Live interview and performance of “Bright As You Can” and “Ashokan Farewell” on Australia ABC’s “The Music Show” with Andrew Ford.

Mike Merenda and Ruth Ungar (Mike + Ruthyare a husband and wife folk music duo from Upstate New York. Armed with a fiddle and guitar, they're back on The Music Show to talk about writing modern protest songs and the collaborative folk music scene in their Woodstock community.

They'll perform a couple of songs live for us, including Jay Ungar's (Ruth's father) famous Ashokan Farewell, the theme tune for Ken Burns’ Civil War series.

Duration: 19min 8secBroadcast: Sun 20 Oct 2019, 11:05am

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