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“Djimbaseh” solo

“Djimbaseh” solo

Walter Strauss Music

Mali trip

Mali trip

Walter traveled to Mali to delve deeper into West African music right in the heart of it furthering his decade-long cross-cultural exploration. Click here to learn more.

Cross Cultural Collaboration

Cross Cultural Collaboration

Grammy-award winning kora player Toumani Diabate invited Walter to study with him and connect with Malian musicians. Click to learn more.

Music in Film

Music in Film

Walter recently composed some music for the Ken Burns / Artemis Joukowsky film "Defying the Nazis: The Sharps War". A powerful documentary about a New England couple who smuggled hundreds out of WWll Europe. Tom Hanks is the voice of Waitstill Sharp and Marina Goldman is Martha Sharp.

Live and On Tour

"Tony McManus and Walter Strauss presented an evening of breath-taking virtuosity on their steel string guitars. Walter Strauss...claimed his place at that exclusive top table with spell-binding interpretations of music as widely-ranging as African Folk to Woody Guthrie."

Planet Solitaire

"Walter Strauss kicks global arse... (Planet Solitaire) encompasses Western classical and jazz-values, plus rootsy African and Americana with bewildering aplomb." - Allgigs

Pulling Shadows

"guitar-based music with an artistry that’s unparalleled... His instrumental prowess is dazzling, and a spiritual quality hovers over his work. Delightfully different..." – Daily Freeman, Kingston, NY

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