Where We Live: Mike + Ruthy

Connecticut Public Radio | By Where We Live

Published April 20, 2012 at 10:37 AM EDT

Thomas Schmaidt

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Mike and Ruthy are a folk and blues duo from Woodstock New York, who’ve been playing together for thirteen years. They’re also a married couple - with a young son and another child on the way.

Their music spans the wide spectrum of “Americana” - featuring fiddle, banjo, guitar and tight harmony singing.

They have strong ties to the music scene all over New England and Upstate New York - and their new release, just out this week, is an homage to New York City.

The NYC EP is a collection of six new songs that includes a newly re-crafted Woody Guthrie Ballad called My New York City.

Today, we’ll be hearing them play live in our studio 3 - as they preview a show tonight at the Studio at Billings Forge in Hartford.

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SOMOS CONNECTICUT es una iniciativa de Connecticut Public, la emisora local de NPR y PBS del estado, que busca elevar nuestras historias latinas y expandir programación que alza y informa nuestras comunidades latinas locales. Visita CTPublic.org/latino para más reportajes y recursos. Para noticias, suscríbase a nuestro boletín informativo en ctpublic.org/newsletters.

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