“These musicians, like Blind Blake, are so amazing – we should keep their memory alive”: Meet Muireann Bradley, the 17-year-old fingerpicker on a quest to bring turn-of-the-century folk-blues to Gen Z

A portrait of Muireann Bradley playing her Waterloo acoustic guitar.

At just 17 years old, Muireann Bradley from County Donegal, Ireland, has hit the ground running with her debut album, I Kept These Old Blues, receiving rave reviews across the board and her tour dates selling out fast.

Muireann’s gently sung versions of traditional folk and blues songs from some of the American greats of the 20th century are deftly delivered, and her picking technique is clean and precise.