Home Uncategorized “I just learned them from the records. I don’t read tabs or anything, I don’t readmusic – Ilearned by ear”: How a teenage Muireann Bradley put a cover of Blind Blake’s Police Dog Blues on YouTube and became a standard bearer for country blues

“I just learned them from the records. I don’t read tabs or anything, I don’t readmusic – Ilearned by ear”: How a teenage Muireann Bradley put a cover of Blind Blake’s Police Dog Blues on YouTube and became a standard bearer for country blues

April 18, 2025 comments off

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Bradley’s interpretations of original country blues songs are causing quite a stir among players, and breathing new life into a form of music that’s nearly a century old

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