A native of Shaker Heights, Ohio, Flynn Cohen has made his name as an acoustic guitarist in Irish traditional music, Bluegrass, Country, Folk, and Americana over the last decade. He has a BA in Music from Dartington College of Arts in Devon, England and an MA in Music Composition from Mills College in California.
He performs with the band Annalivia, as well as Irish accordion legend John Whelan, progressive fiddle band Halali, and acclaimed dance band The Sevens.
He's also worked w/ Cathie Ryan, Aoife Clancy, Skip Healy, Adrienne Young & Little Sadie, Footworks Percussive Dance Ensemble, Malibu Storm, Jilly Martin, Gail Davies, Airdance, Boston City Limits, Matt Glaser, John McGann, Joe Derrane & Frank Farrell, Ruthie Dornfeld, Karen Tweed, Jake & Taylor Armerding, Bruce MacGregor, Lissa Schneckenburger, Laura Cortese, Mark Simos, Todd Denman & Aniar, etc.
Flynn is a visiting lecturer in Music at Bridgewater State College in Massachusetts, and guitar instructor at the Club Passim School of music in Harvard Square.
