On tonight’s Theme Hour, we honor the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. with songs of peace, love, collaboration, and service. Enjoy selections from The House Jacks, The King’s Singers, The Edge Effect, Lisa Forkish, Vocal Rush, TAKE 6, and more.
Listen in at 9 pm EST/6 pm PST or hear the rebroadcast on Sunday at 5 am & pm PST.
Quite a few new favorites this week – be sure to listen to them all!
Proving they can cover just about anything, the latest release from a cappella’s biggest stars is a cover of Simon & Garfunkel’s “Sound of Silence”. It features a particularly deep solo from Scott Hoying, showing yet another side of the versatile baritone, as well as a solo feature for bass Matt Sallee. And with the video they announced ANOTHER world tour! Get your tickets at ptxofficial.com.
In honor of the 30th anniversary of the release of The Little Mermaid, the Disney a cappella group released a special video of “Part of Your World.” The group is right in the middle of their first ever US Tour – make sure you catch this act live!
The Edge Effect featuring Tiffany Coburn
The guys of Edge Effect do collaborative tracks like no other group in a cappella. This time they teamed up with Voctave‘s Tiffany Coburn to breathe new life into a classic.
Who can resist the jazzy crooning of a classic Chet Baker tune – especially on Valentine’s Day?
One of the best high schools groups out there + top music video producer Ryan Parma + a Shams Ahmed arrangement? Ok.
The first full group born out of June bootcamp just dropped their next cover – this time it’s Ariana Grande’s “No Tears Left to Cry” featuring Archie Gopal and Lynique Webster on lead.
Frequent top competitors at ICCA treated us to a live video of a performance of “Youngblood” originally by 5 Seconds of Summer.
A relatively new group out of Australia, this all-female quintet splashed onto the scene with a third place finish at AUSACA in 2018.
Now an annual tradition, this worldwide virtual group released their latest song in honor of Valentine’s Day covering Ed Sheeran’s “Thinking Out Loud.”
This Canadian CAL group toured Japan just last year and just released a Cowboy Bebop anime tribute cover of Tank!
Who doesn’t love a fun Queen cover? From their A Cappella Jukebox Musical and Adelaide Fringe Fest show “Choir Boys” The Festival Statesmen Chorus.
