2021 – Page 2 – The Pulse

Fifth Street

Fifth Street is a vocal quintet based in Victoria, BC. Its five members – Natasha Penfield, Jilaine Orton, Ryan Narciso, Kenji Lee and Taylor Caswell – met at the University of Victoria’s School of Music and formed the group out of a desire to make music together and continue growing as artists. Inspired by a capella powerhouses such as Pentatonix, The Real Group and M-Pact, Fifth Street combines the worlds of pop, jazz and R&B in five-part harmony.

Rachael sat down with three of the members to talk about some of their newest music, what the group has been doing during lockdown, and what’s coming up for the band over the summer!

Check out all the music featured in this episode on the group’s YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs8BFqzNAaxKK5LQJV8iBJQ.

WIBI A Cappella

WIBI A Cappella is an innovative contemporary a cappella ensemble founded in 1988 at York University. WIBI is the longest-running collegiate a cappella group in Canada, and in 2018, the group celebrated their 30th anniversary! Rachael sits down with the group to talk about their upcoming full length EP.

You can listen to Greedy for Your Treasure here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdWQ938aO84

You can listen to Coffee/I Miss Her here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrg0TN9OkY4

You can learn more about the group here: https://www.wibiacappella.com.

Treble On Huntington

Treble On Huntington has released a new single, Rainberry! The ladies sit down with Rachael to talk about recording this jazzy tune while in lockdown, and what their lives have been like trying to make music during the pandemic. We also get a chance to hear and talk about two other songs: Taste and Finest Hour, the later of which was selected for BOCA 2020!

Learn more about the group here: https://trebleonhuntington.weebly.com.

Check out Rainberry here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=415jA5Dm83M, Taste here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GyTHjTxppU8, and Finest Hour here: https://open.spotify.com/track/4lrSgTXCILF0vE4smy6Eyb?si=96546030139c4870.

Paul Sperrazza

Paul Sperrazza has been performing as a singer since 1996. He has entertained worldwide audiences at Walt Disney World, Universal Studios, on Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines, Luxor, Las Vegas and Planet Hollywood, Las Vegas. But in the a cappella world, Paul is most known for cofounding and codirecting Vox Audio (formerly Toxic Audio), his time as a clinician, and his work developing Fearless Performing 101.

Rachael sits down with Paul to talk about his time with Vox Audio, the work he does know teaching kids to sing and perform, and what’s coming up for him!

Learn more about Paul at http://www.fearlessperforming101.com/

Learn more about Vox Audio at http://www.voxaudiogroup.com/

Listen to Paul’s music at https://www.youtube.com/user/spazzbox123/videos.

BOSS Special: Untitled

We recently sat down with competitors and performers from BOSS. Check out Untitled, competitors from Towson University!

Learn more about the group here: https://www.facebook.com/untitledtu/

Check out their competition set here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_w3z_TEV6gI

BOSS Special: Radius

We recently sat down with competitors and performers from BOSS. Check out Radius, competitors at BOSS 2021, as we talk about their fun mashup of The Boys Who Left The Boybands!

Learn more about the group here: https://www.facebook.com/radiusvocals/

Check out the video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6vbn-G_jzw

BOSS Special: POSTYR

We recently sat down with competitors and performers from BOSS. Check out POSTYR, headliners at the pro concert!

Learn more about the group here: https://www.facebook.com/Postyr

Listen to their music here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4wdQoC6bp65lRiql8WpZhw

BOSS Special: On The Vox

We recently sat down with competitors and performers from BOSS. Check out On The Vox, scholastic competitors from the Berklee College of Music!

Learn more about the group here: https://www.facebook.com/OnTheVoxACappella

BOSS Special: On’lar

We recently sat down with competitors and performers from BOSS. Check out On’lar A Capella, part of the pro concert!

Learn more about the group here: https://www.facebook.com/onlaracapella

Listen to their music here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCi0JGfPDn79B_FcvBx0FtIA

BOSS Special: OneManJamz

We recently sat down with competitors and performers from BOSS. Check out OneManJamz, live looper and deliberation performer, talking about his latest release, “Positions”.

Learn more about him here: https://www.facebook.com/OneManJamz

Listen to “Positions” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWqu5XmTd-c

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.

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