Joey Weisenberg

Styles: Balkan / Eastern European

Guitar, Mandolin

Joey Weisenberg (mandolinist/guitarist): At age twelve, Joey began performing as a harmonica player and guitarist in blues bars in Milwaukee , Wisconsin. After graduating from Columbia University, he recorded with the Lithuanian singer Marija Krupoves on her latest CD, "Without a Country Songs of Stateless Peoples," and is featured on an upcoming album of Sephardic music with The Gerard Edery Ensemble. Joey currently performs with The Village Klezmer Quintet, Romashka, Zagnut Circus Orchestra, The Marija Krupoves Trio, and as a leader of his own ensembles. Joey has taught at Klez Kanada and Kehilat Hadar, and has been a long-standing teacher for the Tikvah Program, working with developmentally disabled children. Joey also enjoys performing for private parties throughout the New York area, and teaching guitar and mandolin to students of all ages.

www.joeyweisenberg.com