Myles Cohen

Folksinger, guitarist, and songwriter Myles Cohen started his professional music career around 1970. At first he worked with school friend Lenny Solomon, a violinist. They did a number of recordings under the name Myles and Lenny, and won a Juno Award together. Near the end of the '70s, Cohen went solo, completing several singles and a couple of albums. Myles Cohen was born and raised in Montreal, Canada. In his early teens, he taught himself to play the guitar so he could work out the songs he wrote. It wasn't long before he was earning spots in local bands. In high school ...