Chicago singer/songwriter announces shows
Acclaimed Chicago-based singer-songwriter Michael McDermott (The Westies) announces rare visit for solo December UK & Ireland dates, in support of his widely lauded solo album Willow Springs and The Westies’ equally praised latest album Six on The Out, both released earlier this year – please see below for album details, audio links and full tour itinerary.
On his tenth solo album, Chicago based singer-songwriter Michael McDermott (The Westies) has delivered one of the most honest, daring and defiant recordings of his extraordinary 25 year career.
“This is an album of reckoning I suppose,” McDermott reflects. “There was a real cacophony of change going on in my life at the time… being a new father, losing my own father, leaving the city for the country, dealing with sobriety, grief, death, mortality, shame and forgiveness. It was a veritable emotional tsunami and yet somehow I had to navigate through it all. That journey is reflected in these songs. Willow Springs is the name of the place where I took refuge and had to confront a lot of things”.
December 2016 UK & Ireland Tour
Sat 3 High Wycombe Kingsmead House Concerts
Sun 4 Twickenham The Cabbage Patch (TwickFolk)
Tue 6 Newcastle upon Tyne Cluny 2
Wed 7 Glasgow The Hug & Pint
Thu 8 Bath Chapel Arts Centre
Fri 9 Retford St. Saviour’s Community Hall
Sat 10 Blakeney, Norfolk Harbour Room
Tue 13 Dublin Whelan’s, Upstairs
