Joe K. Walsh, Bruce Molsky, Darol Anger, and Brittany Karlson: “Innisfree”
Peghead Nation mandolin instructor plays an original composition set to a W.B. Yeats poem, with his fellow Peghead Nation and Berklee College of Music instructors.
On his 2016 album Borderland, Joe K. Walsh included an interpretation of the W.B. Yeats poem “The Lake Isle of Innisfree.” In this video, he plays “Innisfree” with fellow Peghead Nation instructor Bruce Molsky on guitar, Darol Anger on fiddle, and Brittany Karlson on bass. They recorded this at Berklee College of Music, where Joe, Bruce, and Darol teach in the American Roots Music program, from which Brittany graduated.
Check out Joe’s album Borderland.
Learn mandolin with Joe in The Advancing Mandolinist and in Bluegrass Mandolin Jam Favorites.
And study with Bruce in his Old-Time Fiddle Course and Wade Ward-Style Banjo course on Peghead Nation.
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