Skylands Songwriters Guild

Born in the canyons of Manhattan Island, raised on the cliffs of the Palisades, Don has been a musician almost from birth. Principally a vocalist as a baby, he later moved to percussion followed by a love of all things strings. He writes and performs his own music. He has performed in Madison Square basement many times and rubbed elbows in public performance with several famous people who would prefer we didn’t mention them here as well as won the MTV Beach House Band Search, a songwriting and performance contest sponsored by MTV (when they were a music channel).

A talented songwriter, combined with her gifted voice and wonderful guitar work, will prompt you to chase your dreams and offer a tale or two about ordinary people who, like her, excel and inspire. Her songs, singing and guitar work honed and polished in the venues of New England, have a distinct Americana feel with New England charm. She moves from country to bluegrass, folk and r&b to gospel, all with a bluesy undertone. A hard-hitting voice that fills the room with original songs that will awaken your soul with visions of life's great moments.

Writing songs of life, love and simply being during our ever changing lives; bound to make you ask, “Is she talking about me?

A singer-songwriter, host of the Fig Tree Coffeehouse in Morris Plains, and author of Stage Frightened to Death, a musical murder mystery featuring five original songs (e-book and paperback available on Amazon, signed paperbacks on her website). Her album, With This Flame, has been playing on Sirius XM radio’s Hanukkah Channel since 2013.

Her Story Songs program of original music inspired by Jewish folk tales was featured at several New Jersey synagogues in 2025. She has appeared multiple times at the Sacred Bean Coffeehouse in Flanders, Cafe Artiste in Ocean Grove, Cafe Improv in Princeton, The Rhode Island Songwriters Association Song Writers in the Round in Providence and Cranston, RI, and the Sunday Singer Showcase Series at the Edenville General Store in Warwick, NY. She appeared with her band, The Friends, on the Folk Project's Horses Sing None of It cable television show in 2012 (available for streaming on YouTube).

Music, videos, details of upcoming shows and updates on the second book in her mystery series can be found on Facebook at “Karen Kamenetsky Music” and  at:

Route One (Mikal Federici & Anna Savchuk) is a singer/songwriter duo formed in 2024, in Asheville, North Carolina. Following the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, the pair moved north, resettling in Warwick, N.Y. With scores of clever and catchy original music, along with handfuls of complementary covers, Route One touches on notes of folk, pop, rock and blues, combining the standard musical forms into a package that is all their own. Between sweet, mellifluous harmonies, shadowy minor-key pieces, or charging rock progressions, Route One explores the range of the American musical idiom, with lyrical content that does just the same. The clean, unburdened two-piece arrangement between Federici & Savchuk gives listeners a chance to connect with both the duo and the songs they deliver, making for intimate performances audiences are sure to remember.