My favourite highlight of 2009 gigwise was a 6 week series of Scandinavian cruise gigs with my band 'The Kilburn Cowboys'. We played on various ships with 'Viking Lines' cruises. It was a real hoot and the gigs were great, with both Finnish and Swedish people showing themselves to be great fans of Irish ballads and music, we probably played 'Whisky in the Jar', 'Molly Malone' and the 'Wild Rover' enough times consecutively over those six weeks, to merit some kind of an entry into the Guinness book of records! We did 42 straight gigs and although it was somewhat exhausting it was a hell of a lot of fun too! I have a few London gigs in the pipeline, as well as a few weddings and private functions in other parts of the country, so I'll keep you updated on all of that as we go along. Keep in touch and thanks for all of the emails and feedback, especially from the people on board the Viking Line gigs, I had a couple written in Finnish which I'll need a translator for! but it's always nice to hear from you anyhow! It's always interesting to make a note of which songs get asked for in different countries and cultures and it was pretty eclectic to say the least! Oddly enough a real favourite was 'It's a long way to Tipperary', which we got asked for several times. It's defo not one you'd play much in either Ireland or the UK. It's quite a controversial and somewhat sad song for some people and for good reason. We got asked for all the favourites such as 'Danny Boy', 'The Fields of Athenry', and lots of songs from the Pogues, Dubliners, Wolfe Tones, Christy Moore, etc. It was also a wonderful experience to play on board our last ship with the iconic Dubliners on the bill. They went down a storm with the Swedish crowd as one would expect. There's only John Sheehan and Barney McKenna left from the original line up but nonetheless they did Irish music and song proud! Hope to see you soon! Well done Millwall with six wins out of the last 7! Great game recently against Norwich at the Den and lots of joy at Milton Keynes last week, with a great 3-1 victory. I got stuck in a massive jam on the M1 and only got there for the last 20 minutes! But it was worth it, caught Neil Harris' last goal and went home happy. We followed up nicely with a hard won 1-0 win against Hartlepool last Saturday and the upcoming derby clash with Charlton could be a real six pointer humdinger!

Susan McCann recently released a single version of one of my songs. Thanks Susan, if it gets as much airplay on BBC Radio 2 as my last single by you, I'll be a very happy bunny!...STOP PRESS: Great to see the single is getting loads of airplay and is listed on lots of Commercial and BBC regional Radio playlists Nationwide!...When I get songs covered it's always a great compliment, getting played on the Radio is icing on the cake.

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This new site makes things faster and of course (I think you'll agree) it just looks a lot better. Content wise it's got lots more, including sampler downloads of every track on every album that I have for sale in my online CD shop. I've also joined the blogging brigade which hopefully will generate some feedback from you. There are also lots more of my original lyrics on here compared to the old site. I'm also going to be allowing some FREE MP3 downloads of back catalogue tracks, which will be added over the next few weeks. I'm always pleased to hear from you so don't be shy, drop me a line sometime. 2008 was a great year for me on radio spins. I was lucky enough to get several plays from my latest album. There were also a few airings for me on BBC regional stations of old tracks of mine from the 80's. I got news that my song about the Falklands War (The Battle of Goose Green) is being used in a forthcoming film on the conflict. 2008 kicked off well too, with the new compilation CD and video being released by Prism Leisure Ltd with a hit of mine from some time back entitled. 'You're never too old to love'. (See above for link) Hopefully we'll get more good news during the course of the year. Listen to and download FREE MP3 tracks from both of my 'MYSPACE' site as follows: Sean Brady. There are lots of my songs on other people's YOU TUBE sites including this one featuring my song about the REVEREND IAN PAISLEY which was a hit for me in the 1980's. Last time I looked it had been played 24,436 times. I'm not sure who put it on there but whoever you are, thanks! Interestingly, a German Myspace member has written a song of his own based on my 'Drumshanbo Exile'. I'm chuffed to get someone covering anything of mine, no matter who, big or small, it's a great compliment. Years ago there was a bloke in London from who used to get up on stage and sing a couple of my songs in Irish. That tickled me pink too. Check out Mo from Wuppertal! Das ist gut! There are some cover versions of my songs on other Youtube links and one day when I'm feeling less slothful I'll stick a couple more of my own on there.