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Mar 27, 2024 · He agreed. On February 11th, 2005 we performed a live show at the Glen Gould Studio in Toronto with some of the finest musicians in Canada. The evening was titled “Just Plain Folk with John McDermott and Michael Peter Smith” and the result was enough songs and stories for 2 CDs, the first of which was released in 2005 as Just Plain Folk.
With sensitively chosen material and poetry as jumping off points, John McDermott’s upcoming recording “ As The Sky Gives The Ocean ” takes you on a journey through all of the moods that he inhabits so well. Whether juxtaposing Yeats’ poem “When You Are Old” against a jazzy watercolour backdrop or the gospel-informed “Not For Us ...
What an extraordinary path John McDermott has been on. In the 1960s, as a young immigrant from Scotland, he embarked with his family to Toronto. From these humble beginnings his path led him to St. Michael's Choir School, and later to the circulation department at the Toronto Sun Newspaper. In a lucky turn of events, John recorded twelve songs as a heartfelt gift for his parents' 50th anniversary, a decision that would lead to his breakout 1992 album “Danny Boy”. John's journey as an ...
John McDermott Scotland Forever "Scotland the Brave" (LIVE) "a time to remember" DVD (2002) click "Show more" to see lyrics.Lyrics:Let Italy boast of her ga...
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Celtic balladeer John McDermott was born in Scotland, but following his family's relocation to Canada in the mid-'60s, he went on to hone his crystalline tenor at Toronto's St. Michael's Choir School.
The official channel of tenor John McDermott. John is a Scottish-Canadian tenor, releasing more than 40 albums over a 23+ year career. His first album, Danny Boy, went double platinum and since ...
Rick Broadbent. Monday May 13 2024, 12.01am, The Times. T he sliding doors of sporting chance closed on John McDermott in September 2009. The heavyweight boxer was sure he had beaten a rising hopeful named Tyson Fury and his career was about to catch fire. He says even Fury’s father admitted he had not deserved to be on the wrong end of the ...
