AUSTRALIAN MUSICIAN JUSTIN BRADY
Current Projects
Music Therapy
Justin's current projects include working in music therapy and working as a carer for people with Acquired Brain Injuries (ABI), teaching harmonica fiddle and mandolin as well as running music workshops at festivals and corporate events.
Master of Lunacy
“Master Of Lunacy“ is the latest and for the first time his own project which is a combination of his own material and contemporary versions of traditional folk and blue's tunes using some of Australia's finest drummers.
Collaborations
Justin regularly performs, records and tours with some of Australia's well known act as a freelance musician
Justin Brady is currently collaborating with the very soulful singer songwriter,
Wayne Jury. Wayne has a great track record in writing for the legendary J Alberts and Son's Publishing. Wayne is a very powerful performer in his own right with a voice that matches his strong rootsy original songs and real deal guitar playing to-boot! Together Justin & Wayne deliver a very dynamic show with Justin's multi instrumental playing on the Fiddle, Harmonica, Mandolin and amplified Harmonica. The show is a powerful mixture of Wayne & Justin's music as well as stories of life on the road and insights into their songs. For the first time, Justin & Wayne perform together at the 2020 Port Fairy Folk Festival. Here they will play as a duo, as well as Justin will be running his popular Harmonica Workshop. Check out Gigs |
Musical foundations
Justin Brady is well known to Australian music industry as an electrifying harmonica player. He is most well known as a multi-instrumentalist for one of Australia’s favourite ARIA Award winning 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.
In 1996, Justin spent six months in Ireland with Steve Cooney, playing and absorbing the spirit of Irish music, studying the Irish Pipes at the Dublin Pipers Club and traditional Irish fiddle at County Leitrim. This expanded Justin’s versatile musical repertoire, which includes: mandolin, violin, harmonica and drums. Apart from recording several albums with ‘Things of Stone and Wood’, Justin is regularly sought after to feature with great Australian talents when recording albums. He has been a guest on albums for John Farnham, The Black Sorrows, James Reyne, Shane Howard, Jimmy Little and James Blundell. Justin has performed with Phil Manning (Chain), Richard Pleasance (Kenny Musical Director, Boom Cash Opera/composer of award winning ABC drama Seachange), Best Australian Blues Artist Damon Davies and folk artist Kavisha Mazella, Judy Jacques, Judy Small, Jennie Lewis, Margaret Roadknight, Jo Jo Smith, and the Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame artist Danny Mack. |
Diversity and experience
His diverse music talents have led him to play with touring musical theatre shows. He toured with The Johnny Cash Show. He also toured with the critically acclaimed musical starring Deborah Conway and Julie McGregor, Always Patsy Cline.
He featured on the ARIA award winning ABC CD Lano and Woodley Live in 2005. In 2007 Justin appeared as a special guest with Eric Bibb at the Port fairy Folk Festival. Justin has his own Australian Harmonica School which was featured on the Derek Guille show (ABC Radio). As a teacher with 20 years experience he teaches both privately and for TAFE specialist music courses. In 2009 and 2010 he taught the Music Program for Young People with Special Needs at Holmesglen TAFE. In March 2011 Justin was the featured artist at the Albany Playmakers festival in Western Australia where he performed and conducted harmonica workshops. His harmonica workshops include The Great Victorian Bike Ride sponsored by Bicycle Victoria and the inaugural Western Australian Bike Ride. Recently Justin has held workshops at Aireys Inlet Music Festival, the Satellite foundation, PANDA (Post Natal Depression) Girls Night Out and the Yarram Remand Centre Music Program for Indigenous men. These have kept Justin in high demand as a harmonica instructor. Justin has performed at a variety of corporate functions and promotional activities. His corporate engagements include Russell Kennedy Solicitors, National Finance, The Victorian Health Services Commission and World Trade Centre. Justin has completed recording for ABC with Zydeco Jump and created original music for an award winning short film Farmarama. His diversity and many years of experience with local and international artists has kept Justin busy as a sessional musician for songwriters and bands, as well as for, TV and movie soundtracks. Justin has performed with Mike Brady, Bobby Valentine and freelancing with various artists. He is also embarking on a series of solo concerts for festivals, as well as duets with drummer Phil Collings. His current projects include working in music therapy and working as a carer for people with Acquired Brain Injuries (ABI), teaching harmonica fiddle and mandolin as well as running music workshops at festivals and corporate events. Justin regularly performs, records and tours with some of Australia's well known act as a freelance musician. “Master Of Lunacy“ is the latest and for the first time his own project which is a combination of his own material and contemporary versions of traditional folk and blue's tunes using some of Australia's finest drummers. |