Michael McDonald's 'Half Truth' Premieres at Billboard; New Album 'Wide Open' Out 9/15

The song appears on Wide Open, McDonald's first album of new music in nearly a decade, outSeptember 15 via BMG. The record features special guests including Warren Haynes, Robben Ford, Marcus Miller and Branford Marsalis. View the album trailer athttps://youtu.be/KOlnGSsD4jk.

Most recently, NPR Music's "Songs We Love" premiered the album's first single, "Find It In Your Heart," raving that "within seconds of the opening 'oohs' and warm, groovy vibes of McDonald's new song, 'Find It In Your Heart,' your heart will be overjoyed. The opening notes call up immediate memories of some of his much-beloved Doobie Brothers classics, like 'What A Fool Believes' and 'Takin' It To The Streets,' as well as some of of his incredible harmony singing with Steely Dan on 'Peg' and 'Bad Sneakers.'" Stream/share the track athttp://n.pr/2uEaM6m.

McDonald also recently celebrated the release of Wide Open with a performance for PBS' "Soundstage," scheduled to air this fall, and is slated to tour extensively throughout the summer and fall including dates at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium, ACL Live in Austin and the closing set at the Treftles Stage at the Kaaboo Festival. See below for a complete list of tour dates.

Wide Open follows a trio of albums of R&B and soul covers McDonald recorded for the fabled Motown label, the most recent being 2008's Soul Speak. Wide Open is McDonald's first album of original material in 17 years, comprised largely of material written over a number of years in-between projects and recorded in McDonald's Nashville studio with drummer Shannon Forrest(Faith Hill, Blake Shelton, Tim McGraw, Toto) and an extensive cast of Nashville session musicians.

McDonald also recently collaborated with bassist Thundercat and Kenny Loggins on the hit single "Show You The Way" which the trio performed on "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon." Watch/share the performance of the track from Thundercat's critically acclaimed new album Drunk at https://youtu.be/x8AgdI4eyFc. McDonald joined Thunrdercat during a surprise guest appearance at this year's Coachella, as well; the Los Angeles Times hailed McDonald's surprise appearance as one of the "10 best performances" at the festival, praising "McDonald's silky keys over Thundercat's undulating bass," while The Guardian called it "a perfect moment in a set that contained slick highs" and Billboard noted, "Who thought that in 2017 65-year old Doobie Brothers singer Michael McDonald would bring down the house at Coachella?" Watch/share the performance via Pitchfork at http://bit.ly/2pt2ito.