Acoustic instrumental music by Joel McDermott

Joel McDermott composes and arranges acoustic instrumental music for  guitar and mandolin. He has been playing fretted stringed instruments for almost 40 years, and  has performed across the UK at festivals, concerts, weddings and private functions. His compositions and recordings have been played on radio stations around the world.

Joel teaches guitar and mandolin from beginner to advanced level in Ilfracombe, NorthDevon. Click here for more information.

"McDermott allows the great sensitivity of his touch, playful and inventive arrangements and an obvious delight in the beautiful tone of his mandolin and guitar to come to the fore." Simon Mayor

A Row of Pins (McDermott) Solo Guitar

Reels (trad.) mandolin, banjo & guitar

Night Music of the Streets of Madrid, Allegro (Boccherini) mandolin & guitar

Whiskey before Breakfast (trad.) guitars Matthew Ord & Joel McDermott​

Cheek to Cheek (Berlin arr. McDermott) solo mandolin

La Partida (Trad. Venezuela arr. McDermott) cuatro duet