Hailed by CBC-Newfoundland as “one of the best mandolinists of his generation” and by Nashville’s Music Row Magazine for his “lickety-split mandolin work”, Portland, Maine-based mandolin player Joe K. Walsh is known for his exceptional tone and taste, and his collaborations with acoustic music luminaries including legendary fiddler Darol Anger, flatpick guitar hero Scott Nygaard, folk star Jonathan Edwards, and pop/grass darlings Joy Kills Sorrow have taken him all over the global and musical map. He’s played with everyone from John Scofield to Bela Fleck to Emmylou Harris, and performed everywhere from festivals to laundromats to
Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium. After a number of award-winning years as mandolinist with bluegrass stars the Gibson Brothers, Joe currently splits his time between an inventive string band called Mr Sun (featuring Darol Anger, Grant Gordy and Ethan Jodziewicz) a duo with Grant Gordy, and his own band, Joe K. Walsh and Sweet Loam.  An avid educator, Joe is a mandolin instructor at the Berklee College of Music. He teaches regularly at music camps and workshops throughout North America and Europe, and has taught hundreds of students near his home in Portland, Maine.

His 3rd solo record, "Borderlands" was released in Fall of 2016, and featured Courtney Hartman (Della Mae) on guitar and John Mailander on fiddle.