http://www.acappellanews.com/ No matter whether you spell it acapella, acapela or a cappella we have all the singing news that's fit to blog. Keep up with all the latest from your favorite vocal harmony groups. en-us 2013-05-21T22:32:13-08:00 http://www.acappellanews.com/archive/003104.html NPR: Listen to Bobby McFerrin — onstage, warming up with his band — and it's like you're listening to an entire orchestra bubbling up through one man's body. He becomes a flute, a violin, a muted trumpet, a percussion instrument,... acapnews 2013-05-21T22:32:13-08:00 http://www.acappellanews.com/archive/003103.html It was a glorious evening of vocal harmony singing once again at the Harmony Sweepstakes A Cappella Festival National Finals. Top notch a cappella performed by so many talented groups in a wonderful mix of styles. And it was... acapnews 2013-05-19T22:20:53-08:00 http://www.acappellanews.com/archive/003102.html Dallas Morning News: Vinyl records are back in vogue, so New York’s the Manhattan Transfer took a discography approach to its two-hour concert Thursday night at Majestic Theatre. The jazz-pop vocal quartet brought with them an array of LP covers... acapnews 2013-05-11T00:00:26-08:00 http://www.acappellanews.com/archive/003101.html New York Times Caroline Shaw, the winner of the 2013 Pulitzer Prize in Music, isn’t quite ready to own up to what she does. “I don’t really call myself a composer,” she said, laughing, in an interview in her sunny... acapnews 2013-05-09T22:51:16-08:00 http://www.acappellanews.com/archive/003100.html Seattle Times (WA): Listen to the opening notes of Seattle composer-conductor Eric Banks’ “The Seven Creations,” and you’ll sense instinctively that you’re hearing something both ancient and utterly new. Banks’ 73-minute “a cappella opera” is an astonishing work, and part... acapnews 2013-05-06T22:45:38-08:00 http://www.acappellanews.com/archive/003099.html One heck-of-a festival will be going on in Toronto, Canada on May 9th thru 12th with a great line up of groups including The Real Group and The Swingle Singers at Sing Toronto!. There are workshops, classes and all... acapnews 2013-05-02T22:55:25-08:00 http://www.acappellanews.com/archive/003098.html acapnews 2013-05-01T22:23:26-08:00 http://www.acappellanews.com/archive/003097.html San Francisco Chronicle: The performers in composer David Lang's choral-dance work "Battle Hymns" don't make an entrance in the usual sense. They muster, and they fall in. At several points during Saturday afternoon's performance at the Kezar Pavilion - one... acapnews 2013-04-30T22:00:43-08:00 http://www.acappellanews.com/archive/003096.html New York Daily News: This is one way to brighten up a morning commute. New York subway riders were pleasantly surprised Thursday when Michael Buble decided to put on an impromptu acappella show between subway stops. The crooner belted out... acapnews 2013-04-27T00:00:45-08:00 http://www.acappellanews.com/archive/003095.html Saturday Evening Post: Norman Rockwell did such a remarkable job capturing the singers’ expressions as they hit the perfect note, we wish we could turn up the volume on this 1936 classic. Evoking the turn of the century era, perhaps... acapnews 2013-04-26T16:27:32-08:00 http://www.acappellanews.com/archive/003094.html NPR - Linda Holmes- Culture blog Saturday night at Town Hall in New York, the Nor'easters of Northeastern University in Boston were crowned national champions at the International Competition of Collegiate A Cappella (ICCA), the entirely real battle dramatized in... acapnews 2013-04-24T00:00:23-08:00 http://www.acappellanews.com/archive/003093.html Huffington Post Following the success (and recent sequel greenlight) of Universal's "Pitch Perfect," it looks like everyone wants to jump on the a cappella bandwagon. According to Deadline, "American Idol" production company 19 Entertainment -- along with parent company CORE... acapnews 2013-04-23T22:17:28-08:00 http://www.acappellanews.com/archive/003092.html It has been a great season for the Harmony Sweepstakes with full houses of enthusiastic a cappella fans and talented winners throughout. Once again the National Finals promise to be an evening of top notch vocal harmony with the... acapnews 2013-04-22T22:37:00-08:00 http://www.acappellanews.com/archive/003091.html Congratulations to the ladies of Pitch Perfect who won "Best Musical Moment" at the MTV Movie awards and to Rebel Wilson who won the "Breakthrough Performance" for her role in the movie. Above are Kelly Jakle, from left, Hana... acapnews 2013-04-16T00:00:48-08:00 http://www.acappellanews.com/archive/003090.html There's going to be some cool a cappella at the MTV Movie Awards this Sunday evening. The show is being co-hosted by Pitch Perfect's Rebel Wilson and there is to be a live reunion of the Bellas and Treblemakers.... acapnews 2013-04-12T22:52:58-08:00