Jay Ungar & Molly Mason performance of Jay's haunting composition Ashokan Farewell — the musical hallmark of the PBS series — earned the couple international acclaim. The soundtrack won a Grammy and ...

Since joining forces both artistically and romantically (the two would marry in 1991) Jay Ungar and Molly Mason have become one of the most celebrated duos on the American acoustic music scene. It ...

Ungar, a Grammy Award-winning fiddler and composer and an Emmy nominee, author of "Ashokan Farewell," featured instrumentalist on several celebrated Ken Burns soundtracks, has paid his dues (with ...

OLIVEBRIDGE, N.Y. — For Ruth Ungar, the cofounder of the folk-rock band The Mammals and daughter of famed folk duo Jay Ungar and Molly Mason, it seemed only natural to bring a festival to the idyllic ...

There are few artists who can point to one song or melody as the lightning rod that brought them to worldwide attention. But for Jay Ungar and Molly Mason, a chance hearing of his evocative waltz, ...

Those who love American acoustic music will not want to miss Jay Ungar and Molly Mason performing at the Mabel Tainter Center for the Arts on Friday, Oct. 21, at 7:30 p.m. Award winners These ...

You may know them from hearing them on A Prairie Home Companion, or on their own live radio program Dancing on the Air on WAMC in Albany, from film soundtracks such as Legends of the Fall and ...