{"id":143200,"date":"2024-01-10T07:24:08","date_gmt":"2024-01-10T15:24:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/acousticguitar.com\/?p=143200"},"modified":"2024-01-10T07:24:13","modified_gmt":"2024-01-10T15:24:13","slug":"muireann-bradley-irelands-roots-and-blues-prodigy-acoustic-guitar-sessions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acousticguitar.com\/muireann-bradley-irelands-roots-and-blues-prodigy-acoustic-guitar-sessions\/","title":{"rendered":"Muireann Bradley, Ireland\u2019s Roots and Blues Prodigy \u00a0| Acoustic Guitar Sessions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Muireann Bradley, Ireland\u2019s Roots and Blues Prodigy \u00a0| Acoustic Guitar Sessions\" width=\"1290\" height=\"726\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_j9Ak0v-Iyc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Muireann Bradley, a young musician based in rural Ireland, is just one of countless acoustic guitarists around the world to enter the woodshed with grit and determination during the lockdown phase of the Covid pandemic. But what sets her apart is that she was only 13 years old at the time and emerged with a repertoire of vintage blues and folk songs that she sings and plays with great authenticity and conviction, not to mention a prodigious fingerstyle technique.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now 17, Bradley first became inspired to pick up the guitar by listening to Robert Johnson, Blind Blake, Reverend Gary Davis, and other blues pioneers with her musician father, in addition to hearing him picking around the house. Her earliest videos caught the attention of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/acousticguitar.com\/josh-rosenthal-of-tompkins-square-records-on-the-primacy-of-the-acoustic-guitar\/\">Josh Rosenthal of Tompkins Square Records<\/a>, who recently released her debut album,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3NRPrh5\"><em>I Kept These Old Blues<\/em><\/a>. As the title suggests, it\u2019s a collection of the standards that resonate most with her.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this exclusive video, filmed at St Anne\u2019s Church of Ireland churchyard, in Ballyshannon, Bradley performs three classic songs: Reverend Gary Davis\u2019 version of \u201cCandyman,\u201d Blind Blake\u2019s \u201cPolice Dog Blues,\u201d and Memphis Minnie\u2019s \u201cWhen the Levee Breaks.\u201d She also provides some insights into their history. To achieve a period-correct sound, she plays her Gibson LG-2 reissue; a <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/acousticguitar.com\/video-review-waterloo-wl-s-and-wl-s-deluxe-by-collings-guitars\/\">Waterloo WL-S Deluxe<\/a><\/strong>, with its ladder bracing; and her personal favorite, an X-braced Waterloo WL-14X, whose V-shaped neck she finds feels the most like home.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tompkinssquare.bandcamp.com\/album\/i-kept-these-old-blues\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/acousticguitar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/a1283144960_16.jpg?resize=700%2C700&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-143201\" style=\"width:750px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/acousticguitar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/a1283144960_16.jpg?w=700&amp;ssl=1 700w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/acousticguitar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/a1283144960_16.jpg?resize=500%2C500&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/acousticguitar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/a1283144960_16.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/acousticguitar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/a1283144960_16.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bradley digs deep into classic roots tunes, and delivers inspired fingerstyle blues.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":143205,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"Bradley digs deep into classic roots tunes, and delivers inspired fingerstyle blues.","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1524],"tags":[],"ppma_author":[1541],"class_list":["post-143200","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blues-videos"],"blocksy_meta":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/acousticguitar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Muireann-Bradley-AcousticGuitarMag-Interview-CUT1.00_15_45_22.Still001.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&ssl=1","authors":[{"term_id":1541,"user_id":24,"is_guest":0,"slug":"adam-perlmutterstringletter-com","display_name":"Adam Perlmutter","avatar_url":{"url":"https:\/\/acousticguitar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Adam-Perlmutter.jpg","url2x":"https:\/\/acousticguitar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Adam-Perlmutter.jpg"},"user_url":"","last_name":"Perlmutter","first_name":"Adam","job_title":"","description":"Adam Perlmutter holds a bachelor of music degree from the University of North Carolina-Greensboro and a master's degree in Contemporary Improvisation from the New England Conservatory. 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