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Don and Maureen Black began taking guitar lessons with Helen Avakian in September of 2008. They first played together in public in January 2013, under the name "Never Too Late". Since then they have played together in a variety of local venues, most notably in the "Teachers" - themed John Street Jam, and in a […]

Marylyn Coffey came of age in the Folk era of the 1960s, performing with friends in cafés and coffee houses in and around Boston, but never thought of taking herself seriously in that milieu. Now in her Golden Years, as a former hippie, graphic artist, art publicist and university art department manager, she is doing […]

Dave Feroe was born and raised in Poughkeepsie, NY, and attended Arlington High School and Dutchess Community College. Dave began playing guitar at the tender age of five. He was in the local Rhinebeck band Destiny in the early 90's, and performed at the Chance in Poughkeepsie three different times with the Dave Feroe Project. […]

Acoustic guitarist and vocalist Marji Zintz, living and performing in the Catskills/Hudson Valley region of New York, is a gifted, soulful interpreter performing a hybrid of contemporary folk, rock, and jazz. “Marji puts an indelibly personal stamp on songs from such diverse writers as Aimee Mann, Mark Knopfler and George Gershwin ... and accompanies her […]

Ethan Campbell has been writing words and music his entire adult life, both as a solo artist and in a full band setting. Ethan grew up in the Golden Age of Classic Rock, and his influences cover a wide spectrum, from Folk and Country to British Invasion to Heavy Metal to Baroque piano pieces. Many […]

Night Ride Home is the songwriting duo Mary DeAngelis and Brian Huff - Philadelphia Area Songwriters Alliance hosts, organizers of the long-running Phoenixville Area Acoustic Jam Group, and hosts of the Catbird Garden songwriting, house concert, and open mic events in Collegeville, PA. The duo specializes in idiosyncratic Folk, pop and jazz-influenced originals featuring tight […]

Singer/Songwriter Tom Bowes, a long-time resident of Warren, Michigan, has a fondness for old songs with great melodies. Growing up, Tom was inspired by the likes of Pete Seeger and Harry Belafonte. Tom is an active member of the Paint Creek Folklore Society, and features as a soloist from time to time with the Unity […]

The Princes of Serendip are a husband-and-wife duo based for three decades in Woodstock, NY. T. G. Vanini (vocals and piano) and Julie Parisi Kirby (vocals) specialize in T. G.’s varied and lyrical songs that show Celtic and classical influences. They hope to provoke some thought and tell you some surprising stories with their beguiling, […]

Elly Wininger is a New York Blues Hall of Fame inductee, acoustic and slide guitarist, and songwriter known for her roots in the Greenwich Village Folk and Blues scene. Wininger was a regular on the Greenwich Village scene back in the day, and even played the opening night at the legendary CBGB’s. She was inducted […]

The Jerelynn & Rich Trio, comprised of Jerelynn Mason and Rich Keyes, had its genesis at the Folk Guild Kingston Coffeehouse in September of 2023, when the two met. Since then, they have (among other things) performed, hiked, travelled, and collected bricks together. They have sung and played ukuleles and other instruments at Folk Guild […]