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Acappella is an all-male contemporary Christian vocal group founded in 1982 by Keith Lancaster, who has been the singer, songwriter, and producer throughout the group's history. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The group only consists of vocalists who sing in a cappella style without instrumental accompaniment .
Music performed a cappella (/ ˌ ɑː k ə ˈ p ɛ l ə / AH kə-PEL-ə, UK also / ˌ æ k ə ˈ p ɛ l ə / AK ə-PEL-ə, Italian: [a kkapˈpɛlla]; [1] lit. ' in [the style of] the chapel '), less commonly spelled a capella in English, [2] is music performed by a singer or a singing group without instrumental accompaniment.
Also in 2015, the Oak Ridge Boys collaborated with Home Free in a fully a capella version of their song "Elvira". [20] Don McLean invited them to collaborate on a 50th anniversary recording of his 1971 hit "American Pie". [21] [22] The music video for this performance went on to win three Telly awards in 2021. [23]
"Joyful, Joyful" is a song by contemporary Christian music band Casting Crowns from their fourth studio album Until the Whole World Hears (2009). Written by Mark Hall and Bernie Herms and produced by Mark A. Miller, the song is a re-interpretation of the hymn "Joyful, Joyful We Adore Thee" and Ludwig van Beethoven's Symphony No. 9.
"The Reason" (on Beyond a Star) was their first a cappella song, which they subsequently re-recorded for their watershed 1988 album, The Acapella Project. That album was released with some trepidation because there was no track record for the genre in the Christian market, but it proved tremendously popular, selling over 400,000 copies. [1]
The group cites its influences the Hi-Lo's vocal jazz group, [13] [14] the Comedian Harmonists, [14] the Mastersingers [14] and (perhaps most importantly) the style of singing instilled into them by Sir David Willcocks, their director of music at King's College, Cambridge. It was this serene and precise sound, with vibrato used only as a colour ...
This viral video from the mind of Michael Korte is an uplifting and powerful medley of hit songs from the classic musical, Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit. The video is a complete reworking of the ...
Caricaturing rousing a cappella songs, the song exploits frequent a cappella customs such as fake words, grinning "like you know Jesus personally", and a male beatboxer. [6] The song includes rock and rap, and a cappella members make trumpet and drum sounds. [7] One of Ylvis' fictional words is "Boodelooap", a fictional Nigerian soft drink.