Back on track and moving ahead with full steam, I have a tasty helping of hot a cappella here for you, from some well established groups and some up and coming artists. These groups all have one thing in common: they're soon to be performing at an a cappella festival. T Minus 5 and Navi Redd will be at A Cappellastock, in Ogden, Utah, and Vocal Chaos, ElmoThumm, and Almost Recess will be at AcappellaFest, in Schaumberg, Illinois. This just confirms my suspicions that the midwest is the new hotbed of a cappella music. Here's what's on show #35:

• T Minus 5 - American Woman (The Guess Who)
  
• Vocal Chaos - Good Things (BoDeans)
• Navi Redd - Klippies
• ElmoTHUMM - Shooting Star (Bad Company)
• Almost Recess - Maria
• T Minus 5 - One Voice

Congratulations to Matt Dunn for winning the episode #33 contest; Matt, be sure to e-mail me. To everyone, thanks for listening, and after a short vacation I'll be back in September with the back to school special!

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I'm incredibly excited to be able to bring you a couple of tracks from former Persuasions lead man Jerry Lawson! He's now working with a quartet called Talk of The Town, and they have a classic doo wop smoothness.

• Jerry Lawson & Talk of The Town - Islands In The Stream (Bee Gees/Kenny Rogers/Dolly Parton)
• T Minus 5 - Low Rider (War)
• Down 4 The Count - No More Blues (Carlos Antonio Jobim)
• Great Big Sea -The River Driver (Traditional)
• Copley Cats - Time and Tide (Basia)
• Jerry Lawson & Talk of The Town - Persuasions Melody

T Minus 5 is helping to put on A Cappellastock! It's Aug. 25th, in Ogden City Utah, and will be hosted by Barry Carl of Rockapella fame, and will feature Navi Redd, Toxic Audio, and more. This is an absolute powerhouse lineup, and if you can make it, you really should.

And as a reminder to listeners, I'm holding a drawing on episode #35 to give away a copy of Fitchy & Grikko, by The House Jacks. If you are a new listener, tell me who referred you, and I'll put both of you into the drawing. Enough of the words, let's get on with the show!

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Things are starting to heat up around here, and the pressure is on! Crunchtime is around the corner, so I may take a week or two off down the road, but for now, we've got great music! This time on the show you'll hear:

• The Sirens - Pride (In The Name Of Love) [U2]
• Similar Jones - So It Seems
• Four Shadow - Summer Sunday
• House Jacks - Light Of Stars
• InPulse - Life Is A Highway [Tom Cochrane]
• The Sirens - TV Medley [Various]

There's a nice block of originals in there. If you want to hear more great originals, go tune in to the CASA Originals Podcast, and tell Tim that Chad sent you!

Along those lines, starting today, you can enter into a random drawing to win a copy of Fitchy & Grikko. Here's how it works:

1. Get a friend to subscribe to this podcast.
2. Have them e-mail me (or fill out the contact form on this site), and have them say who referred them (that's you).
3. Keep your fingers crossed!

I'll collect all the names up, and pick one at random. I'll announce on show #35 who the winner is, and send out the prize.

Are you excited? Eager to hear the show? Then click play to Listen to Show #33!

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I hope my stateside listeners had a good Independence Day, and that the rest of the world will understand that this episode is in honor of the typically great nation (although, not always great) that I was born into.

• America The Beautiful - Academy Singers (Bates/Ward)
• American Girls - Chorallaries (Counting Crows)
• Walking in Memphis - Voicemale (Marc Cohn)
• Rhode Island is Famous For You - Clockwork (Blossom Dearie)
• Route 66 - The Coats (Troup/Cole)
• Star Spangled Banner - Gentleman Callers (Key/Anonymous)

My thanks go out to the many men and women who have served over the years to protect what was made on July 4th, 1776. Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go see some more fireworks!

Listen to Episode #32!

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Whew! Time flies by when you have deadlines, doesn't it? Two weeks can just slip by sometimes. Good thing for you I'm on top of things, and have a new episode ready to go.

Here's what you'll find in this episode of the Acapodcast:

• Similar Jones - Future Love Paradise (Seal)
• No Strings Attached - Baby Love (Mother's Finest)
• No Strings Attached - This Love (Maroon 5)
• Chromatics - Noctilucent Cloud
• No Better Cause - Times Like These
• Similar Jones - Brick House (The Commodores)
  

I break format a little bit here and play a No Strings Attached two song power pack, but these two songs (Baby Love and This Love) have so much in common, I felt they had to go together. Not only do they share the word 'Love' in their titles, but they both have a real funky groove to them.

And as a note, if everyone subscribed to the show using iTunes would be so kind as to unsubscribe briefly and resubscribe using the updated link up over there on the right... yeah, that'd be great.

If you can't wait to subscribe and have to listen to Episode #31 as soon as possible, click on the play button below!

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