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Mike Brady’s “BLOODLINES”, The Australian Irish Story, recorded over a 7 week period in Ireland, is a complete departure from anything you may have heard from this artist before.
Mike returns to his ancestry along the bloodlines of his father and his fathers’ father. The result is a collection of original songs, some with traditional feel and some contemporary but all with the ring of truth which is the Irish way. Produced by Mike Brady along with the brilliant guitarist Steve Cooney and Mike’s brother Doug, the tracks feature some of Ireland’s finest musicians including Steve Cooney, Martin Hayes, Christian Brady, Odhrán Ó Casaide, Robbie Perry, Dermot Byrne, Donnchadh Gough, Liam Ó Maonlaí, Laoise Kelly and Tony McManus. There is also a guest appearance by William Barton on didgeridoo. This album will stir any person with the slightest drop of Celtic blood in their veins. It is uplifting, it is sad and it’s very reflective. |
In the past few years, I’ve written ballads inspired by tales I’ve come across as a resident of the rugged south west coast of Victoria. Legends of shipwrecks, sailors, loggers, emigrants, fishermen and yarn spinners, some with a strong Irish flavour because so many Irishmen chose to call Australia home.
I knew that I had the essence of a full album but I still couldn’t decide on the musical treatment that would best bring the stories to life.
Not long after I took a trip to Ireland to visit my son, Christian, now living in Erin and a fine woodwind player and guitarist. I also wanted the opportunity to be able to re-connect with the land of my father.
Christian and I played some ‘sessions’ together in friendly pubs around the county and we were, of course, literally surrounded in Irish music.
It also gave me the opportunity to reconnect with Steve Cooney, an Aussie expat of 35 years. Steve introduced me to many local musicians who invited us into their homes where we sang along with them and their kids after every meal. (Music really is deep in the Irish ethos)
And it was then that the penny dropped! The sheer emotion of Irish music was the way to go with BLOODLINES. I wrote more songs and we recorded the album in Ireland, some tracks in the muso’s homes with Steve coming on board as my co-producer.
The Brady bloodline is pure on each and every track too. My brother Doug was the recording engineer and all the woodwind instruments, including flute and whistles, are courtesy of my son, Christian.
All other musicians on the album are Irish, with the exception of the didgeridoo of William Barton.
Some are famous, all are very good … Their talent is as boundless as is my gratitude.
I knew that I had the essence of a full album but I still couldn’t decide on the musical treatment that would best bring the stories to life.
Not long after I took a trip to Ireland to visit my son, Christian, now living in Erin and a fine woodwind player and guitarist. I also wanted the opportunity to be able to re-connect with the land of my father.
Christian and I played some ‘sessions’ together in friendly pubs around the county and we were, of course, literally surrounded in Irish music.
It also gave me the opportunity to reconnect with Steve Cooney, an Aussie expat of 35 years. Steve introduced me to many local musicians who invited us into their homes where we sang along with them and their kids after every meal. (Music really is deep in the Irish ethos)
And it was then that the penny dropped! The sheer emotion of Irish music was the way to go with BLOODLINES. I wrote more songs and we recorded the album in Ireland, some tracks in the muso’s homes with Steve coming on board as my co-producer.
The Brady bloodline is pure on each and every track too. My brother Doug was the recording engineer and all the woodwind instruments, including flute and whistles, are courtesy of my son, Christian.
All other musicians on the album are Irish, with the exception of the didgeridoo of William Barton.
Some are famous, all are very good … Their talent is as boundless as is my gratitude.
Mike Brady’s “BLOODLINES”, The Australian Irish Story, recorded over a 7 week period in Ireland, is a complete departure from anything you may have heard from this artist before.
Mike returns to his ancestry along the bloodlines of his father and his fathers’ father.
Mike presents songs interwoven with stories of fishermen, loggers, triumph and disaster. Of the human spirit, sadness, happiness and history. “To not know the story of your forebears is to not fully know yourself” says Mike. “To be able to bring these musical tales live to audiences is a sheer joy”.
To breathe life into these melodies Mike has pulled together the finest live players Melbourne has on offer. Greenspot presents this critically acclaimed album live in keeping with the authenticity of the great players Mike worked with in Ireland. The likes of Steve Cooney, Martin Hayes, Christian Brady, Odhrán Ó Casaide, Robbie Perry, Dermot Byrne, Donnchadh Gough, Liam Ó Maonlaí, Laoise Kelly and Tony McManus.
There is also a guest appearance by William Barton on didgeridoo.
MIKE BRADY
Voice/Guitar
Mike Brady was the firstborn of his Irish father and English mother. They immigrated to Australia when he was 11 years old. His music career started almost immediately when they moved to a migrant hostel and many of the children there sang and played guitar. He was paid for his first gig when he was 13.
His recording career continued in the mid 60’s with the formation of MPD Ltd (Mike, Pete & Danny) who went on to become one of Australia’s most successful pop groups of the late 60’s with hits such as “Little Boy Sad” and many other charting songs in the 70’s and 80’s.
Up there Cazaly is just one of the hits written during that period and performed (originally as The Two Man Band). It went on to be the biggest selling local single of its time, with sales in excess of 250,000 and has become the unofficial Anthem of all Australian Rules Football Fans. His song “One Day In September” has also become part of the Football language.
Other sporting anthems written and performed by Mike are “Courage In Their Eyes”, which was used to launch Channel Seven’s media broadcast for the Olympic Games and “Rise To The Moment”, which was the Paralympic Official Team Song for the 2000 and 2004 Games.
Mike is also well known for his film, TV and advertising work and has written jingles for most of Australia’s famous brands. Over the years, he has been responsible for some of the most catchy advertising jingles including such as “Lucky, Your with AAMI”, “Hard Yakka” and “SPC Baked Beans and Spaghetti”,
Another aspect of Mike is his live performances and motivational speaking and Mike can be heard over the summer period as 3AW presenter of “Mike Til Midnight”.
Mike’s restless creative spirit has seen him record many critically acclaimed albums including “Country to Country, recorded in Nashville in 2006. His latest release Bloodlines, the Australian Irish story, features extraordinary Irish-Australian songs harking back to his musical roots in Ireland (the land of his father) and his youth to his adulthood spent along Victoria’s Great Ocean Road which was the inspiration for the album.
In June 2013 Mike was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for services to the community and to music as a composer and performer.
MICHAEL CRISTIANO
Guitar
Michael Cristiano is one of Australia’s most highly acclaimed performers and producers. As a producer, his name can be found on numerous multi-platinum selling albums by such artists as The Seekers, Judith Durham, Silverchair, Andre Rieu and Gene Pitney amongst many other big names.
As a performer, he is renowned for his on-stage presence, unique, soulful voice and virtuoso guitar skills that continue to wow audiences worldwide. He is one of the country’s most respected musicians and composers, has taken home many prestigious music awards and played live to an audience of millions at the AFL Grand Final with his (and co-writer Donna Fisk’s) composition ‘Rock The G’.
He continues to be one of the brightest and dynamic stars on the Australian music scene, dedicating his time and unique skills to both his own projects and those of emerging artists and established veterans alike.
EMMA MALONEY
Violinist
Emma is a Victorian College of the Arts graduate violinist. She has played with Orchestra Victoria, George Dreyfus project, Hey Hey it’s Saturday orchestral performances, Count Down orchestral backing, Fabian Russel Orchestra Project, The Raga Dolls Salon Orchestra, Joe Chindamo, Alan Zavod, James Morrison, John Farnham, Natsuko Yashimoto, Opera In the Alps Orchestra, Southern Cross Philharmonic Orchestra, for Rich Hall as solo artist accompaniment and Melbourne Opera Orchestra. She is sought after as a session player for film and television recordings. Emma is a passionate musician and has found that improvisation is a freedom to explore a more intuitive creative process. She has developed a diverse range of genres, from Celtic to African. Emma enjoys sharing the uniquely Australian cross Celtic flavour of Mike Brady's 'Bloodlines' Album.
PHIL COLLINGS
Drummer/Composer/Producer/Teacher
Phil performs in a variety of musical contexts ranging from the real-time composition and dissection of form and melody in The Borrowed Time Trio and ReAssemble, to the rock styling’s of Australian rock iconoclast Kim Salmon, and the linear and dexterous compositions of Australian composer Kate Neal. As such, he approaches every musical situation with a mind to create an individual timbre set and vocabulary unique to each scenario, involving combining various sets of cymbals, drums and percussion to provide the desired pallet.
Currently Phil is performing with the following Artists: The Borrowed Time Trio, The Ben Carr Trio, Mike Brady, Steve Sedergreen, Stu Thomas Paradox, Dan Flynn and the State of Things (Bass), Justin Brady, Mikelangelo, P2, ReAssemble, Kim Salmon &The Surrealists, andand the Phil Collings Trio.
Phil has led and written for his own projects, namely the Phil Collings Trio, which played the Apollo Bay Music Festival on the back of the 2003 CD release of “Music Room – Phil Collings trio”, and has a composition featured on the ABC Jazztrack 30th Anniversary Album.
JUSTIN BRADY
Harmonica, Fiddle, Mandolin
Justin Brady is a veteran of the Australian music industry, playing electrifying harmonica, fiddle and mandolin. He is available for sessional recordings, gigs and lessons and workshops.
Justin is well known to the Australian music industry as an electrifying harmonica, fiddle and mandolin player. His diversity and many years of experience with local and international artists has kept Justin busy for decades as a sessional musician for songwriters, bands, as well as for TV and movie soundtracks.
He is most well known as a multi-instrumentalist for one of Australia’s favourite bands, ‘Things of Stone and Wood’ and the winner of the Golden Harmonica award at the Tamworth Country Music Festival in 2006. Over the years Justin has toured Australia, Europe, the UK and Canada with ‘Things of Stone and Wood’ and performed in the US with blues legend ‘Guitar Shorty’.
Apart from recording several albums with ‘Things of Stone and Wood’, Justin has played on albums for John Farnham, The Black Sorrows, James Reyne, Shane Howard and James Blundell. He also toured with the critically acclaimed musical starring Deborah Conway and Julie McGregor, ‘Always Patsy Cline’
Recently, Justin has been performing in his own shows with Phil Collings. He also plays harmonica and mandolin in Mike Brady’s band Greenspot as well as conducting harmonica workshops at festivals and teaching private music lessons.
PAUL GADSBY
Bass
When Paul Kelly, Men at Work or Frankie J Holden and Wilbur Wilde want a bass player, they call Paul Gadsby. Pauls resume reads like a who's who of Australian pop. Starting in the seventies in the Carlton scene, Paul played with the seminal band, The Dots, led by a young Paul Kelly. His work can be found on hundreds of recordings including early work with the Sports singer, Stephen Cummings. He was a lynchpin in the travelling Elvis cabaret show known as the El Prezzos and has formed rhythm sections with the really great drummers including Daddy Cool's Gary Young. He is a song writer and showman all in the one package. He also has a very fine singing voice and an undeniable stage presence.
Mike returns to his ancestry along the bloodlines of his father and his fathers’ father.
Mike presents songs interwoven with stories of fishermen, loggers, triumph and disaster. Of the human spirit, sadness, happiness and history. “To not know the story of your forebears is to not fully know yourself” says Mike. “To be able to bring these musical tales live to audiences is a sheer joy”.
To breathe life into these melodies Mike has pulled together the finest live players Melbourne has on offer. Greenspot presents this critically acclaimed album live in keeping with the authenticity of the great players Mike worked with in Ireland. The likes of Steve Cooney, Martin Hayes, Christian Brady, Odhrán Ó Casaide, Robbie Perry, Dermot Byrne, Donnchadh Gough, Liam Ó Maonlaí, Laoise Kelly and Tony McManus.
There is also a guest appearance by William Barton on didgeridoo.
MIKE BRADY
Voice/Guitar
Mike Brady was the firstborn of his Irish father and English mother. They immigrated to Australia when he was 11 years old. His music career started almost immediately when they moved to a migrant hostel and many of the children there sang and played guitar. He was paid for his first gig when he was 13.
His recording career continued in the mid 60’s with the formation of MPD Ltd (Mike, Pete & Danny) who went on to become one of Australia’s most successful pop groups of the late 60’s with hits such as “Little Boy Sad” and many other charting songs in the 70’s and 80’s.
Up there Cazaly is just one of the hits written during that period and performed (originally as The Two Man Band). It went on to be the biggest selling local single of its time, with sales in excess of 250,000 and has become the unofficial Anthem of all Australian Rules Football Fans. His song “One Day In September” has also become part of the Football language.
Other sporting anthems written and performed by Mike are “Courage In Their Eyes”, which was used to launch Channel Seven’s media broadcast for the Olympic Games and “Rise To The Moment”, which was the Paralympic Official Team Song for the 2000 and 2004 Games.
Mike is also well known for his film, TV and advertising work and has written jingles for most of Australia’s famous brands. Over the years, he has been responsible for some of the most catchy advertising jingles including such as “Lucky, Your with AAMI”, “Hard Yakka” and “SPC Baked Beans and Spaghetti”,
Another aspect of Mike is his live performances and motivational speaking and Mike can be heard over the summer period as 3AW presenter of “Mike Til Midnight”.
Mike’s restless creative spirit has seen him record many critically acclaimed albums including “Country to Country, recorded in Nashville in 2006. His latest release Bloodlines, the Australian Irish story, features extraordinary Irish-Australian songs harking back to his musical roots in Ireland (the land of his father) and his youth to his adulthood spent along Victoria’s Great Ocean Road which was the inspiration for the album.
In June 2013 Mike was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for services to the community and to music as a composer and performer.
MICHAEL CRISTIANO
Guitar
Michael Cristiano is one of Australia’s most highly acclaimed performers and producers. As a producer, his name can be found on numerous multi-platinum selling albums by such artists as The Seekers, Judith Durham, Silverchair, Andre Rieu and Gene Pitney amongst many other big names.
As a performer, he is renowned for his on-stage presence, unique, soulful voice and virtuoso guitar skills that continue to wow audiences worldwide. He is one of the country’s most respected musicians and composers, has taken home many prestigious music awards and played live to an audience of millions at the AFL Grand Final with his (and co-writer Donna Fisk’s) composition ‘Rock The G’.
He continues to be one of the brightest and dynamic stars on the Australian music scene, dedicating his time and unique skills to both his own projects and those of emerging artists and established veterans alike.
EMMA MALONEY
Violinist
Emma is a Victorian College of the Arts graduate violinist. She has played with Orchestra Victoria, George Dreyfus project, Hey Hey it’s Saturday orchestral performances, Count Down orchestral backing, Fabian Russel Orchestra Project, The Raga Dolls Salon Orchestra, Joe Chindamo, Alan Zavod, James Morrison, John Farnham, Natsuko Yashimoto, Opera In the Alps Orchestra, Southern Cross Philharmonic Orchestra, for Rich Hall as solo artist accompaniment and Melbourne Opera Orchestra. She is sought after as a session player for film and television recordings. Emma is a passionate musician and has found that improvisation is a freedom to explore a more intuitive creative process. She has developed a diverse range of genres, from Celtic to African. Emma enjoys sharing the uniquely Australian cross Celtic flavour of Mike Brady's 'Bloodlines' Album.
PHIL COLLINGS
Drummer/Composer/Producer/Teacher
Phil performs in a variety of musical contexts ranging from the real-time composition and dissection of form and melody in The Borrowed Time Trio and ReAssemble, to the rock styling’s of Australian rock iconoclast Kim Salmon, and the linear and dexterous compositions of Australian composer Kate Neal. As such, he approaches every musical situation with a mind to create an individual timbre set and vocabulary unique to each scenario, involving combining various sets of cymbals, drums and percussion to provide the desired pallet.
Currently Phil is performing with the following Artists: The Borrowed Time Trio, The Ben Carr Trio, Mike Brady, Steve Sedergreen, Stu Thomas Paradox, Dan Flynn and the State of Things (Bass), Justin Brady, Mikelangelo, P2, ReAssemble, Kim Salmon &The Surrealists, andand the Phil Collings Trio.
Phil has led and written for his own projects, namely the Phil Collings Trio, which played the Apollo Bay Music Festival on the back of the 2003 CD release of “Music Room – Phil Collings trio”, and has a composition featured on the ABC Jazztrack 30th Anniversary Album.
JUSTIN BRADY
Harmonica, Fiddle, Mandolin
Justin Brady is a veteran of the Australian music industry, playing electrifying harmonica, fiddle and mandolin. He is available for sessional recordings, gigs and lessons and workshops.
Justin is well known to the Australian music industry as an electrifying harmonica, fiddle and mandolin player. His diversity and many years of experience with local and international artists has kept Justin busy for decades as a sessional musician for songwriters, bands, as well as for TV and movie soundtracks.
He is most well known as a multi-instrumentalist for one of Australia’s favourite bands, ‘Things of Stone and Wood’ and the winner of the Golden Harmonica award at the Tamworth Country Music Festival in 2006. Over the years Justin has toured Australia, Europe, the UK and Canada with ‘Things of Stone and Wood’ and performed in the US with blues legend ‘Guitar Shorty’.
Apart from recording several albums with ‘Things of Stone and Wood’, Justin has played on albums for John Farnham, The Black Sorrows, James Reyne, Shane Howard and James Blundell. He also toured with the critically acclaimed musical starring Deborah Conway and Julie McGregor, ‘Always Patsy Cline’
Recently, Justin has been performing in his own shows with Phil Collings. He also plays harmonica and mandolin in Mike Brady’s band Greenspot as well as conducting harmonica workshops at festivals and teaching private music lessons.
PAUL GADSBY
Bass
When Paul Kelly, Men at Work or Frankie J Holden and Wilbur Wilde want a bass player, they call Paul Gadsby. Pauls resume reads like a who's who of Australian pop. Starting in the seventies in the Carlton scene, Paul played with the seminal band, The Dots, led by a young Paul Kelly. His work can be found on hundreds of recordings including early work with the Sports singer, Stephen Cummings. He was a lynchpin in the travelling Elvis cabaret show known as the El Prezzos and has formed rhythm sections with the really great drummers including Daddy Cool's Gary Young. He is a song writer and showman all in the one package. He also has a very fine singing voice and an undeniable stage presence.
1. CHRISTY SON OF ERIN
This song is about one of the many Irishmen who left Ireland to fight in foreign wars. Many did not return home as they were not always welcome.
“Christy sorry soul with a stain upon your heart”.
This song is about one of the many Irishmen who left Ireland to fight in foreign wars. Many did not return home as they were not always welcome.
“Christy sorry soul with a stain upon your heart”.
2. THE OTWAY LIGHT
This is in part a letter from a young boy to his mother as he was about to leave for Australia circa 1850. The Otway Light was Australia's oldest working lighthouse and it was often the first sight of land after leaving Ireland for the South Atlantic en-route to the Roaring Forties and Australia.
“I say goodbye forever, my sad and loving eyes”.
This is in part a letter from a young boy to his mother as he was about to leave for Australia circa 1850. The Otway Light was Australia's oldest working lighthouse and it was often the first sight of land after leaving Ireland for the South Atlantic en-route to the Roaring Forties and Australia.
“I say goodbye forever, my sad and loving eyes”.
3. TWO SONS OF A SPLITTER
There is a grave by the old swing bridge in Lorne Victoria. It says in part. ''Two sons of a splitter who's hut stood on the hill above, drowned here in quicksand and were buried next day. Ages 8 and 4, 1850.
“The desolate isolation, their fate left in God’s hands”.
There is a grave by the old swing bridge in Lorne Victoria. It says in part. ''Two sons of a splitter who's hut stood on the hill above, drowned here in quicksand and were buried next day. Ages 8 and 4, 1850.
“The desolate isolation, their fate left in God’s hands”.
4. THE LAST FISHERMAN
This is about the change and decline of the traditional fishing life.
“I’ve seen my children turn their backs, the old way is not for them”.
This is about the change and decline of the traditional fishing life.
“I’ve seen my children turn their backs, the old way is not for them”.
5. WILLIAM BUCKLEY WHERE ARE YOU?
This is the true story of an escaped convict given up for dead after he ran away in 1803 and lived with the local indigenous people who thought he was their ancestor returned from the dead.
“William Buckley show your face, you’ll not survive this dreadful place”.
This is the true story of an escaped convict given up for dead after he ran away in 1803 and lived with the local indigenous people who thought he was their ancestor returned from the dead.
“William Buckley show your face, you’ll not survive this dreadful place”.
6. ROAD OF HONOUR
The Great Ocean Road is the world’s largest war memorial and was built by returned 1st WW soldiers, many Irish amongst them.
“We will build this mighty road, this Road of Honour”.
The Great Ocean Road is the world’s largest war memorial and was built by returned 1st WW soldiers, many Irish amongst them.
“We will build this mighty road, this Road of Honour”.
7. A SONG OF WHISPERED SIGHS
My tribute to a friend who passed and is the only 'love' song on the album.
“It’s like a tear that never dries, it’s you and me, it’s last goodbyes”.
My tribute to a friend who passed and is the only 'love' song on the album.
“It’s like a tear that never dries, it’s you and me, it’s last goodbyes”.
8. SAY IT WHILE YOU CAN
Fathers and sons don’t always communicate as well as they could.
“Too many words are left unsaid, so say it while you can”.
Fathers and sons don’t always communicate as well as they could.
“Too many words are left unsaid, so say it while you can”.
9. OLD JACK
Jack Loney was a writer and story teller who lived on Victoria’s South West Coast . He wrote about sea lore and maritime history, myths and legends. This is a tribute to him.
“Farewell Jack”.
Jack Loney was a writer and story teller who lived on Victoria’s South West Coast . He wrote about sea lore and maritime history, myths and legends. This is a tribute to him.
“Farewell Jack”.
10. TOM AND EVA
Tom Pearce and Eva Carmichael were the only survivors of the wreck of the Loch Ard, wrecked on Muttonbird Island on the 1st June 1878 within 24 hours of the Port of Melbourne.
“The call went up too late, to the sound of splitting timber, the Loch Ard met her fate”
Tom Pearce and Eva Carmichael were the only survivors of the wreck of the Loch Ard, wrecked on Muttonbird Island on the 1st June 1878 within 24 hours of the Port of Melbourne.
“The call went up too late, to the sound of splitting timber, the Loch Ard met her fate”
11. LAY ME GENTLY DOWN
This is the voice of a passed soldier or victim of war. It can be taken as a plea for relief or, as Steve Cooney my co-producer sees it, a song about the ‘missing’ of the Irish 'troubles'.
“Let me dance like a child upon your hand”.
This is the voice of a passed soldier or victim of war. It can be taken as a plea for relief or, as Steve Cooney my co-producer sees it, a song about the ‘missing’ of the Irish 'troubles'.
“Let me dance like a child upon your hand”.
12. THE LOGGER’S LIFE
Logging has changed and whole towns in forests have gone. This is a reminiscence of a logger who no longer works the forests.
“Those days are gone forever, those families and those towns”.
Logging has changed and whole towns in forests have gone. This is a reminiscence of a logger who no longer works the forests.
“Those days are gone forever, those families and those towns”.
Episode One – Mike arrives in Ireland
Episode Two - Meeting the Irish Family
Episode Three - Recording at the Irish End
Episode Four - Last days in Ireland and back home in the studio
“I truly believe that Mike Brady is not only one of Australia’s underrated talents, he is one of our most unrecorded talents. As a writer he is exceptional and as a singer, he is unsurpassed. His Irish/Australian album is truly magnificent. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.”
Russell Morris
"Bloodlines", a collection of Irish/Australian story-songs composed and recorded by Mike Brady is the most fully realised album of his career. Brady's choice of Irish and traditional Australian instruments is essential to the spirit of these powerful, moving stories. His sensitive vocal treatment brings each song to life”
Billy Pinnell
“This is an unimpeachably brilliant collection of songs by Mike Brady. His best yet. Nor has he sounded better. The daring arrangements throw open a range of possibilities in to which some of Australia's and Ireland's premier performers have poured their hearts and sounds creating a series of musical victories”
Alan Howe
There's a mystical feeling where the heart and soul lives for the music.
A giant step, a truly lovely record.
Joe Camilleri
It’s a beautiful album. All the pieces strike home right to the heart. The passion with which they were composed is evident in every phrase. Musically engaging, enchanting and elevating. It does you proud my friend and I hope that it gets the success it rightly deserves. It’s a real step forward on your long and often arduous road but without all that you wouldn’t have been ready to produce such a marvelous work.
Fred Schepisi
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22 January 2015
Mike Brady invited to be Koroit Irish Festival Ambassador for 2015 Aussie balladeer Mike Brady and Irish-born pop star Damien Leith will be headline acts at this year’s Koroit Irish Festival on May 1-3. As well as performing, Brady has the added honour of being the Koroit Irish Festival Ambassador for 2015. (Click here to read the full article) |
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18th January 2015
Mike Brady performing at the 2015 Port Fairy Folk Music Festival, 6th – 9th March 2015 Best known for his hit “Up There Cazaly”, Mike Brady has made his mark on the Australian musical psyche since the 1960’s. Mike will be performing songs from his new album ‘Bloodlines’, with his band ‘Greenspot” as well as a selection of his extensive back catalogue. See the Port Fairy Folk Festival 2015 website for full details |
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23 December 2014
Jeff Jenkins nominates Bloodlines as one of their 12 most favourite albums of 2014 
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14 December 2014
Jeff Jenkins reviews the Bloodlines album 
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26 November 2014
Jeff Jenkins reviews Mike Brady’s Bloodlines cd for The Music 
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23 November 2014
All Over with Macca Always good to catch up with Macca, listen to these two old mates having a yack. 
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Watch Part 1 of Mike being interviewed by Paul Cashmere on Noise 11
(Click Here to Play) Also watch Mike perform “Say It While You Can” live (Click Here to Play) |
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22 November 2014
Listen to Caoimhín and Declan from 4EBFM interviewing Mike |
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20 November 2014
Jo Hall goes one-on-one with Australian composing legend Mike Brady. (Click Here to Play) |
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13 November 2014
Peter Marcato interviews Mike have a listen (thanks Pete and Roly). |
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15 November 2014
Ian Crombie interviews Mike Brady |
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12 November 2014
James Manning Editor for Mediaweek and Brendan Wood, Syndicated Media Commentator interview Mike |
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11 November 2014
Listen to Graeme Gilbert Interviewing Mike Brady on Talk Tonight |
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10 November 2014
Angela Bishop interviews Mike Brady, “Giant of the Jingles” and talks about his new Bloodlines album (Click Here to Play) 
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1 November 2014
"Brogue Brady" (Click Here to Play) |
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23 October 2014
Herald Sun Confidential 
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19 October 2014
Lana Williams talks with Mike Brady |
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18 October 2014
Lawrence Money, AFL's music man Mike Brady has an Irish awakening (Click Here to Read) |