As the daughter of touring musicians, Ruth Ungar was introduced to the musical life at a young age. Ruth is now an accomplished singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. She’s best known for work with the folk band The Mammals. Ruth also has two children, Willy and Opal, and co-runs a bi-annual music festival called The Hoot. In this episode we discuss van breakdowns while touring with school-aged children, being married to her bandmate and playing shows with her babies on her back. I spoke with Ruth over Skype from her home in Woodstock, New York in December of 2017.
Kristin Hersh (Throwing Muses, 50FOOTWAVE)
LaRhonda Steele (Portland Blues Legend)
China Forbes (Pink Martini)
Tahirah Memory
Annalisa Tornfelt
Sara Lund (Unwound, Corin Tucker Band, Hungry Ghost)
Rhiannon Giddens
Amanda Bergman
Shara Nova (My Brightest Diamond)
Rosanne Cash
Meshell Ndegeocello (Queen Sugar, Ventriloquism)
Corin Tucker (Sleater-Kinney, Filthy Friends, Heavens to Betsy)
Carol Kaye (Wrecking Crew, Sam Cooke, Beach Boys, Barbara Streisand)
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