We're Indie roots-rockers Tex & Yo and we've been playing together for over 20 years. Tex is a singer-songwriter/guitar-slinger, Yo's a singer-songwriter/multi-instrumentalist and together we blend Blues, 60's Rock and Gypsy Jazz into meaningful and memorable songs.

Best known for our energetic performances and  "bring-on the-fun" attitudes, we've attracted audiences from LA to Boston. With heart and humor we sing about Cheap Red Wine, dreamy Midnight Blue time, rights and wrongs and Superficial Blues songs while happily offering a bit of Free Advice....All For You, Satisfaction Guaranteed!

"Bright As You Can" available nationwide on June 2nd via Thirty Tigers.  iTunes Pre-Order available now http://smarturl.it/BrightAsYouCan

"This is a record about what it is to be human. It's a record about what it is to have an inextricable allegiance to tradition, while feeling compelled to speak for onesself. It's a record that will grab you, that won't let you go." 

- No Depression

"On their upcoming Bright As You Can LP, the duo rumbles and tumbles their way through 14 finely crafted tunes that roam effortlessly through the whole span that is Americana, from alt-country to folk to bluegrass." 

- The Bluegrass Situation

“These two will shatter any stereotypical misconceptions of what it means to be a folk musician.” - The Coastal Journal 

"Pristine" - The New York Times

"Infectious new folk rock" - Boston Globe

"Easily a new favorite" - Daytrotter

"Some of the best songwriting of their generation" - LA Weekly

"When it comes to chemistry, Mike Merenda and Ruth Ungar have plenty to spare. Onstage, they are Mike + Ruthy, a husband-and-wife duo setting the indie-folk scene ablaze. Singers and storytellers, poets and parents, the two tour with their children in tow, embodying a down-home approach to Americana. Bouncing between festivals and intimate venues, the troubadours bring harmony-driven fiddle and banjo tunes to more than 100 shows a year. Road-tested material such as the pair’s celebrated recording of Woody Guthrie’s “My New York City” cement Merenda and Ungar’s status as a “national treasure,” according to peer Anaïs Mitchell." - Seven Days, Burlington, VT

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