Keyboardist and vocalist Michael McDonald tells UCR in a 2025 interview why he feels some of his best work as an artist has been with the Doobie Brothers.

His most famous song, “Hallelujah,” would go on to be covered by a multitude of musicians over the years including Bon Jovi, Rufus Wainwright, Regina Spektor, Michael McDonald, Norah Jones ...

In McDonald's new memoir What a Fool Believes, out May 21, the Doobie Brothers member reveals his dark journey with addiction — and eventually sobriety. In one passage from the book, McDonald ...

Fifty years ago this spring, the 23-year-old known to everyone on the Los Angeles recording session scene as Mike McDonald got the call that would change his life. And the listening pleasure of ...

Steely Dan continued their nine-show Beacon Theatre run on Monday night, playing their penultimate show with special guests Michael McDonald, Connor Kennedy and Jimmy Vivino.

McDonald says that earlier in his career, he tended to avoid writing about himself directly in songs. He opens up about his life and career in the memoir, What a Fool Believes.

Doobie Brothers frontman Michael McDonald is looking back on what he learned in the wake of his wife Amy's cancer diagnosis. His memoir, 'What a Fool Believes,' publishes on May 21.

Michael McDonald is like garlic. He’s rarely been the main dish during his career, but in the many instances when he’s been an ingredient, he’s unmissable. Fifty people could be singing ...

Y’all saw the viral Michael McDonald fangirl TikTok, right? The footage of the 11-year-old girl who was delighted when her parents surprised her with a trip to see the Doobie Brothers? Who ...

McDonald married Amy in 1983 and they share two children together Denise Truscello/Getty Images for Keep Memory Alive When Michael McDonald met his wife Amy Holland, a singer-songwriter from New ...

Michael McDonald was the Akon of the ’80s. Ubiquitous, inescapable. The consummate guest star, backing vocalist, and duet partner, trading lines with everyone from James Ingram to Patti LaBelle ...

McDonald led his three-song encore with the Leonard Cohen tune "Hallelujah." Alone on the stage, the singer's vocals were delivered with abandon, restrained only by the canvas of the song.