Irish guitarist Muireann Bradley has signed to Decca Records.
The teenage blues prodigy shot to prominence with a series of viral videos, re-interpreting complex fingerpicking patterns from a fresh perspective. Releasing her debut album ‘I Kept These Old Blues’ last year, Muireann stole the show on Later… before heading out on tour.
Snapped up by Decca Records, she’s elated to join the roster of such an esteemed label. “Signing with Decca and Verve Forecast is a dream come true for me,” says Muireann. “I get such an incredible thrill when I think about my debut album being re-released on such historic and iconic labels which are so synonymous with legends like Billie Holiday, Nina Simone, and Ella Fitzgerald, as well as amazing contemporary artists like Melody Gardot and Jon Batiste.”
Given a spruced up mix, ‘I Kept These Old Blues’ will be re-issued on vinyl on February 28th, boasting the original album alongside previously unheard track ‘When The Levee Breaks’.
‘Candyman’ is online now – a blues staple recorded by the likes of Mississippi John Hurt, Rev Gary Davis, and Taj Mahal, it’s given rejuvenated energy by this effervescent young artist.
She says…
“’Candyman’ is a song that I have known and loved for as long as I can remember. It is one of the most fun things you can do on a guitar once you’ve mastered it and it’s often the first tune I play when I pick one up. As a small child, I would sit at my father’s feet as he played and sang the song. It was traditionally sung as a call and response between a male and female voice, and I loved to sing the high part.”
Tune in now.
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