Muireann Bradley, a young artist based in rural Ireland, is simply among numerous acoustic guitar players all over the world to go into the woodshed with grit and decision throughout the lockdown stage of the Covid pandemic. What sets her apart is that she was just 13 years old at the time and emerged with a collection of classic blues and folk tunes that she sings and plays with terrific credibility and conviction, not to point out a prodigious fingerstyle strategy.
Now 17, Bradley initially ended up being influenced to get the guitar by listening to Robert Johnson, Blind Blake, Reverend Gary Davis, and other blues leaders with her artist daddy, in addition to hearing him selecting around your home. Her earliest videos captured the attention ofJosh Rosenthal of Tompkins Square Recordswho just recently launched her launching album,I Kept These Old BluesAs the title recommends, it’s a collection of the requirements that resonate most with her.
In this unique video, recorded at St Anne’s Church of Ireland churchyard, in Ballyshannon, Bradley carries out 3 timeless tunes: Reverend Gary Davis’ variation of “Candyman,” Blind Blake’s “Police Dog Blues,” and Memphis Minnie’s “When the Levee Breaks.” She likewise supplies some insights into their history. To attain a period-correct noise, she plays her Gibson LG-2 reissue; a Waterloo WL-S Deluxewith its ladder bracing; and her individual favorite, an X-braced Waterloo WL-14X, whose V-shaped neck she discovers feels one of the most like home.