Muireann Bradley releases Bob Dylan cover, 'Don't Think Twice It's Alright'

Music
14 Mar 25

The cover is out now. Listen below.

18-year-old Irish musician Muireann Bradley has released a cover of Bob Dylan's classic 'Don't Think Twice It's Alright'.

Hailing from Donegal, Muireann's unique style blends traditional Blues stylings with personal and mature interpretations of classic songs from the genre.

Her cover of 'Don't Think Twice It's Alright' follows the re-release of her acclaimed debut album I Kept These Old Blues.

Originally recorded when she was just 15, the album has been remixed and remastered by Grammy-nominated engineer Kevin Reeves. It highlights Bradley’s skill on blues standards such as Blind Blake’s 'Police Dog Blues' and Rev. Gary Davis’ 'Candyman', which she revealed as her favourite track in an interview with Hot Press.

Muireann shared: “I grew up listening to Bob Dylan, and while I love the stuff from when he turned electric, I really love the early acoustic records - “The Free Wheelin’ Bob Dylan” is my favourite, I just love the finger picking on that album."

“'Don’t Think Twice It’s Alright' has always been one of my favourite songs, not only does it have that killer finger picking and mouth organ, but it has this really cool natural chord progression and melancholy melody and lyrics," she continued.

"I learned the song a couple of years ago and always had it in pretty good shape because I played it a lot at home. The first time I received an encore on stage I couldn’t think of what to play, then I thought I’ll play 'Don’t Think Twice', it went down really well and it’s been in my live set ever since.

"We recorded it live in the studio on an old tape machine with my Waterloo WL-14. I had a really bad head cold and a sore throat that day and could barely sing, but I actually really like how it turned out.”

Listen to the cover below: