This week mandolin virtuoso and educator Joe K. Walsh gives us a mini master class on the art of listening and improvising as we celebrate the release of his new album. If not now, who?
The project consists of Walsh with Matt Flinner (banjo), guitarist Grant Gordy, Ella Jordan (fiddle), John Milanese (fiddle), John Suntken (drums) and Karl Doty (bass). Walsh walks us through the process of making the record, talks about what he’s learned after years of teaching at Berklee, and gives us an overview of his current mandolin line-up.
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