Tag: Peter Hollens

New Tunesday – 2019 Holiday Edition

As the magic is settling in for Christmas Eve and sun is setting for Day 3 of Hanukkah, we bring you the best of the new a cappella holiday tunes released in 2019.

Happy Holidays, everyone! Don’t forget to make Acaville your holiday station for extra joy and cheer.

Pentatonix

Who doesn’t love a great bass solo on the Grinch?

Face Vocal Band

A Led Zeppelin parody for the holidays? Ok.

Or a classy Chipmunk Song?

Or maybe your favorite is “Sing Me Now of Christmas”?

Peter Hollens

The YouTube star known for quick turn around and rapid fire content took SEVEN years to make this video. Don’t miss it.

Westminster Chorus

The current international champions gave a little love to Hanukkah in their holiday show.

VoicePlay

Only a matter of time before the Frozen and Frozen 2 soundtracks become holiday staples. Here’s a cover from the latest movie

The Australian A Cappella Collab Project

Who doesn’t love a little holiday love from the best of a cappella in Australia?

Meantime Chorus

Enjoy this classic song arranged by barbershop legend, David Wright.

Chris Rupp ft.Elliott Robinson

Two a cappella stars teaming up for a beautiful carol? You want to hear this.

MVP

A little more from the southern hemisphere and summer Christmas time.

Squad Harmonix

Young voices singing for the holidays is magic.

New Tunesday – September 24, 2019

Not a busy week for new music, but the Hollens family, the cast of Wicked, and two rising stars pulled through for us this New Tunesday!

Peter Hollens feat. Evynne Hollens and The Wicked Cast

Take two aca-lumni YouTube star, mix them with some Broadway stars and what do you get? This.





From the Roots

Enjoy another live treat from From the Roots, this time “Limbo” originally by Lawrence.





Backtrack

The NYC quintet comes back to YouTube with a Dan Satter arrangement of the Ed Sheeran and Justin Beiber tune.





New Tunesday – May 21, 2019

Just a couple of new videos out this week, but what we’re lacking in quantity certainly isn’t affecting the quality!

Home Free

Is there anything better than the comfort of your hometown dive bar? Everyone needs a low-key, familiar place to unwind sometimes. Home Free capture that in their latest original song, the first single of their upcoming album which is now available for pre-sale.

Peter Hollens

Don’t have time to watch a full show? Well, catch the 5-minute version of Newsies here:

Aquapella

The 2019 UK ICCA Champions traveled across the Atlantic to compete on Broadway last month. If you didn’t get to see their set, now you can:

New Tunesday – March 19, 2019

Lots of gut-punching power in this week’s #NewTunesday….

Peter Hollens

Enlisting the talents of 200 young voices, Hollens’ latest YouTube is a stunning cover of Josh Groban’s “You Raise Me Up.”

Fundamentally Sound

There might be nothing better than joyfully poking fun at ourselves and A Cappella 101 does just that.

Fermata Town

This Boston-based CAL powerhouse took a Kelly Clarkson tune and turned it to 11.

Upper Structure

The relatively new but already award-winning Berklee group hits this powerful Todrick Hall cover out of the park with their first ever music video.

קוינטה וחצי Quinta and a Half

Who doesn’t need a little classic Bee Gees with their Tu(n)esday?

Kessay Chan

Even though you might not understand the lyrics depicting a deep but tumultuous love, you’ll still appreciate this music.

The Techtonics

One more #SmashHitSunday from the gentlemen of The Techtonics – this time with a little Jonas Brothers cover.

And finally – ARORA – whose performances together are now rare, surprised us with three new songs that sound like a perfect extension to their album, Bioluminescence. Run, don’t walk. Enjoy this gift.