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Muireann Bradley

I Kept These Old Blues

Verve Forecast
Release Date: February 28, 2025

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1 Candyman  
2 Richland Woman Blues  
3 Police Dog Blues  
4 Shake Sugaree  
5 Vestapol  
6 Stagolee  
7 Green Green Rocky Road  
8 Frankie  
9 Police Sergant Blues  
10 Buckdancer's Choice  
11 Delia  
12 Freight Train  
13 When The Levee Breaks  
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Muireann Bradley is a once-in-a-generation talent. Aged just 17, this prodigious musician is rapidly garnering a devout fanbase – as well as the admiration of veteran artists – thanks to her unique style, which blends traditional guitar playing with personal and mature interpretations of classic blues songs. From playing music alone in her childhood bedroom, she has since become a choice favourite on international TV spots including Jools Holland and The Late Late Show, not to mention signing with Decca Records, itself a mark of industry recognition for her rare and authentic gift.

Raised just outside the small town of Ballybofey in County Donegal, Ireland, Bradley inherited a passion for music from her father, a keen guitar player and blues fan himself. Growing up in a home filled with guitars, she began to learn to play when she was just nine years old, only taking a brief break to win a series of national titles in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and regional titles in amateur boxing reaching two national finals.

 By this point, she’d badgered her parents into getting her a guitar of her own for her birthday; she developed her own playing style that lends the instrument a personality – a depth of character all of its own.

Bradley’s debut album, I Kept These Old Blues, is an astonishing first glimpse at the breadth of her talent – both as a guitar virtuoso and a singer. The first pressing has sold out everywhere and is already regarded as a collectible among in-the-know music fans – truly remarkable given Bradley was just 15 years old when she recorded it. Now remixed and mastered, I Kept These Old Blues demonstrates the kind of assuredness and skill to be expected of a musician five times her age, on blues standards such as Blind Blake’s “Police Dog Blues” and Rev Gary Davis’s “Candyman”. 

  • Muireann Bradley releases Bob Dylan - 'Dont Think Twice, Its Alright' cover from Decca /Verve debut album
    Posted At: April 4, 2025
    18-year-old Irish musician Muireann Bradley has released a stunning rendition of Bob Dylan’s classic “Don’t Think Twice, It’s Alright,” a standout favorite from her live show. This stunning session quickly follows the re-release of Muireann’s acclaimed debut album I Kept These Old Blues on Decca Records/Verve Forecast. The first pressing sold out everywhere and is already regarded as a collectible among in-...
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