Walking St. Paul’s Blvd with Michael McDermott (+ Peter Himmelman on the Jukebox)

Not everyone walking St. Paul’s Boulevard makes it out alive. No
one survives it unchanged. This mythological road plays home to a
haunting cast of characters, and our guide on this episode of the
True Tunes Podcast is none other than the road’s creator - and
street-sweeper: singer, songwriter, and seeker, Michael
McDermott. No one tells a story like this Chicago native. Maybe
that’s because so few who walk the path he’s walked live to tell
their tales.  McDermott has been crafting some of the most
inspiring, and heartbreaking gritty folk-rock this side of the
Graceland Cemetery since he burst onto the scene in 1991. His
latest may be his best yet – and that’s saying something.


 


While in this soul-searching, folk-rock mood, we crank up Peter
Himmelman on the True Tunes Jukebox and hear from another – very
different – master of the genre. Himmelman has tapped into the
therapeutic, spiritual, communal powers of song for decades –
from radio hits like “Woman With The Strength of 10,000 Men” to
Grammy-nominated children’s music, and beyond.


 


Full music list and more are available on the Show Notes Page for
this episode at TrueTunes.com/StPaulsBvd.


 


Find our review of McDermott's album What In The World
HERE. 


 


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