Muireann Bradley – Rose Dogs & Blackwood Pew

Muireann Bradley’s Rose Dogs & Blackwood Pew brings together her acclaimed 2025 Rose Dogs EP with the new Blackwood Pew collection on 180g heavyweight black vinyl. Named after the custom Australian Blackwood guitar heard throughout the recordings, the release presents an expanded portrait of Bradley’s distinctive approach to folk, country blues and fingerstyle guitar, combining traditional repertoire, reimagined songs and new original material.

Still only nineteen, Bradley has already developed a remarkable ability to make technically demanding guitar playing sound natural and conversational. Her fingerstyle work draws from older blues and folk traditions, but the performances never feel like museum pieces. Instead, she brings clarity, patience and a direct emotional quality to every arrangement, allowing intricate picking patterns to support rather than overshadow the songs. The result is detailed and elegant music with a strong sense of intimacy.

The collection includes three new original songs, among them “Not Going Back”, alongside interpretations that connect Bradley’s own writing to a much wider lineage. Tracks such as “Special Rider Blues”, “Sligo River Blues”, “Last kind words” and “Clay Pigeons” sit comfortably beside her newer material, showing how confidently she inhabits songs from different eras. Her growing reputation has been reinforced by acclaimed television appearances including Jools Holland’s Hootenanny and The Late Late Show, while her debut album I Kept These Old Blues quickly became a sought-after physical release after its first pressing sold out.

Pressed on 180g heavyweight vinyl, Rose Dogs & Blackwood Pew is a strong introduction to an artist whose style feels both deeply rooted and unusually fresh. For fans of acoustic blues, folk guitar, country-blues traditions and beautifully recorded singer-songwriter music, this release captures Muireann Bradley at a point where exceptional technique, interpretive confidence and a growing original voice are coming together with striking results. The heavyweight vinyl presentation suits the intimate, tactile character of the recordings and makes this collection a particularly attractive physical edition for listeners discovering Bradley or following her rapidly developing career.