Mr. Sun / A Little Heart’s Ease / FreshGrass MASS MoCA / SaltStage 09.21.14 / Darol Anger Grant Gordy Joe Walsh Ethan Jodziewicz from Jason Elon Goodman on Vimeo.
Peghead Nation mandolin instructor Joe Walsh is part of the band Mr. Sun with Darol Anger on fiddle, Grant Gordy on guitar, and Ethan Jodziewicz on acoustic bass. Here they are playing one of Joe’s tunes, “A Little Heart’s Ease.” This artful video is a collaboration between the FreshGrass Festival, MassMoCA, and the Traveling Salt Stage.
You can learn to play mandolin from Joe in his Peghead Nation course, The Advancing Mandolinist.
![]() |
Andrew Marlin with Eli West, Christian Sedelmyer, Clint Mullican: “Wooden Spoon Over by the Sink”Andrew Marlin and his band plays an original tune from his instrumental album, “Buried in a Cape,” backstage at Terrapin Crossroads. Read More |
![]() |
Hawktail: “Annbjørg”Peghead Nation fiddle instructor Brittany Haas and her progressive acoustic band play an original tune from their new album, “Formations.” Read More |
![]() |
California Banjo Extravaganza: “The Train That Carried My Girl from Town”Bill Evans, Joe Newberry, and Danny Barnes play a three-banjo version of the popular bluegrass song. Read More |
![]() |
Joe K. Walsh and Scott Nygaard: “East Tennessee Blues”Peghead Nation mandolin and guitar instructors play the popular old-time tune at our first Mandolin Camp. Read More |
![]() |
Joe K. Walsh and Scott Nygaard: “Watson’s Blues”Peghead Nation mandolin and guitar instructors play a tune that Bill Monroe wrote and named after one of his favorite guitarists, Doc Watson. Read More |
![]() |
John Reischman and Kenny Smith: “A Prairie Jewel”Peghead Nation mandolin instructor plays an original tune from the album “Walk Along John” with flatpicking guru Kenny Smith, fiddler Nate Lee, and bass player Max Schwartz. Read More |
![]() |
John Reischman, Scott Nygaard, Sharon Gilchrist, Joe K. Walsh: “Clinch Mountain Backstep”The Peghead Nation Mandolin Camp instructor staff plays the Ralph Stanley classic at the Camp concert. Read More |
![]() |
John Reischman, Scott Nygaard, Sharon Gilchrist, Joe K. Walsh: “Lonesome Moonlight Waltz”The Peghead Nation Mandolin Camp instructor staff plays a beautiful Bill Monroe waltz at our Camp concert. Read More |
![]() |
Joy Kills Sorrow: “Such Great Heights”Peghead Nation welcomes our two newest instructors, Zoe Guigueno and Wes Corbett, who played together in the influential stringband Joy Kills Sorrow. Read More |
![]() |
Joe K. Walsh, Jake Howard, Ethan Setiawan, Grant Gordy, and Darol Anger: “E.M.D.”A smoking triple-mandolin version of David Grisman’s tune “E.M.D.,” recorded at the Great Lakes Music Camp 2019. Read More |