Mcdermott

Music has two personalities, a duality frequently characterized by quiet introspection and power-driven proclamation. If you were a photographer, it would be light and dark.

Music has two personalities, a duality frequently characterized by quiet introspection and power-driven proclamation. If you were a photographer, it would be light and dark.

For nearly 20 years, singer-songwriter Michael McDermott buried himself in drugs and alcohol, and he surveys the toll his addiction took on his personal and professional life with remarkable candor. “I burned a lot of bridges and screwed things up pretty bad,” he states. “I’m not being hyperbolic when I say that it was just short of suicide by cop. I knew I had to stop, but it took a while for me to get the message.” He credits his wife and their young daughter, Rain, for finally pulling him through. “Seeing the way they look at you when you’re messed up – after a while you go, ‘I just can’t do this anymore. Something has to change.’ I’m so grateful I turned things around. I know it sounds cheesy, but I’m grateful for every day now. I try to lead a good life, and I’m making up for lost time. I’ve re-dedicated myself to making music I can be proud of.”

The first three volumes of Anne-Marie McDermott's Mozart piano concerto cycle with Denmark's Odense Symfoniorkester have received ecstatic notices from the international musical press. Volume 4, again conducted by German maestro Sebastian Lang-Lessing, presents two of Mozart's very greatest concertos- the grand C major, K. 503, and the brooding D minor, K. 466.

Jazz pianist legend, Tom McDermott, focuses on the music of Scott Joplin; 17 wonderful tunes. Whatever direction he moves in, Mr. McDermott is a very skilled pianist…

A fully realized portrait of one woman’s life in all its complexity, by the National Book Award–winning author
An ordinary life—its sharp pains and unexpected joys, its bursts of clarity and moments of confusion—lived by an ordinary woman: this is the subject of Someone, Alice McDermott’s extraordinary return, seven years after the publication of After This. Scattered recollections—of childhood, adolescence, motherhood, old age—come together in this transformative narrative, stitched into a vibrant whole by McDermott’s deft, lyrical voice.

Haydn: Sonatas & Concertos is a 2CD set by pianist Anne-Marie McDermott. Recorded in Odense, Denmark in May 2014, McDermott is accompanied by the Odense Symphony Orchestra, with Scott Yoo as the conductor. The discs focus on the music of Franz Joseph Haydn. Bridge Records made this possible.

The Danny Boy Collection is a 1994 compilation by Celtic music genius John McDermott. This was released on The Beautiful Music Company. A healthy portion of this album was released in Canada in 1993 under the name Danny Boy.

Satisfying, mainly one-dish meals from the author of Art of the Pie