The Mammals with The Restless Age

The Mammals can hear the Earth calling, and they’re asking us to listen. They call themselves a "warm-blooded party band with a conscience" and are led by multi-instrumentalists, songwriters, and founding members Mike Merenda and Ruth Ungar. Nominated for Song of the Year by the International Folk Music Awards, the title track of their 2018 album Sunshiner is an instant full-room sing-along, with a chorus that honors the past while envisioning a bright future of green energy, and good, positive human collaboration. Their 2020 album Nonet is poised to make an even bigger connection with listeners worldwide, brimming with The Mammals’ unmistakeable hope and authenticity. Like a shimmering wall of sound, with sparkling piano and banjo, pulsing double-drums, and soaring fiddle and organ, their courageous dynamics will draw you in, lift your spirits, and renew your heart. Expect smiles, foot-stomps, and sing-alongs. The Mammals will perform as a sextet (Ruth Ungar, Mike Merenda, Konrad Meissner, Will Bryant, Brandon Morrison, Lee Falco) with an opening set by The Restless Age.

“The Mammals can head for their US home content in the knowledge that they delivered big style at the final gig of their UK tour. Hailed by many as Americana trailblazers, Ruth Ungar and Mike Merenda, happily married and exuding togetherness on stage, are also gently-mannered activists with well-crafted songs that successfully ask potent questions of politicians and raise issues to probe how we can improve the planet. They deliver their material persuasively and in an eloquent manner with enjoyment of their music underpinning the approach overall. The music is the motivator throughout… Their joyous mix of fiddle-led, frenzied ceilidh-style instrumentals, soft-light, late night ballads, a homespun song about their daughter, plus a capella gems round a single mic were irresistible, as a delighted crowd showed.” - Mike Ritchie, Celtic Music Radio UK
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