Barbershop 7th Hour – Episode 28

It’s almost National Barbershop Quartet Day and The Barbershop 7th Hour on Acaville Radio is ready to celebrate! Enjoy a full hour of quartets, including Crossroads QuartetRingmasters, The Confederates, OC Times QuartetThe Gas House Gang QuartetThe Newfangled Four, and so many more!

Tune in at 8 pm EDT/5 pm PDT for some incredible barbershop on acaville.org!

New Tunesday – April 16, 2019

We’re pretty close to the end of the school year, so we’re waiting with unbridled anticipation of all the aca-goodness to come! And lucky for all of us, the end of year release extravaganza has begun.

But first – reigning Barbershop Harmony Society Quartet Champions, After Hours, performed LIVE on the Today Show in honor of Barbershop Quartet Day! Barbershop Quartet Day (April 11) honors the official beginning of organized barbershop with the founding of BHS, now 81 years strong. Watch it HERE.

And there aren’t any videos (yet), but 2018 National Harmony Sweepstakes Champions, 2018 AcaOpen Finalists, and now 2019 VoiceJam Champions, Business Casual, just dropped a new album. Check it out now on Spotify and then get your own copy on iTunes or Amazon!

PFC

This outstanding high school group out of San Antonio is on their way to NYC to compete in ICHSA next week, but they gave us THIS goodness before they go. And within just days of release, it has nearly 65,000 views!

Committed

The Sing-Off Season 2 Champions prove they still have the magic that won them the top prize.

Six13

These recent CARA winners just keep putting out the hits. Chag Kasher v’Sameach!

Citizen Queen

The fire is still burning hot for Citizen Queen who surprised fans with a live take of “Too Little, Too Late” over the weekend.

North Cape

Alright, we know at least some of you are back in Game of Thrones heaven. Here’s a treat for you out of Poland. And it’s cool to listen to even if you aren’t a fan of the show.

Duke Pitchforks

This Shawn Mendes song has made quite the rounds in a cappella circles this year. Pair it with a great video and some nice dance moves and we’re sold.

5280 A Cappella

A Jonas/Zedd mashup done a cappella? Yes.

Flight Scene

Who knew there were more country a cappella groups out there? It was good news to us, so we wanted to share this awesome Kelsea Ballerini cover.

The Chromatix

I’m ready for a new cover of Royals. Enjoy this live take from Wisconsin.

The Eight Tracks

So, this Jonas Brothers tune is just *so* catchy, we have another version for you.

Colour of Voices

This Malaysian group is so excited for Ed Sheeran to make a tour stop, they used this music video as a lover letter.

Pitches Be Trippin’

If Ariana Grande is going to own the charts, it only makes sense to put out a mashup.

Elementary Mix

I can never resist talented elementary school kids singing great music. Hear the latest from this super talented group of barbershop’s future.

And while this isn’t new, Ringmasters‘ stellar version of “Notre Dame Medley” made the rounds this week as the world watched fire engulf the treasured and storied cathedral in the heart of Paris. As we saw in so many news clips, music is already bringing peace to those feeling the impact of the loss.

 

 

 

New Tunesday – February 26, 2019

Women of the World

Winners of the inaugural Varsity Vocals AcaOpen have a long list of accolades and rightfully so. Singing songs from around the world, this quartet born out of Berklee just released their version of the American Negro Spiritual, “Joshua Fit The Battle of Jericho.”

Ringmasters

While performing in Germany, the 2012 BHS International Quartet Champions out of Sweden rung sweet chords inside a local cathedral.

Citizen Queen

The girl group backed by the star power of Pentatonix is still on the rise and their latest song “Never Enough” features a simple yet powerful delivery.

Vadé

Who doesn’t love Jamiroquai – especially when it’s sung this well? This a cappella quintet out of London claims influences from Take 6 and Committed among others and it shows.

On’lar A Cappella

Some great fun out of Turkey produced by Grammy-winning engineer, Bill Hare.

Jared Halley

The one-man a cappella sensation is back with a five-song medley from Journey.

The Techtonics

As part of their series called #SmashHitSunday, the UK a cappella stars and 2016 ICCA Champions are pushing boundaries with their latest release, tackling subjects outside of their comfort zones.

After School Specials

From the Claremont Colleges consortium in California, the 2018 ICCA Wildcard Finalist released a hot cover of Ariana Grande’s “Greedy.”

AcaBelles

The standout group of women from FSU gave us a live cover of Demi Lovato this week.

Stratus Quartet

Topping the field of High School Quartets at Arvada High School last week, the future of barbershop looks bright.