As music critic and writer Steve Huey once explained, “from 1976 to 1984, the radio airwaves were dominated by really smooth music.” Once known as soft rock, since the mid-2000s pretty much everyone ...

McDonald co-wrote the track with Walk This Road producer John Shanks. Co-founding Doobies members Tom Johnston and Pat Simmons contributed backing vocals to the song. “Learn to Let Go” is available ...

The Doobie Brothers released their first new song to feature Michael McDonald on vocals in 45 years. "Learn to Let Go" is the fourth song from their upcoming album, Walk This Road, due June 6. It ...

The Doobie Brothers‘ latest album, Walk This Road, is barely four months old — albeit a couple of years in the making. But Michael McDonald is ready to get started on the next one. “I think we’re ...

Michael McDonald’s distinctive, soulful voice, often described as smooth and soothing, became a hallmark of yacht rock. However, the former The Doobie Brothers member didn’t understand the term upon ...

Gain a deeper appreciation of music from Michael McDonald, Toto and Christopher Cross. By Lindsay Zoladz Over the weekend, I watched an entertaining new documentary — or, as it’s billed, a ...

Every era of pop music has a few voices that just stand out. In the 1970s and 1980s, Michael McDonald’s pipes were often at the top of the charts — first as a standout backing voice with Steely Dan, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (L-R): Keith Knudsen, Jeff Skunk Baxter, Michael McDonald, John Hartman, Pat Simmons and Tiran Porter, aka The Doobie Brothers, in ...

Patrick Simmons, a founding member of The Doobie Brothers, is calling from Maui, but he’s not on a yacht (more on that later). Instead, he’s busy recharging in preparation for the 2020 Rock & Roll ...

On the heels of a new album, the band is being inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. By Steve Bloom Fifty-three years since their first hit single, “Listen to the Music,” raced up the charts in ...