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DESCRIPTION:Event Name: Mike + Ruthy\nEvent Url: http://www.artsboston.org/
 event/detail/441654431/Mike_Ruthy\nEvent Date Begin: 2012-11-08\nEvent Dat
 e End: 2012-11-08\n\nWelcome back Mike + Ruthy! Having combined a total of
  seven times as a duo or as a part of the Jay Ungar and Molly Mason Family
  Band (Jay Ungar is Ruth's father) or as a part of Sometymes Why\, Mike Me
 renda and Ruth Ungar Merenda are no strangers to the notloB series.  As a 
 duo Mike + Ruthy have refined their sound down to the very core of acousti
 c American music\, demonstrating an uncommon ability to create songs as ly
 rically sophisticated as Bob Dylan or Leonard Cohen and as harmonically be
 autiful as Gillian Welch & David Rawlings or Simon & Garfunkel. With their
  arsenal of fiddle\, banjo\, guitar\, ukulele and their hallmark harmony s
 inging\, a Mike + Ruthy concert is overstuffed with soulful songs and stor
 ies and a timeless sound that is spellbinding and pure.   Over a decade of
  touring has taken them worldwide where they've performed well over a thou
 sand concerts in listening rooms\, living rooms and festivals as well as p
 erformances at NYC's Carnegie Hall accompanying Arlo Guthrie in 2005 (with
  their former band The Mammals) and Madison Square Garden as part of Pete 
 Seeger's 90th birthday celebration in 2009.  2012 will see Mike + Ruthy's 
 4th release entitled The NYC EP featuring the premiere recording of 'My Ne
 w York City' a beautifully revived Woody Guthrie lyric from the Woody Guth
 rie Archives. The song will also be included on 'My Name is New York\,' a 
 4-CD compilation being issued by Woody Guthrie Publications including new 
 recordings by Pete Seeger\, Arlo Guthrie\, and Bob Dylan and more.   Mike 
 + Ruthy are on tour in 2012\; with a springtime CD release tour and anothe
 r national swing in the fall.   'The essence of American music . . . this 
 summer's must-hear acoustic album.' - Performer Magazine  'Quite a few fol
 ks have done this 'set-Woody's-lyrics-to-music thing' over the past couple
  decades. I'm not sure anyone's ever done it better than this.' - Peter Bl
 ackstock (co-founder of No Depression)  &ldquo\;Extraordinary . . . some o
 f the most exquisitely expressive vocals you will hear in the roots music 
 field' -AmericanRootsUK.com  &ldquo\;Mike + Ruthy are carrying the torch f
 or simple\, heartfelt acoustic music . . . the rustic kind without any smo
 othing out of the edges with a direct line back to the Carter Family via W
 oody Guthrie\, Hank Williams\, Bob Dylan and even the Byrds' - Maverick Ma
 gazine\, UK  &ldquo\;Mike + Ruthy have become a force to be reckoned with 
 in the acoustic music world\, and [The NYC EP] proves their mettle . . . B
 old banjos rule\, fiery fiddles run wild\, and an expansive sound that thr
 eatens to raise the rafters prevails.&rdquo\; &ndash\; The Daily Freeman&r
 dquo\;  &ldquo\;There's perhaps no better way to summarize the lasting imp
 act of Woody Guthrie's music than to note the quality of the very newest m
 usic being made with his words. Husband-wife Mike and Ruthy Merenda got th
 e lyrics to 'My New York City' from the Guthrie archives and set it to one
  of the most gorgeous melodies ever to accompany one of Woody's songs. It 
 came out in April 2012: Brand new right now\, it's destined to become a cl
 assic.&rdquo\; - eMusic's 20 Best Woody Guthrie Songs (Sung By Other Peopl
 e)  'Mike + Ruthy channel Woody Guthrie.' - Journal & Courier  'The first 
 couple of folk rock.' - Radio Free Americana  'Everything else starts from
  music like this.' - AmieStreet.com  'Infectious new folk rock' - Boston G
 lobe   &ldquo\;Seemingly descended not just from one famous folkie\, but t
 he entire folk tradition itself.' - Willamette Week  &ldquo\;Some of the b
 est songwriting of their generation - literate\, political\, melodic\, alt
 ernately angry and satirical and sensual.' - Michael Simmons\n\nStart time
 : doors 7:30 concert 8:00
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