Muireann Bradley – I Kept These Old Blues (CD)
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Bradley came up through the Irish traditional music world before finding her way to Piedmont blues and the pre-war American fingerpicking tradition, a combination that gives her playing an unmistakable quality you won't hear from anyone else. The fact that she absorbed Robert Johnson, Mississippi John Hurt, and their contemporaries from across the Atlantic, with no geographic or generational connection to the Delta, only deepens the mystery of how naturally it all sits in her hands.
2025 release. I Kept These Old Blues is an astonishing first glimpse at the breadth of young Irish musician Muireann Bradley's talent - both as a guitar virtuoso and a singer. Her astounding fingerpicking and original interpretations of blues classics is truly remarkable given Bradley was just 15 years old when she recorded the album. Now remixed and remastered by Grammy-nominated mastering engineer Kevin Reeves and expanded with the inclusion of a brand-new track, "When the Levee Breaks," the album demonstrates the kind of assuredness and skill to be expected of a musician five times Muireann's age.
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UPC: 602475453970
Label: Verve
Release Date: 2.28.25
Format: CD