Jay's composition, Ashokan Farewell, became the title theme of Ken Burns' The Civil War [1] on PBS.
The soundtrack won a Grammy and Ashokan Farewell was nominated for an Emmy.
She plays traditional American fiddle and acoustic bass guitar.
Jay & Molly continue to perform as a duo, with their band, Swingology, and as the Jay Ungar and Molly Mason Family Band with Jay's daughter Ruth Ungar (her mother is Lyn Hardy) and Ruthy's husband Michael Merenda.
In 1992, Ungar and Mason provided the soundtrack to the acclaimed documentary film Brother's Keeper, released as a music CD entitled Waltzing with You (1998).