Lynn Gentry is a singer-songwriter, poet, and teacher currently living and creating in Brooklyn, NY. Lynn is best known for his style of performance based poetry, which began in the Haight-Ashbury district of San Francisco, CA in 2009. Since 2009, he has written extensively under his brand Lynn Gentry Prose for national and international patrons; for various institutions including BRIC "Mapping Brooklyn" (2015), SFMOMA "Google Family Day" (2010-11) and the Contemporary Jewish Museum "LGBT Family Day" (2011); for high profile companies including PayPal #poemgrams (2014), the Refinery29 "San Francisco Launch Party" (2011), 7x7 Magazine "Design Issue Celebration" at McLoughlin Gallery (2011); and for many private events. Lynn performs on rare occasions in Brooklyn.
Lynn holds a Bachelor of Arts in Music Studies from San Francisco State University and a Masters of Arts in Teaching from Lehman College. He has performed his music at various venues across the country.
Lynn's style can be described as etherial, modal, electric folk, which he calls "electric freak folk", and uses modes to break from the idea that music should work toward an end. He released his debut album "Requiem For the Living" in 2012 with his former band The Disposition. His debut solo album "The Wake" is expected to be released in 2025.
Lynn has been featured in various documentaries including "A Place of Truth" (2013), which was awarded Best Documentary Film of the 2014 Emerge Film Festival, and "The Typewriter in the 21st Century" (2012). He has been credited in two feature length films, namely "The Purple Onion" (2015), which premiered at the Asian American International Film Festival in NYC and "Real Men Walk" (2011).
With a particular interest in alternative venues, Lynn has produced a small repertoire of music and art events. Most notable are "The Huge Whisper" (2011), a two day art and music festival that featured 19 Bay Area Bands including The Blank Tapes, Con Brio, Buxter Hootn', and had nearly 400 attendees; and "The Beggars Banquet" series (2009) featuring SF based songwriters and local foodies.
