Downtown Music Presents: Mike and Ruthie of The Mammals

The Mammals  hail from New York’s Hudson Valley and are led by singer-songwriters Ruth Ungar and Mike Merenda. Over two decades, the Mammals have built a legacy of genre-defying and emotionally resonant folk-rock praised as “some of the best songwriting of their generation” (LA Times). Their music resonates with urgency and tenderness—amplifying the voices of conscience, connection, and the full spectrum of human experience. Referred to as “subversive acoustic traditionalists” by the Boston Globe, The Mammals blend old-timey roots music with lyrical fire and magnetic force. 

This concert is made possible, in part, with gift in memory of Robert Sherman.