When Corinthia Peoples seated herself in the front row for Bobby McFerrin’s weekly Circlesongs performance at Berkeley’s Freight & Salvage, she didn’t look like someone who lacked confidence. The San ...

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 ...

Just about every Monday afternoon at Freight & Salvage, Bobby McFerrin reenacts the creation of the universe. No stars or planets coalesce in the venerable Berkeley venue, but sitting on stage flanked ...

Host Christian McBride talks with vocalist and 2020 NEA Jazz Master Bobby McFerrin. We'll hear tracks from his vast catalog, stories from his... Bobby McFerrin reflects on going from the hotel bar to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. At a time when synthesizers and big production dominated pop music, one unexpected chart-topper proved simplicity could be just as ...

In The Number Ones, I'm reviewing every single #1 single in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, starting with the chart's beginning, in 1958, and working my way up into the present. "Don't Worry, Be ...

If you're going to use the Hot 100 to discern the state of radio-listening (and streaming) Americans, it's generally better to consider the chart in aggregate, rather than focusing on the top. I think ...

How does one write about the ineffable? It is, after all, Beyond Words... We must, however, reflect on Bobby McFerrin's Beyond Words. There is a certain degree of serendipity in the fact that this ...

As the universal language, music has always had one problem: how to translate the words so that everyone will understand their meaning. French, Portuguese, English, and several African dialects are ...