Michael McDermott

Video Premiere: Michael McDermott “The Best We Get” – only focus on what is in your control

May 7, 2026 Andrew Frolish 2

The new single from Chicago singer-songwriter Michael McDermott is a typically catchy song that immediately hooks you in with big chords and big choruses. Opening with bright, uplifting guitar, The Best We Get is a driving […]

Americana UK’s Top 20 albums of 2024: 20-11

December 19, 2024 Mark Whitfield 2

So we have reached the end of another year here at AUK and the bombardment of new music has once again been relentless – we’ve been sent so much that it’s often difficult to keep up […]

Michael McDermott “Lighthouse on the Shore” & “East Jesus”

September 12, 2024 FredArnold 4

The best singer-songwriter of his generation? – Discuss. Michael McDermott delivers an awesome twosome! “Michael McDermott is one of the finest singer-songwriters of this generation” – so said Stephen King after listening to McDermott’s third album […]

Classic Americana Albums: The Westies “West Side Stories”

October 26, 2022 Peter Churchill 0

Michael McDermott was first signed to a major label in 1991. A number of albums followed, the label dropped him and, in his own words “Those days are now just a wash of dreams of characters, […]

Michael McDermott “St. Paul’s Boulevard”

June 29, 2022 Martin Johnson 0

Authentic heartland rock by a truly gifted songwriter. Michael McDermott is over thirty years into his career which started just as heartland rock was being overtaken by americana as the home for roots rockers. His music […]

Something for the weekend: Chicago “Just You ‘N’ Me”

June 26, 2026 2

Well that’s it from us for this week. It’s PAYDAY for many people and if you’re dreamimg of a future when you can actually go out the of house without a wall of unbearable heat hitting […]

Tift Merritt “Sugar”

June 26, 2026 0

Merritt returns with a beautifully sung meditation on love, work and the sweetness hidden in ordinary lives. After almost a decade away from releasing new albums, Tift Merritt returns with a collection of songs that feels […]

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