Vocal Universo – Música Universal (Ansonica Records, 2018) Vocal Universo is an acclaimed a cappella ensemble featuring four gifted women: Martha Jacqueline Ramírez Torres, Anna…
Universal Appeal of Cuban Vocal Music
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Artist Profiles: Vocal Sampling
Vocal Sampling is a band where all the instruments are sung instead of played. In addition to the lead vocals and the background choruses, all…
Global a Cappela Expressions
Asaran Earth Trio – Why Should Your Heart Not Dance (2017) Why Should Your Heart Not Dance is an independent release by New York-based,…
Uho Vocal Wizardry
Tuuletar – Uho (Bafe’s Factory, 2017) Finnish vocal music wizards Tuuletar have anew single titled Uho. The four talented women once more perform all vocal…
Absorbing Finnish a Cappella
Tuuletar – Tules Maas Vedes Taivaal (Bafe’s Factory, 2016) An exquisite a cappella album by Finnish quartet Tuuletar. The all-female ensemble sings original compositions inspired…
The Impassioned Splendor of Mahsa Vahdat
Mahsa Vahdat a cappella – The Sun Will Rise (Kirkelig Kulturverksted, 2016) Okay, I am going to lapse into my inner icky fangirl for a…
Formidable A Cappella Songs from South Africa
Insingizi, Black Umfolosi, Iyasa, Afrika Mamas, Amadaduzo and Blessings Nqo – Best of African Mbube (Arc Music EUCD 2643, 2016) In the seminal text, “Tristes…
Artist Profiles: A Filetta
Award-winning ensemble A Filetta was formed in 1978 in the northwestern city of Balagne in Corsica by adolescents united by their passion for Corsican polyphony.…
Buoyant Afrika Mamas
Sub-Saharan African vocal harmony CDs are like cats; it’s hard to find an ugly one. That does not mean that some are not better than…