John McDermott - Danny Boy (13 tracks) +Album Reviews

Rich, moving, and magnificent.

03/09/1999

(5 out of 5 stars)

"John McDermott's 'Danny Boy' is a very special cd. As with his other recordings, John captures the spirit and the meaning of the music with an infectious passion that stirs the listener very deeply. The people he sings about are very real, their situations believable, their feelings human. He puts the blood and breath back into their lives and washes away time with the fresh tears of his audience. You can't help but feel for the broken souls of Galipoli in 'The Band Played Waltzing Matilda', or feel John's abiding love for his deceased father in 'The Old Man'. I have the priveledge of knowing John McDermott. I know him as a caring, down-to-earth individual with a heart as warm as his music. When I hear him sing I know that behind that incredible voice he truly feels the music. He intimately knows both the people in the songs and the throngs that pause to listen."

BRAVO!

08/25/1999

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This CD is wonderful! I love it more every time I listen to it. The stories in the songs touch the soul and no one can sing them better and convey the emotion than Mr. McDermott. And if you get the chance to see him perform in person , don't miss it---a more glorious voice you will never hear, nor a nicer person will you ever meet."

McDermott can outsing all other Irish tenors put together!

tduguay@together.net | 07/12/1999

(5 out of 5 stars)

"No one can put more feeling into an Irish melody than John McDermott. He's at the top of my list."

His music brings tears to my eyes.

tduguay@together.net | St. Johnsbury, Vermont | 07/04/1998

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I discovered John McDermott when I visited Halifax five years ago. I purchased DANNY BOY because that was a song that I remembered hearing my brother play on his trumpet when I was growing up. I was moved to tears by the selections on this recording. As a history teacher, I found that such songs as AND THE BAND PLAYED WALTZING MATILDA and CHRISTMAS IN THE TRENCHES brought a whole new life to the "forgotten war." I have used both songs during the unit that I teach on The Great War. I also have developed a love for McDermott's songs of Scotland. Listening to him sing, I feel that I must stand someday on the banks of Loch Lomond. I feel a tug toward the home of my MacLeod and MacAskill ancestors. Of course, the lyrics alone would not make these songs effective. I love McDermott's voice. I wish that I were educated in the area of music appreciation so that I could find the right words to describe his voice. It fills the air around me, and it fills my soul. I purchased this recording as a cassette tape and have played it so often that I have worn the tape out and need to replace it. I can't think of a higher recommendation than that! I went to Nova Scotia in search of my roots and found McDermott instead. It was definitely worth the visit."

As smooth as the finest Scottish blend.

Joseph Haschka | Glendale, CA USA | 04/27/2000

(5 out of 5 stars)

"If one's musical tastes encompass "Irish" tenors, then this offering by John McDermott is positively a "must" (though his land of birth is Scotland, not the Emerald Isle, and he currently resides in Canada).McDermott's renditions of the old standbys ""The Rose of Tralee", "Danny Boy", "By Yon Bonnie Banks (Loch Lomond)", "The Last Rose of Summer" and "Auld Lang Syne" are as smooth as the finest blend of Scottish whiskey, and will surely bring a tear to the eye (especially if under the influence of said liquid). However, the single best reason to buy this CD is the track, "And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda", a heartrending ballad of a young Aussie soldier who fights, and is horribly maimed, during one of World War I's major fiascoes undertaken by British Empire troops, the Galipolli Campaign. It's a long piece - over 8 minutes - but if you aren't singing along with John after having heard the song a few times, then you've no heart whatsoever."

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