Bobby Carter | April 28, 2025
For Madison McFerrin to deliver the proper experience of her live show at the Tiny Desk, she wanted to be sure she had the freedom to use the instruments that helped identify her. The LA-based singer has become well-known for looping vocals over and over again; thus, creating instruments in real-time. To celebrate her upcoming album, SCORPIO, McFerrin brings a Chicago-based band led by Kameron Lowe and featuring The Lovely Lowe Sisters on background vocals.

Given her family history, McFerrin’s dive into the music business was a foregone conclusion. She and her brothers Taylor and Jevon chose entertainment as a career, taking after their father, Bobby McFerrin, who famously recorded the groundbreaking hit “Don’t Worry Be Happy” in 1988. Before playing her latest single, “I Don’t,” she mentions them all while serving up some “McFerrin tea.” “My mother is seemingly the only one with any sense because she’s the only one out of the five of us who hasn’t been engaged more than once.”

SET LIST
"No Time to Lose"
“OMW”
"Ain't It Nice"
"I Don't"
"TRY"
"Run It Back"

MUSICIANS
Madison McFerrin: vocals, electronics
Kameron Lowe: keys, piano, music director
Ashton Lowery: guitar
Brooklynn Skye: bass
Donis: drums
Kristen Lowe: background vocals
Shantina Lowe: background vocals
Kymbriel Lowe: background vocals

TINY DESK TEAM
Producer: Bobby Carter
Director: Kara Frame
Audio Technical Director: Josh Newell
Video Editor: Joshua Bryant
Videographers: Kara Frame, Joshua Bryant, Maia Stern
Audio Engineer: Hannah Gluvna
Production Assistants: Dora Levite, Ashley Pointer
Photographer: Alanté Serene
Tiny Desk Series Editor: Lars Gotrich
Executive Producer: Suraya Mohamed
Series Creators: Bob Boilen, Stephen Thompson
VP, Visuals and Music: Keith Jenkins

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