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Robin Gottfried – singer songwriter, guitar

Robin Gottfried grew up in Washington Heights, New York City where he graduated from the High School of Music & Art in 1970.

He immediately started his professional career as a singer/songwriter performing in bands that played all over the Northeast. Robin now performs in the Burlington, VT area where he has lived since 1978. He spends every available hour in his digital recording studio.

Robin’s discography:
Handwritten – 1994
Robin Gottfried & Friends – 2000
Carry You – 2003
Pelican Crash Dive – 2005
Unfinished Portrait – 2007
Pages (with Susan Hosmer) – 2009
images and rhymes – 2011
Caspian Sky – 2014
Other Side of the Rain – 2017
Our Trip Up In Time – 2019
Dreams and Extremes – 2022
Wind on the Shallows – 2023


Ian Koeller – drums

Ian Koeller is a professional session and live musician from New York and currently living in Burlington Vermont.

At age 4 Ian got his first set of drums and started working out grooves and fills he heard on the radio. By age 11 Ian studied with world renowned educator Jeff Salisbury.

Ian started playing professionally age 16 joining & playing with various bands in the Burlington, Vermont area including Microwave Mangos, Jenni Johnson, Gang of Thieves, Theravada, Jimmy T. Thurston, Keeghan Nolan, Joe McGinness, David Pollack, A House On Fire, Bob Levinson, The Phil Abair Band, Rick & the Ramblers, The Contois School of Music Band & now with Robin Gottfried & Friends.

Ian is an in demand recording session player working with the above artists, as well as recording sessions with New York City artists.

Learn more at iankoeller.com


Ben “Benny” Weber – bass

Ben “Benny” Weber grew up in Central Vermont. He began his career as a bassist when he was allowed to join the U-32 high school jazz band on the condition that he played the beat up old Gibson EB-2 they handed him. The rest is history. He went on to tour up and down the east coast playing clubs with a variety of acts. He now lives outside of Burlington and makes his living playing blues, pop, jazz, and R&B.

Learn more at bassmanbenny.com