“Nonet marshals the defiant spirit needed to heal a damaged world”
- No Depression

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LATEST INTERVIEW For two decades, the Mammals have built a reputation for writing honest songs that not only connect with their listeners on an emotional level, but also explore the idea that people are capable of building a better world. Now, as people in the U.S. are emerging from quarantine and there is much talk about how to go “back” to something better than “normal,” I was curious how the Mammals’ Mike Merenda and Ruthy Ungar were thinking about these things. In our recent conversation for the podcast, we got into those topics, as well as the relationship between music and food, the relationship between passion and productivity, and what lessons they’re carrying with them as they return to the stage with their songs. -Kim Ruehl

LATEST INTERVIEW For two decades, the Mammals have built a reputation for writing honest songs that not only connect with their listeners on an emotional level, but also explore the idea that people are capable of building a better world. Now, as people in the U.S. are emerging from quarantine and there is much talk about how to go “back” to something better than “normal,” I was curious how the Mammals’ Mike Merenda and Ruthy Ungar were thinking about these things. In our recent conversation for the podcast, we got into those topics, as well as the relationship between music and food, the relationship between passion and productivity, and what lessons they’re carrying with them as they return to the stage with their songs. -Kim Ruehl

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Sun., 8/22 Uncommon Jam Music Fest, Newbury, VT (quintet)

Fri-Sun, 8/27-8/29 Summer Hoot, Olivebridge, NY


Please peruse the archived livestream links below. We particularly recommend the Quarantine Happy Hour, Ghost Light Series, Sway at Home and Freshgrass Freshstream sets. And if you really wanna go deep check out the Sad Songs Downer Hour.

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LISTEN to Mike + Ruthy’s extensive interview on MK Burnell’s new
More Music Please Podcast.

 

“Protest folk records are usually reactionary, but somehow Mike + Ruthy seem to have predicted this moment with their new album.” - WMBR “Pipeline”

“The songwriting of The Mammals is firmly rooted in the hand-me-down folk music of politics, community and rural splendor.” - American Songwriter

 

“Transcendent new album from a brilliant group. Do yourself a favor and listen please. Joy-generator right here.” - Rhett Miller

“Nothing short of sublime. 9/10”
- Americana UK

”[Nonet] is big and free and uplifting me at the perfect time! A great f***in’ record.” - Ani DiFranco

“The Mammals are solid-gold-hearted and their music is too. Check this one out. ” - Anais Mitchell

 

"What was likely written as an album about where hope resides in a strange political season, reads now as an album about all the reasons to put our selves aside and protect our neighbors. After all, we humans are capable of all of this when we get together—the hope but also the layers of sound, the ability to turn darkness and fear into something you can crank up with the windows down. Something that can feel a little like freedom, even when you’re not leaving the house.” - Kim Ruehl, Folk Alley

 

LIVE STREAM ARCHIVE


2/6/21 Winter Hoot (WATCH HERE)
w/ Mike + Ruthy, Ani DiFranco, Restless Age, Joakim Larety, Lyre, Coolie Ranx & More
1/10/21 From the Kitchen Table w Robert Sarazin Blake (WATCH HERE)
12/19 Quarantine Happy Hour (WATCH HERE)
11/7 “Ripton Community Coffee House” (by the bonfire) (WATCH HERE)
10/30 “Sway at Home”, 30 minute set (WATCH HERE)
9/29 Freshgrass ‘Freshstreams’ 25min set (duo) (WATCH HERE)
9/25 Ghost Light Series, Wang Theater, Boston, MA (WATCH HERE)
8/29 Summer Hoot: Hoot from Home (WATCH HERE)
7/25 Ossipee Valley Music Fest Livestream (WATCH HERE
6/12 “Nonet LP Tarot Reading w/ Ruthy” WATCH HERE
5/29 “Mike + Ruthy Perform Nonet” Show WATCH HERE
5/16 Radio Woodstock “Sofa Sessions” livestream concert WATCH HERE
5/8 “Full Moon” livestream concert (WATCH HERE)
4/30 “Sad Songs Downer Hour” concert for communal catharsis (WATCH HERE)
4/28 “Wonder Woman” with Willy & Opal for José’s birthday (WATCH HERE)
4/25 “Friend Jam” (WATCH HERE)
4/17 “East Side West Side” single release show WATCH HERE)


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