Monthly Music Series: Bluegrass Duo: Flynn & Laura

Thursday, October 96:30—7:30 PMWallace Community RoomLunenburg Public Library1023 Massachusets Ave., Lunenburg, MA, 01462

Join us for a night of bluegrass with Flynn Cohen and Laura Orshaw.

No registration required, but encouraged for staff planning purposes.

Acoustic Guitar and mandolin player Flynn Cohen has performed all over the world with many notable acts in traditional and contemporary acoustic music. He can be seen in concert with the American folk band LOW LILY and legendary Irish Accordion player John Whelan, as well as duo shows playing music from his five solo albums. Flynn has also performed with Annalivia, Ruth Moody, Halali, The Sevens, Aoife Clancy, Cathie Ryan, Natalya Kay, Lawrence Nugent, Skip Healy, Joe Derrane and Frank Ferrel, John McGann, Matt Glaser, Brian Wicklund, Tony Watt and Southeast Expressway, Adrienne Young, Jake & Taylor Armerding, Laura Orshaw, Duncan Wickel, Gail Davies, Jilly Martin, Malibu Storm, Bruce MacGregor, Emerald Rae, Hanneke Cassel, Lissa Schneckenburger, Laura Cortese, Mark Simos, Matt Heaton, Women of Ireland, The Vancouver Symphony, the Orchestra of Indian Hill, Revels, and Footworks Percussive Dance Ensemble, among others. He has performed at the Library of Congress and the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C., and at Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall in New York City. 

A respected powerhouse on the Bluegrass scene, Laura Orshaw was the first female to win SPBGMA Fiddle Player of the Year and prides herself on keeping the sounds of traditional Bluegrass alive in the genre. With her sophomore solo project set to be released in early 2026, Orshaw is already a seasoned performer, having toured throughout the world opening and sharing the stage with artists such as Del McCoury, Ricky Skaggs, John Scofield, Jim Lauderdale, Old Crow Medicine Show, Sarah Jarosz, Becky Buller, and Darol Anger among others. Orshaw has celebrated a successful career as a member of  the Grammy nominated Po’ Ramblin’ Boys and a two IBMA award winner (2020 Gospel Recorded Performance of the Year, 2020 Collaborative Recording of the Year).

This concert is sponsored in part by funding for The Lunenburg Public Library Monthly Music Series, supported by North End Subaru, and the Friends of the Lunenburg Public Library.

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