Kingston Chapter

This month the Kingston Folk Guild is proud to present as our Feature Act:  Ditto Duo! Ditto Duo is Michelle DeDominicis and Cyndy DiBeneditto, award winning duo playing music to recharge your soul!   Cyndy's deep and passionate vocals and powerful rhythm guitar, along with Michelle's signature lyrical lead guitar and distinctive harmonies make up their […]

This month the Kingston Folk Guild is proud to present as our Feature Act:  Ethan Campbell! Ethan Campbell cut his musical teeth on Rock’n’Roll, playing in bands on the NYC Punk scene in the mid-‘70s.  Having mellowed (slightly) with age, he now performs solo acoustic, with a diverse repertoire of mostly '60s and '70s Classics:  […]

Gary's been playing in bands for over 50 years. During the '80s he frequently played the Rock’n’Roll clubs in New York City, including CBGB's, Pyramid, Limelight, Trude Heller’s, the Lone Star Café and many, many others. He has performed at college events at several major East Coast universities, including SUNY New Paltz. He also performed […]

Not to be confused with some full-sized vintage car, convertible or otherwise, Bonneville in the Hudson Valley sense refers to Anthony Bonneville. Singer-songwriter Anthony is known in his wooded locale as the mild mannered, twirl-mustachioed balladeer with a knack for tongue-in-cheek musical storytelling. Anthony has recently been recording his music with Deep Stream Records (a […]

Mat Kobalkin is a Hudson Valley singer/songwriter known for his quirky improvisation and soulful, Bluesy guitar work. Before arriving on the shores of the Hudson River, Mat’s musical journey took him from living and writing in the mountains of Colorado, to performing with his avant garde band No Tourist Attraction in Denver clubs, and eventually […]

After 40 years of playing Fender bass with bands in San Francisco, Richmond, Virginia and the Hudson Valley, Paul has expanded his horizons as a popular singer/songwriter. His original songs, baritone voice and captivating performance style have been entertaining audiences throughout the Northeast for more than a decade. Influenced by Jesse Winchester, John Hiatt, Mickey […]

Helen Avakian and Dave Irwin perform an exciting array of acoustic guitar-based music, ranging from captivating original songs and instrumentals to arrangements of classics by J.S. Bach and George Gershwin. Helen is the 2014 International Fingerstyle Guitar Champion, and the first female to win this prestigious competition. She has opened for Mary Chapin Carpenter, Stanley […]

Phil Miller and Betty Altman are well known to Folk Guild members for their soulful brand of music, combining warm, jazzy moodscapes and lush vocal harmonies. Their two guitars and two voices create a unique blend that draws the listener in, as they re-imagine classic, well-known tunes, along with their own original compositions. Join us […]

Rich Newman is a songwriter, poet and award-winning journalist from Ulster County, New York. He describes his musical style as “the Country side of Folk,” and his songs reveal a spiritual curiosity, a keen sensitivity to the joys and frustrations of human relationships, and a sly sense of humor. Rich’s influences include John Prine, Jerry […]

Andy Shapiro grew up on Gun Hill Road in the Bronx in the 1950s, dreaming the dreams that came from listening to his sister’s Four Seasons and Beach Boys records. Andy fell in love with the guitar as a nine-year-old listening to his mother strum folk songs, and picked up the electric guitar in the […]