http://www.themammals.love/mikesmonth daily 0.75 2018-09-04 http://www.themammals.love/mikesmonth/2018/9/3/august-2018 monthly 0.5 2018-09-04 http://www.themammals.love/who-are-the-mammals daily 0.75 2018-10-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53cfdd15e4b09d5219fcc290/1539180925990-XYKW3W53T7L010099504/mikehat.JPG Who are The Mammals? - Mike Merenda (2001-present) Mike is a founding member and the band’s principle songwriter, set-list maker, and all around art director. He is from the seacoast of NH and lives in Woodstock, NY. He plays the banjo and guitar, and sometimes other things like Casio SK5 or experimental slide guitar. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53cfdd15e4b09d5219fcc290/1539180925990-XYKW3W53T7L010099504/mikehat.JPG Who are The Mammals? - Mike Merenda (2001-present) Mike is a founding member and the band’s principle songwriter, set-list maker, and all around art director. He is from the seacoast of NH and lives in Woodstock, NY. He plays the banjo and guitar, and sometimes other things like Casio SK5 or experimental slide guitar. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53cfdd15e4b09d5219fcc290/1539184960263-O8LLV5GPGAVGFERVKOK2/RuthyUkeCarSelfie.jpg Who are The Mammals? - Ruth Ungar Merenda (2001-present) Ruth is a founding member who stands in the middle and is the band’s principle singer. She also writes songs and weaves her family-learned fiddle thru the show. She grew up in Woodstock, NY and still lives there, when not in the van. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53cfdd15e4b09d5219fcc290/1539185622190-2DA9BC5L1BWDWTONEARY/KonradDrumsIL.jpg Who are The Mammals? - Konrad Meissner (2010-present) Konrad played his first show with Mike + Ruthy at the Cornelia St Cafe in NYC and was immediately beloved. 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This song gets me right from the opening line with the kind of words we all think about but don't much talk about. Ruthy sings with a gentleness and ease that invites you to sing along and maybe even say these things out loud yourself." - Caleb Klauder (Foghorn Stringband) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53cfdd15e4b09d5219fcc290/1527778240306-E3MTLRXNI5TDNUOLW79E/NHPR.jpeg Sunshiner Media Interview and performance on New Hampshire Public Radio, April 2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53cfdd15e4b09d5219fcc290/1527778538356-BAEZJQZLU0XQK5OKMSYA/Screen+Shot+2018-05-31+at+10.54.56+AM.png Sunshiner Media "To celebrate what would've been Pete Seeger's 99th birthday, we we're joined in studio by Mike Merenda of The Mammals. 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