mason Family Band....

Bands

Ruthy performs with The Mammals

The Mammals

The Mammals are a contemporary folk rock band based in the Hudson Valley, area of New York, in the United States.Current band members are Michael J. Merenda, Jr., Chris Merenda, Ruth Ungar, Jacob Silver and Tao Rodríguez-Seeger.- Band history :...

 with Michael J. Merenda, Jr.

Michael J. Merenda, Jr.

Michael J. Merenda, Jr. is a singer-songwriter with the American folk band, the Mammals. He plays guitar, banjo, ukulele and percussion. He also has a solo career and performs with the Jay Ungar and Molly Mason Family Band....

, Tao Rodríguez-Seeger

Tao Rodríguez-Seeger

Tao Rodríguez-Seeger is an American contemporary folk musician. He plays banjo, guitar, harmonica, and sings in Spanish and in English. He is known as a founder of The Mammals and is the grandson of folk musician Pete Seeger....

, Chris Merenda and Jacob Silver.

Sometymes Why

Sometymes Why

Sometymes Why is an American Folk Noir group, formed in 2005 by Kristin Andreassen, Aoife O'Donovan, and Ruth Ungar Merenda.The band has released two records. Its members all live in New York....

 with Kristin Andreassen

Kristin Andreassen

Kristin Andreassen is an American musician and dancer. She grew up in Portland, Oregon as Kristin Andrews. In 2002 she started using her great-grandfather's name Andreassen. Kristin sings, plays harmonica, piano, guitar, banjo-uke and fiddle and she is also a songwriter...

 of Uncle Earl

Uncle Earl

Uncle Earl is an American old-time music group, formed in 2000 by KC Groves and Jo Serrapere. They are an all-women-band and often they refer to themselves as the g'Earls. Their fans have also been nicknamed as g'Earlfriends....

 and Aoife O'Donovan

Aoife O'Donovan

Aoife O’Donovan is an American singer and songwriter. She is also the lead singer for the progressive bluegrass/string band, Crooked Still, and a member of the female folk-noir trio, Sometymes Why. Her first professional engagement was singing lead for the folk group The Wayfaring Strangers...

 of Crooked Still

Crooked Still

Crooked Still is an alternative bluegrass band consisting of vocalist Aoife O'Donovan, banjo player Dr. Gregory Liszt, bassist Corey DiMario, cellist Tristan Clarridge and fiddler Brittany Haas...

.

The Jay Ungar and Molly Mason Family Band with Jay Ungar

Jay Ungar

Jay Ungar is an American folk musician and composer. -Biography:Ungar was born in the Bronx , the son of immigrant Jewish parents from Eastern Europe. He frequented Greenwich Village music venues during his formative period in the 1960s...

, Molly Mason

Molly Mason

Molly Mason is an American musician and composer.Mason grew up in Washington state. She plays traditional American fiddle and acoustic bass guitar....

and Michael Merenda.

With The Mammals

• Born Live (2001)
• Evolver (2002)
• Migration (EP) (2004)
• Rock That Babe (2004)
• Departure (2006)

External links

• Ruth's website: http://www.ruthungar.com/ruth/index.html
• The Mammals: http://www.themammals.net
• Sometymes Why: http://www.yellowcarmusic.com/sometymeswhy/