You've all been waiting, and here it is, Show #46!
In this long awaited episode, you'll hear:
Thanks for your patience!
We're in the middle of Harmony Sweeps season, a series of regional competitions, with the winners of each region going on to a knock-down drag-out winner-take-all vocal throwdown in San Rafael, California. Many regionals took place in March, and there are more regionals happening across the month of Apri. This year the final battle of the vocal bands will take place on May 3rd. In show #45, I've got a number of competitors from different regions. These groups all fared pretty well, even if they aren't going on to San Rafael. All the reports I've seen have said that 2008 is one of the fiercest years, and that the caompetition is raw. Kudos to all of these groups, and I look forward to the May lineup.
Oh, and do yourself a favor and check out MAUF on YouTube!
Shalom! It's a Jewish A Cappella special episode. Six songs from some very talented menschen. Also names full of puns and references. Six13 (there are 613 commandments in the Torah), Shabbatones (from Shabbaton), Shircago (Shir means song), Kaskeset ('Fish Scales', a Kosher/Music joke), and Manginah ("Melody").
Some of my favorite parts of this episode: Six13's rythyms. Manginah's extra echo to bring out the choral effect. The imagery in Kaskeset's lyrics. Oh, and a tip that came in e-mail: Ani Shelach was soloed by Rachel Fried, sister to Ilana Fried of Kaskeset. It's a family episode! All of these groups can also be found on BOJAC 2006 (Best of Jewish A Cappella).
Enough already, go and listen to Show #44!
It's that time of year again, when various groups and organizations help highlight the best of contemporary a cappella music. We've got competitions, in the form of the ICCAs and the Harmony Sweeps, which are already underway or starting in just a few months. We've got compilation albums like BOCA 2008, BOHSA 2008, Voices Only 2007, and more. And we've got awards and accolades like RARB's best albums of 2007, and the CARA awards, the Grammys of A Cappella (Although I keep hoping to see an A Cappella category at the actual Grammys). To give you a sample of groups that have made it to the top recently, I present to you:
You'll find all of the above great music on Show #43 of The Acapodcast!
2008 is here, and The Acapodcast is back! Here's some brief notes on the songs in Episode 42!
All this and more! Press the play button below to hear this episode.
