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Love Police invite you to discover their two latest international stars this March.MUIREANN BRADLEY and JON MUQ, making their Australian debut in a nostalgic adventure through old-worldly folk and rhythm and blues along the East Coast on a sweet double bill, and an evening of song. Hailing from Ballybofey in County Donegal, Muireann Bradley is a 17-year-old folk and blues guitarist, with a knack for performing acoustic fingerpicking country, piedmont and ragtime blues styles taking audiences back to musical traditions from the 1920s through to the ‘40s across folk, country and Americana.Releasing her debut album, I Kept These Old Blues in 2023, Muireann has since toured Europe, sharing her sentimental songs with sold out crowds along the way.For JON MUQ, a singer-songwriter born in Uganda and now living in Austin, Texas, this tour also marks his first Australian run. Drawing from African as well as western musical trends and traditions, Muq’s music is a precious gift to audiences as he shares his stories, culture and voice with audiences around the world. Whether that is through his tours with Billy Joel, Norah Jones, and Mavis Staples or from his debut album, Flying Away, produced by Dan Auerbach.MUIREANN BRADLEY and JON MUQ: two divine musical storytellers, on the one double act run up and down the East Coast.
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Ian
February 19th 2025
Much more animated than when I heard her in Mew Ross. Brilliant performance. Looking forward to hearing her again soon.
Limavady, United Kingdom@Roe Valley Arts and Cultural Centre
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Muireann Bradley Biography
Muireann Bradley is a 17 year old finger picking guitarist & singer, who grew up in the hills overlooking the Finn Valley, just outside the town of Ballybofey, in County Donegal, Ireland.
Muireann performs primarily Country, Ragtime & Piedmont style blues from the 1920s & 1930s. Her influences include Rev Gary Davis, Blind Blake, Mississippi John Hurt, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Robert Johnson, Elizabeth Cotten, and Memphis Minnie to name just a few. She delights in interpreting & performing the music of these early blues masters, always putting her own unique stamp on the tunes.
Muireann grew up surrounded by guitars & old blues & began playing at the age of nine when she convinced her father to buy her first guitar and teach her. She worked hard and learned to finger pick in various old blues styles. However as she got older she began to invest more time in the sports of boxing and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, which she trained and competed in successfully, from a young age.
This led to the guitar and music beginning to take something of a back seat. Then in March 2020 when the first COVID lock downs happened all contact sports were shut down. Muireann felt lost for a while but she soon rediscovered her love for the guitar and the old Blues that she had grown up with.
She was now listening and practicing, with a new intensity and focus. She decided to start posting videos on You Tube. The first of which, was her rendition of Blind Blake's "Police Dog Blues". It garnered much attention (and has now had over half a million views). She was contacted by Tompkins Square Records, in San Francisco, who suggested she record an album. The songs and instrumentals were all recorded in studio, in one, or two takes. Done so, in an attempt to make the process as similar as possible, to the original, classic country blues artists, of the 1920s and 30s.
These recordings would become the album “I Kept These Old Blues”, which was released in early December.
Muireann recently went down a storm performing on Jools Holland’s Hootenanny, on BBC. And she has also starred on RTÉ’s, The Late Late Show.
The great Arlen Roth has described her as “a natural!”. Jorma Kaukonen said, “That kid is really good and I don’t mean really good for a kid, I mean REALLY GOOD”. While Stefan Grossman said “ A wonderful player, I can now retire, the torch has been passed”.
Read MoreMuireann performs primarily Country, Ragtime & Piedmont style blues from the 1920s & 1930s. Her influences include Rev Gary Davis, Blind Blake, Mississippi John Hurt, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Robert Johnson, Elizabeth Cotten, and Memphis Minnie to name just a few. She delights in interpreting & performing the music of these early blues masters, always putting her own unique stamp on the tunes.
Muireann grew up surrounded by guitars & old blues & began playing at the age of nine when she convinced her father to buy her first guitar and teach her. She worked hard and learned to finger pick in various old blues styles. However as she got older she began to invest more time in the sports of boxing and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, which she trained and competed in successfully, from a young age.
This led to the guitar and music beginning to take something of a back seat. Then in March 2020 when the first COVID lock downs happened all contact sports were shut down. Muireann felt lost for a while but she soon rediscovered her love for the guitar and the old Blues that she had grown up with.
She was now listening and practicing, with a new intensity and focus. She decided to start posting videos on You Tube. The first of which, was her rendition of Blind Blake's "Police Dog Blues". It garnered much attention (and has now had over half a million views). She was contacted by Tompkins Square Records, in San Francisco, who suggested she record an album. The songs and instrumentals were all recorded in studio, in one, or two takes. Done so, in an attempt to make the process as similar as possible, to the original, classic country blues artists, of the 1920s and 30s.
These recordings would become the album “I Kept These Old Blues”, which was released in early December.
Muireann recently went down a storm performing on Jools Holland’s Hootenanny, on BBC. And she has also starred on RTÉ’s, The Late Late Show.
The great Arlen Roth has described her as “a natural!”. Jorma Kaukonen said, “That kid is really good and I don’t mean really good for a kid, I mean REALLY GOOD”. While Stefan Grossman said “ A wonderful player, I can now retire, the torch has been passed”.
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