Every great blues record tells the truth, and Could Have Found Grace tells more of it than most. The new album from Irish singer, songwriter, and harmonica player Paddy Smith, released August 4, 2026, on Tribeca Records, is a lean, unflinching collection of eight songs about hardship, resilience, and redemption, delivered by a veteran who has lived
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Irish bluesman Paddy Smith has never been interested in making music that simply sounds good. His music has to mean something. It has to come from somewhere real. On Could Have Found Grace, Smith turns a lifetime of experience, hardship, survival and reflection into a deeply personal collection rooted in the raw honesty of the blues.