Madison McFerrin knows what it takes to put on a show behind NPR's Tiny Desk because years ago, the Los Angeles-based artist submitted an entry to the Tiny Desk Contest. That's NPR Music's annual ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Singer and conductor Bobby McFerrin, best known for his global smash "Don't Worry, Be Happy," turns 76 on March 11. The song made ...

Singer and conductor Bobby McFerrin, best known for his global smash "Don't Worry, Be Happy," turns 76 on March 11. The song made music history in 1988 when it became the first a cappella track ever ...

Bobby McFerrin is best known for his feelgood 1988 hit "Don't Worry, Be Happy." Now, his daughter Madison is a singer-songwriter on the rise. Finding Foundation: How Bobby McFerrin And His Daughter ...

Do you remember the 1988 Bobby McFerrin song “Don’t Worry, Be Happy”? The extraordinarily talented and versatile musician’s parents were opera singers – Robert McFerrin Sr. was a regular at the ...

In the U.S. it is still news when a Negro stars in grand opera, even in a role calling for a dark skin. Marian Anderson’s Metropolitan Opera debut as the Negro Ulrica, in Un Ballo in Maschera (TIME, ...

The AFRO knows what it’s like to endure challenging times. John H. Murphy, Sr., a former enslaved man founded the AFRO in 1892 with $200 from his wife, Martha Howard Murphy. Together they created a ...

The Metropolitan Opera has a dazzling new coloratura soprano. She is Atlanta-born Mattiwilda Dobbs, 31, pert, appealing to the eye, solacing to the most opera-worn ear. She made her debut as Gilda in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Bobby McFerrin suprised the San Francisco audience at Jacob Collier's open soundcheck at Davies Symphony Hall last week. (Courtesy ...

Michael Oakley McFerrin of Tuscaloosa died peacefully at his home surrounded by his family on Thursday, Aug. 14 at the age of 84. Born in Greenville, he graduated from Greenville High School and the ...