Colin Cotter

Colin Cotter is a multi-instrumentalist, singer, songwriter, and music teacher who grew up immersed in Irish, Finnish, and American folk music. He began learning fiddle at age four, building on several generations of Finnish folk music before falling in love with Scottish and Irish music at fiddle camps a few years later. He’s a self-taught guitarist, having taken up the guitar to accompany his own singing and songwriting and out of a deep affinity for sitting in the rhythmic belly of the beast when playing with fiddlers. As fiddle and guitar teacher, he’s taught at the Valley of the Moon Scottish Fiddling School, Mike Block String Camp, Lark Camp, Crisol de Cuerda, Merry Time Music Folk Camp, Pure Dead Brilliant Fiddle Weekend, Weed’s Winter Weekend, and Big Sur Fiddle Camp. He’s performed throughout the U.S. and toured in Canada, Ireland, and Spain.