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Review of “My Dony” – Living Blues Magazine
"It's that wider range of emotion and expression, driven by Dermody's urgency and enthusiasm that makes My Dony the sturdy and successful effort it is. Consider this Dermody's most decisive outing yet." Lee Zimmerman
Review of “My Dony” – Grateful Web
"With this rapidly, unfolding uncertainty, I can’t do light and surface. Good old rock or pop, my normal go-tos, definitely will not work. I’m craving gritty and real. I need Grant Dermody and his new album, “My Dony.” It primarily blues but there are touches of...
Review of “My Dony” – MIchael Dougherty
"Grant Dermody’s new album, My Dony, should be able to push away whatever demons are plaguing you. " READ THE FULL REVIEW
Great Review of “My Dony” – No Depression
“It’s earthy stuff, with the dirty roots exposed for us to chomp on and savor, a down-home dinner that sticks to your ribs.” - No Depression https://www.nodepression.com/album-reviews/harmonicist-grant-dermody-blends-blues-and-country-on-earthy-my-dony
Review of “My Dony”
I always find it interesting to listen to how musicians grow and evolve from project to project. Clearly Grant Dermody’s latest offering, “My Dony” is a large step forward in his evolution. Since the early days of our relationship as fellow harmonica players, I’ve had...
Review by Art Menius
Released: February 2010 Reviewed by Art Menius 2/10/2012 Seattle’s Grant Dermody long ago earned a reputation as an excellent harmonica blower equally comfortable in blues, old-time, and roots music while also capable of quite good singing and songwriting. Lay Down My...
Huffington Post by Steve Winnick
by Steve Winnick I may have spoken too soon about the Jesus and Devil thing, because there’s none of that on Grant Dermody’s latest album Sun Might Shine on Me, and his press material speaks a lot about Tibetan Buddhism. Dermody, a harmonica player who has worked with...
No Depression – by Joe McSpadden
Grant Dermody, the Seattle harp wizard with a panoramic view of roots music styles, both old world and new, puts his versatility on display with Sun Might Shine on Me. Surrounding himself with a solid group of accomplices, Dermody is relaxed and in charge without ever...
No Depression – by John Apice
No Depression John Apice - February 26, 2016 Just when you believe a particular type of music has been done to death and there wouldn’t be another way of presenting it with any hint of originality and creativity – someone comes along who tweaks the genre and adds some...
No Depression – Review of Crossing That River
Where so many country blues revivalists sound like tourists or carpetbaggers, Grant Dermody devises his own musical map. An understated harmonica virtuoso and a vocalist of subtlety and warmth, he not only renews an acoustic legacy, but extends it. Building bridges...