2023-05-18
19 分钟You're listening to Song Exploder,
where musicians take apart their songs and piece by piece tell the story of how they were made.
I'm Rishikesh Hirway.
Madison McFerrin is a singer, songwriter, and producer from New York.
She's sung with legends like Aretha Franklin, George Clinton, and De La Soul and The Roots.
Madison's first EP came out in 2016,
and last week she released her debut album, I Hope You Can Forgive Me.
In the years between the EP and the album, Madison started producing her own music.
It wasn't really her plan, but something that developed over the course of the pandemic.
For this episode, I talked to Madison about a song from her album called Run.
It was inspired by the discovery that she's the descendant of a woman who escaped slavery.
And it features guest vocals from Madison's father, Grammy winner Bobby McFerrin.
My name is Madison McFerrin.
I'm a live performer.
That's the thing that I derive the most joy out of, probably in life period.
I decided I wanted to be a singer when I was five,
which I think really just came from, I like to sing.
I see my dad likes to sing and that's what his job is.
So that seems like I could do that too.
So I started doing acapella stuff.