Joe Craven & Painted Mandolin

Joe Craven is an American freestyle folk, roots and world music multi-instrumentalist, singer and educator. A former violinist/percussionist for the David Grisman Quintet and collaborator with Jerry Garcia, David Lindley, Alison Brown and Psychograss, he plays fiddle, mandolin, tenor guitar, tres, cavaquinho and found-percussion. He is Director of RiverTunes Music Camp, co-director of the Wintergrass Youth Academy and a longtime MC at festivals including Delfest, Telluride Bluegrass and Live Oak.