Joe Burch

MANDOLIN and PIANO

Joe began his pursuit of string music with the banjo in the mid-70’s. Mandolin became his passion when the Louisville Mandolin Orchestra formed in the mid-80’s, The LMO, along with his affiliation with the Classical Mandolin Society of America, exposed him to highly disciplined studies with mandolin virtuosos and afforded him international performances opportunities. In the late 90’s he began pursuing jazz on the mandolin which lead to the formation of the jazz quartet JazzCrafters . All the while, being a sailor at heart, also laid a hidden yearning for songs of the sea and beyond, which was finally fullfilled by joining Keltricity.