2019 Twin Cities A Cappella Festival

Geoff and Midori

A rebroadcast from the 2019 Twin Cities A Cappella Festival with all-male group Geoff and all-female group Midori, from Hopkins High School!

Learn more about the group here: https://courseweb.hopkinsschools.org/course/view.php?id=675.

Encore

A rebroadcast from the 2019 Twin Cities A Cappella Festival with mixed high school group, Encore!

Learn more about the group here: https://lshschoirs.org.

Stay Tuned

A rebroadcast from the 2019 Twin Cities A Cappella Festival with all-female high school group, Stay Tuned!

Rachael flew out to Minnesota early in 2019 to cover the Twin Cities A Cappella festival. She sat down with a middle school group called Bear Voices to hear how a cappella was reaching some of its youngest practitioners.

To learn more about the group, check out their site: https://www.wblmusicboosters.org/choir.

Convocadence

Rachael interviews the Augsburg University’s co-ed a cappella group, Convocadence, at the 2019 Twin Cities A Cappella Festival.

Learn more about the group on their Instagram site: https://www.instagram.com/convocadence/.

Now and Then Singers

Rachael interviews the Lakeville North High School group, the Now and Then Singers, at the 2019 Twin Cities A Cappella Festival.

Learn more about the group on their website: https://www.lnhspanthers.com/nowandthensingers.

Due North

Off the release of their new single, we’re featuring an interview Rachael did with Due North at the 2019 Twin Cities A Cappella Festival. Learn more about the group on their website: http://duenorthvocalband.com.

Six Appeal

Rachael caught up with Evan Taylor Jones and Andrew “Berko” Berkowitz from Six Appeal, based in Minneapolis at the Twin Cities A Cappella Festival at the end of January 2019. Check out the group here: http://sixappealvocalband.com.

WIBI A Cappella

Episode 176 (0:21:18)

WIBI A Cappella has been busy with not one, not two, but THREE EPs they are releasing over the course of the next few months. We had a chance to sit down with the group to hear about all the music they are putting out and what life has been like as the pandemic has loosened its grip a bit.

Learn more about WIBI on Twitter (https://twitter.com/wibiacappella), Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/wibiacappella), or YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/c/WIBIACappella).

2022 (2) | New Music (17) | Collegiate Groups (80) |

Illuminations

Episode 175 (0:19:36)

With a recent successful run at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and and a recently released EP, we had so much to catch up on with the University of Exeter's Illuminations! You can find out more about the group on their website (https://www.exeterilluminations.com) or watch their latest videos at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXJSX222tzl5M-ljGLlxRew.

2022 (2) | New Music (17) | Collegiate Groups (80) |

Skyline Blues

Episode 174 (0:17:19)

Skyline Blues

Members of Ann Arbor Skyline Blues talk about their new album, Light at the End, as well as what they are looking forward to now that they are back together.

Listen to the album on Spotify and be sure to check out the group's YouTube page.

New Music (17) | High School Groups (30) | 2021 (36) |

Pitch Fight

Episode 173 (0:19:57)

Pitch Fight

Pitch Fight is a 15 piece all-female identifying a cappella group from the University of Bristol. The group is competitive in competitions like VoiceFest and the ICCAs, in addition to being featured in Sky One's Sing: Ultimate A Cappella, and participating in Edinburgh Fringe. Rachael sits down with Helen, Emily, and Aashna to talk about the group's latest single, Thumbs, opb Sabrina Carpenter.

United Kingdom (7) | New Music (17) | 2021 (36) | Collegiate Groups (80) |

Bill Hare

Episode 172 (0:37:32)

Bill Hare

Who knew an electric bassist would alter the landscape of a cappella recording forever? Bill Hare sits down on The Pulse for a special hour-long episode to talk about how it all came to be - the fortunate, unfortunate, and sometime bizarre series of events that have had an enormous impact on the art form.

Sound Engineers (4) | 2021 (36) |