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Jay Ungar & Molly Mason

He was a Bronx kid. She grew up in Washington State. He was raised on pop music of the 1940s and 50s. She had a fondness for traditional fiddle music and 30s and 40s popular tunes. He hung out in Greenwich Village coffeehouses and roamed North Carolina and Tennessee in search of traditional players. She played clubs and colleges on the West Coast and took a liking to the jazzy sound of the Swing Era. Since joining forcesboth artistically and romantically, Jay Ungar and Molly Mason have become one of the most celebrated duos on the American acoustic music scene.

These extraordinary musicians won international acclaim after Ken Burns The Civil War hit the airwaves. Their performance of Jays haunting composition Ashokan Farewell the musical hallmark of the PBS series left a lasting impression on everyone who tuned in. The soundtrack won a Grammy and Ashokan Farewell was nominated for an Emmy.

Jay & Molly are masters of music and storytelling who generously share their lives and their music with audiences. There are so many moments and strands to savor in the course of the evening!

Jays fiddling is brimming with playfulness, drama, soulfulness and technical verve, as he explores the many musical styles and idioms that he has internalized and made his own. Mollys total mastery and inventiveness on piano and guitar is always spot-on, as she supports the tunes and follows the flow of the melody. Her rich and expressive vocals along with the resonant strains of Jays violin, reveal the deep emotions that flow in the duos veins.

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