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 editor@acappellanews.com 2012-05-15T22:43:54-08:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://www.acappellanews.com/archive/002955.html Los Angeles Times: "Sweet Joe" Russell, who spent half a century harmonizing with the Persuasions, an influential vocal group widely regarded as the "kings of a cappella," has died. He was 72. Russell died May 5 in a Brooklyn hospice... 2955@http://www.acappellanews.com/ 2012-05-15T22:43:54-08:00 http://www.acappellanews.com/archive/002954.html Congratulations to Six Appeal – the new Harmony Sweepstakes National Champions. And what a great night it was with glorious harmony filling the packed venue as the seven talented groups sang for the championship. Good-natured camaraderie was an important... 2954@http://www.acappellanews.com/ 2012-05-14T00:00:55-08:00 http://www.acappellanews.com/archive/002953.html Unfortunately NBC will not be optioning a 4th season of the Sing-Off. It was great while it lasted and certainly gave a higher profile to a cappella and helped discover some great groups. There is some hope however as the... 2953@http://www.acappellanews.com/ 2012-05-14T00:00:48-08:00 http://www.acappellanews.com/archive/002952.html Here's Pentatonix latest YouTube song We Are Young. First posted on Monday - already almost 400,000 views by Wednesday.... 2952@http://www.acappellanews.com/ 2012-05-10T00:00:08-08:00 http://www.acappellanews.com/archive/002951.html Congratulations to Tim Hauser of Manhattan Transfer who this Sunday married his longtime sweetheart Barb Sennet Hauser. Here he is singing with the group at the wedding.... 2951@http://www.acappellanews.com/ 2012-05-09T00:00:44-08:00 http://www.acappellanews.com/archive/002949.html Jesse "Sweet Joe" Russell, one of the founding members of the Persuasions, passed away on Saturday while waiting for a kidney transplant. He was in his early-70's. Joe was a founding member of the group and had sang tenor... 2949@http://www.acappellanews.com/ 2012-05-08T00:06:05-08:00 http://www.acappellanews.com/archive/002948.html The Harmony Sweepstakes National Finals are coming up this weekend and its another great line up of talented a cappella groups. All the regionals were a great success and once again we are fortunate to have a great variety... 2948@http://www.acappellanews.com/ 2012-05-07T23:27:32-08:00 http://www.acappellanews.com/archive/002947.html Vancouver Sun (Canada): Music-making always has a social dimension, which changes with context. In recent decades various forms of choral singing have re-defined the musical landscape with new forms of, and fresh enthusiasms in, ensemble singing. Vancouver’s Elektra Women’s Choir... 2947@http://www.acappellanews.com/ 2012-05-03T00:00:46-08:00 http://www.acappellanews.com/archive/002946.html Here's one way to promote your show. Not sure my trusty Dodge caravan would like quite so cool..... 2946@http://www.acappellanews.com/ 2012-05-02T00:05:06-08:00 http://www.acappellanews.com/archive/002944.html New York Times (blog): Like many first-generation Indian Americans, singers in the a capella group NY Masti were raised on a steady diet of Bollywood music at home and pop music on their car radios. Somewhere between graduating high school... 2944@http://www.acappellanews.com/ 2012-05-02T00:00:35-08:00 http://www.acappellanews.com/archive/002945.html For the past 500 years the Magdalen College Choir of Oxford University starts the May Morning celebration by singing at 6am the Hymnus Eucharisticus, from the top of Magdalen Tower. Large crowds normally gather under the tower along the... 2945@http://www.acappellanews.com/ 2012-05-01T22:30:34-08:00 http://www.acappellanews.com/archive/002943.html One of our a cappella fans is also a sign maker and stopped by today with a gift of the above crossing sign he designed. It's a real outdoor durable aluminum sign just like the ubiquitous traffic signs. They... 2943@http://www.acappellanews.com/ 2012-04-26T22:35:24-08:00 http://www.acappellanews.com/archive/002942.html For the past 16 years Sweet Adelines International has been managed by a team of mangers but now the board has decided to hire an executive director to take the helm. Welcome to Kelly Bailey who now holds this... 2942@http://www.acappellanews.com/ 2012-04-23T22:32:39-08:00 http://www.acappellanews.com/archive/002941.html I was recently sent this cool clip of The Singers Elite Vocal Big Band who perform classic arrangements of the big band era replacing the horns and strings with some of LA's top harmony singers. I spot Michele Weir,... 2941@http://www.acappellanews.com/ 2012-04-18T00:00:04-08:00 http://www.acappellanews.com/archive/002940.html Five-time Grammy-nominated Austin, Texas choral group Conspirare announced Wednesday a $2.2 million major gifts campaign with a $1 million donation from the Austin-based Kodosky Foundation, the largest in Conspirare's history. Additional gifts from Austin donors the Still Water Foundation and... 2940@http://www.acappellanews.com/ 2012-04-17T21:56:56-08:00