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Paul Brady

Paul Brady

Welcome

Welcome to the Paul Brady website. ‘About’ takes you to a biography, the lyrics of all my songs, all my musical collaborations and former incarnations, a list of the many artists who’ve covered my songs and the songwriters I’ve co-written with over the years. There’s also a Press and reviews page so you can see what you’re letting yourself in for. Tablature for some of my acoustic guitar arrangements appears under ‘Misc’.
Visit the ‘PeeBee Store’ to listen to or download CDs and individual songs. Purchase CDs and DVDs by mail-order. Download printed music. Find lots of rarities, live concerts, out-takes, b-sides, alternative mixes and demos not available anywhere else. Check out the gallery and videos section to see some of the dodgy haircuts and shapes thrown over the years.
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Thank you for visiting us. Paul Brady

Back In The Saddle

Hi all. Apologies for the long absence. I decided to take some time off in the first half of 2018 so there hasn’t been a lot going on to talk about. I’ve been traveling a lot too which keeps me busy.

Just to say first that I really enjoyed the Delbert McClinton week long Caribbean cruise in early January. Meeting old friends and making new ones while playing and listening to bands like The Mavericks and The Fabulous Thunderbirds is hard to beat.

Then it was off to New Zealand for almost a month to spend time with our son and family. Pleased to say that the family increased by one while we were there with the birth of baby grand daughter Olive Jade Brady.

On my return it was getting down to mixing and editing the film of last summer’s Irish tour with Andy Irvine, Donal Lunny and Kevin Burke as we celebrated the 40th anniversary of the release of our album ‘Andy Irvine & Paul Brady’. It’s set to be a TV program and possibly a DVD later this year.

I’m also spending a lot of time writing a memoir of sorts which is awakening a lot of emotions from the past, mostly good I’m happy to say. Hopefully that will appear maybe next year.

As far as live performance is planned, there’s nothing before June 17th at the Doolin Folk Festival in County Clare except for a short one-song appearance at the BBC 2 Folk Awards in Belfast on April 4 for future BBC TV broadcast at an as yet unknown date.

Later in the year we’re working on a short return trip to USA for four City Winery shows in NYC, Boston, Nashville and Chicago. We’ll let you know if and when they’re confirmed.

Finally hoping to do a few more shows with Andy, Donal and Kevin in October. Venues being worked on are in Dublin, Cork, London and Prague.

That’s it for now Hope your year is treating you well!

Paul

Unfinished Business

This is my first record of new songs since Hooba Dooba back in 2010. It’s been rattling around me for the past three or four years. In that time I released the ‘Paul Brady Anthology’ and ‘The Vicar Street Sessions’ so I wasn’t doing nothing.. but I wanted to take my time with a new record. The record business was changing drastically over that period anyway and for a time I was, like many other artists, wondering was there any point in putting out an album at all.

 

Even so, I was writing and recording all that time at my own place in Dublin. Since I still wasn’t sure if what I was putting down would ever come out, I just kept doing it for fun at my own pace, being recording engineer, playing most of the instruments myself and not thinking of it as for an album. I’ve never liked the pressure of booking musicians to make a record in a set period. It takes time for me to understand what I want from a song. Often in those situations, because I have to commit myself to what’s going on at the moment, I can end up, when I get some distance from it, with something that is not really what I intended. I didn’t want that this time.Read More

Paul Brady Live at Rockpalast

paul brady rockplatzOn 8th December 1983 I played a concert with my band in Hamburg’s Markthalle televised by the legendary German TV series ‘Rockpalast’.

In the band at the time were drummer Terry Williams…on loan from Dire Straits who were on down time, Bassist Mickey Feat, Electric guitarist Phil Palmer and on keyboards and Hammond Organ the late Kenny Craddock. My second album ‘True For You’ was not long out so we concentrated on those songs mostly..Not The Only One, Steel Claw, Take Me Away, Dance The Romance and Helpless Heart as well as a few faves like Crazy Dreams. We were all pretty exhausted having driven across from England in a freezing cold van with no sleep so it was a surreal experience playing through a mental fog for an audience seeing me for the first time. Looking back at it all these years later on this newly released DVD/CD pack, it comes across a lot better than I remember it. A long ago look into the young me slowly finding my voice. Available at

The Vicar St Sessions Volume 1

Vicar St Session
 
Hi all, 
We are pleased to reveal that the new Paul Brady album ‘The Vicar Street Sessions Vol 1’ on Proper Records (PRPCD128) is set for release on April 27th 2015. This first volume of recordings from the now legendary month of Dublin shows in 2001 has 13 tracks with guests featuring in order of appearance, Mark Knopfler, Gavin Friday & Maurice Seezer, Sinéad O’Connor, Van Morrison, Bonnie Raitt, Curtis Stigers, Ronan Keating, Eleanor McEvoy, Mary Black, Maura O’Connell and Moya Brennan (aka Máire Ní Bhraonáin) plus four songs from Paul and his band. 
From this site in the PeeBee store the album is available to pre-order in CD form (mail order), 320 kbps mp3 download (complete album only) and in limited edition high quality 180gm virgin vinyl double album with double gatefold sleeve (1000 individually hand numbered and signed by Paul and available only from this site). All pre-orders will be serviced on April 27th.
The album can also be pre-ordered from Amazon (http://smarturl.it/5r92vh ), iTunes (http://smarturl.it/ovsemt) or Proper Records (http://smarturl.it/ozb99q) in their usual formats. For those wanting to know more about the event itself please see the archives page.

Back In The Saddle

Hi all. Things are moving very fast. Last week I played guitar and piano onstage for the first time since the Gig For Gaza in Dublin’s Olympia Theatre last September. A month ago I wasn’t sure if I’d ever play again. I’m finally realising that I can do it now. Still stiff and a little sore but getting better all the time.

But I wasn’t expecting to be working so soon. I had planned some shows in April and May because …well, you have to plan shows way in advance even before you know if you can do them! I was looking forward to Feb and March to complete my recovery and was confident. But now I’m being asked to play with the Ulster Orchestra in The Waterfront Theatre, Belfast on Mar 3 for a BBC TV recording of a St Patrick’s Day show and…I’m going to do it. I plan to sing two songs, a new song called Oceans Of Time and Nobody Knows. Then it’s concerts in Limerick (April 10), Ratoath (23 & 24 April), Cork (25 April) and Dublin (May 15) all details on the tour dates page.Read More