New York, NY (Top40 Charts) Critically acclaimed singer/songwriter and five-time Grammy Award winner
Michael McDonald is set for the October 12 release of Season of Peace: The Christmas Collection on BMG. The album compiles McDonald's most beloved Christmas recordings including "White Christmas/Winter Wonderland" (feat. Jonny Lang), "Oh Holy Night," "Christmas on the Bayou" and "Children Go Where I Send Thee" (feat. Twinkie Clark), as well as a new version of "
Winter Wonderland" featuring special guest Jake Shimabukuro. The album art hails from an original painting by McDonald himself; see below for a complete track list.
In celebration of the new compilation record, McDonald is adding a number of winter performances to his current North American tour. Confirmed dates include two nights at Los Angeles' Hollywood Bowl with
Kenny Loggins and
Christopher Cross as well as performances at New York's South Street Seaport, Washington, DC's Filene Center at Wolf Trap with
Peter Cetera, St. Louis' Loufest, the Cityfolk Festival in Ottawa and more. See below for a list of dates.
McDonald's most recent release, Wide Open (out now via BMG), is the subject of extensive critical praise from the Los Angeles Times, NPR Music, Pitchfork, Rolling Stone and many more: With a career that encompasses five Grammys, numerous chart successes and personal and professional accolades, as well as collaborations with some of the world's most prominent artists,
Michael McDonald remains an enduring force in popular music.
Hailing from St. Louis, McDonald arrived in Los Angeles in the early 1970s, honing his talents as a studio musician before becoming an integral part of Steely Dan. In the mid-'70s McDonald was invited to join the
Doobie Brothers as the band redefined their sound with McDonald serving as singer, keyboardist and songwriter on such Top 40 singles as "Takin' It To The Streets," "It Keeps You Runnin'," "Minute By Minute" and "What A Fool Believes."
Throughout the '80s and '90s McDonald's solo career took off with a string of hits including "I Keep Forgettin' (Every Time You're Near)," "Sweet Freedom," "
On My Own" (with Patti LaBelle) and the Grammy-winning
James Ingram duet "Yah Mo B There," plus he co-wrote the
Van Halen hit "I'll Wait."
McDonald has performed with a who's-who of critically acclaimed artists across a number of genres, including Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin, Elton John, Joni Mitchell,
Vince Gill and Grizzly Bear.
Season of Peace: The Christmas Collection
1. That's What Christmas Means To Me
2. White Christmas/Winter
Wonderland (feat. Jonny Lang)
3. Children Go Where I Send Thee (feat. Twinkie Clark)
4. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
5. Wexford Carol (feat. Amy Holland)
6. Christmas On The Bayou
7. To Make A Miracle
8. Peace
9. Through the Many Winters
10. Every Time Christmas Comes Around
11. On Christmas Morning
12. World Out Of A Dream
13. Oh Holy Night
14. Winter
Wonderland (feat. Jake Shimabukuro)
15. Have Yourself A Merry
Little Christmas
MICHAEL MCDONALD LIVE
July 10 Sacramento, CA Crest Theatre
July 13 Los Angeles, CA Hollywood Bowl*
July 14 Los Angeles, CA Hollywood Bowl*
July 15 Temecula, CA Thornton Winery
July 17 Sandy, UT Sandy City Amphitheater
July 19 Aspen, CO Belly Up Aspen
July 20 Castle Rock, CO Phillip S. Miller Amphitheater
July 22 Grand Prairie, TX Verion Theatre at Grand Prairie
July 24 Chattanooga, TN Walker Theatre
July 26 Rock Hill, SC Old Town Amphitheater
July 27 Atlanta, GA Atlanta Botanical Garden
July 28 Robinsonville, MS Gold
Strike Casino Resort
August 9 Oshkosh, WI Waterfest Concert Series, Leach Amphitheater
August 11 Arnolds Park, IA Okoboji Blue Water Festival
Augut 12 Lawrence, KS Lied Center
August 14 Louisville, KY Iroquois Amphitheater
August 15 Detroit, MI Motor City Casino Hotel
August 17 Maumee, OH 35th Northwest Ohio Rib-Off
August 21 New York, NY Pier 17 at South Street Seaport
August 22 Vienna, VA Filene Center at Wolf Trap†
August 24 Mount Pocono, PA Mount Airy Casino Resort Summer Stage
September 9 St. Louis, MO Loufest
Music Festival
September 11 Knoxville, TN Tennessee Theatre
September 12 Northfield, OH Hard Rock Live
September 14 Toronto, ON Sony Centre for the Performing Arts
September 15 Ottawa, ON CityFolk
September 17 Rutland, VT The Paramount Theater
September 19 Derry, NH Tupelo
Music Hall
September 21 New Brunswick, NJ State Theatre New Jersey
September 22 Boston, MA Emerson Colonial Theatre
September 23 Huntington, NY The Paramount
November 21 Nashville, TN Ryman Auditorium
November 23 Clearwater, FL Capitol Theatre
November 24 Coconut Creek, FL Seminole Casino, The Pavilion
November 27 Fayetteville, NC Crown Theatre
November 30 Bensalem, PA Parx Casino, XCite Center
December 1 Wilmington, DE The Grand Opera House Gala
December 2 Peekskill, NY Paramount Hudson Valley Theater
December 8 Van Wert, OH Niswonger Performing Arts Center
December 9 Champaign, IL Virginia Theatre
December 12 Tiffin, OH The Ritz Theatre
December 14 Youngstown, OH Stambaugh Auditorium
December 15 Waukegan, IL Genesee Theatre
December 18 Orange, TX Lutcher Theater
December 21 Norman, OK Riverwind Casino, Showplace Theatre
*with
Kenny Loggins and
Christopher Cross
†with
Peter Cetera.
