A Cappella

His six-city American GAY Pride Tour will climax with his a-cappella rendition of the National Anthem in Indianapolis, IN on June 12. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Sam­ple: [“Vision of Love”] begins with sev­eral bars of lovely, word­less melisma, as if Carey were warm­ing up, and it ends with two very loud pas­sages of melisma, one of them an a-cappella expan­sion on theword ❋ Unknown (2006)

At another point, in a scene on the streets, the crowd noise slowly fades away to silence, to be replaced by a sad folksy song, sung a-cappella, about the emptiness of a working class life and its minimal pleasures. ❋ Ed Howard (2007)

In "Rain Rain Beautiful Rain," written by Mr. Shabalala, Natalie Merchant joins the a-cappella blend like an honored guest, and Taj Mahal's bluesy rasp and guitar twang mesh well with "Mbube" the South African song that became the Weavers' "Wimoweh". ❋ By JON CARAMANICA (2012)

The wiser collaborators move toward Ladysmith Black Mambazo's turf of a-cappella vocals and South African rhythms. ❋ By JON CARAMANICA (2012)

You may recall this "charming" a-cappella group from my previous post on their protective incantation over the Toyota Sienna minivan at the Detroit Auto Show. ❋ Unknown (2010)

It took a child to ask what the Roy Thomson Hall audience had been wondering ever since Bobby McFerrin took the stage 90 minutes earlier for an a-cappella solo show. ❋ Ashante Infantry (2010)

"Bright morning star" is a purely a-cappella multi part harmony number which exploits the band's vocal talents to the full while the Peter Knight composed title track is a beautiful violin led instrumental which also features some fine classical guitar. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Examples of groups are [Rockapella], Three Men and a [Tenor], and Ascending [A Cappella]. ❋ Kevin (2003)

Man [dat guy] is just Cappella. He's [dat] [good]. ❋ ZXC75 (2010)

"Hey guys, let's sing real [a cappella], with no instrumental [accompaniment]. And better yet, let's actually sing and use musical notes in our music and not chant simple rhymes and curse words in a monotone like the music artist b rabbit does in [8 Mile]!" "Sounds great! Wait, b rabbit is a music artist? Since when?" ❋ Tie Guy (2009)

"The band died when they cut the power but [Sid] just [sang] [a cappella] like he never heard them anyway." ❋ Yogipete (2008)

There was no [place] to get a [condom], so [we did it] a cappella. ❋ Shady Ruflo (2006)

Kayne West: Yo [Off the Beat], I'm really happy for you guys, and [I'm gonna let you finish], but the original artists had better versions of the songs you covered. Ivygate blog: Worst College [A Cappella group] is Chord on Blues Oscar Wilde: Collegiate A Cappella? Sounds like getting dildo up my ass. ❋ MusicLover4life (2009)

The [vocal] band, Three 5 and 6 were the originators of [the urban] [a cappella] sound. ❋ Dr. Dre (2004)

[mark's] ablity to [sing] air cappella was only matched but his ablity to play [air guitar]. ❋ J. Saxen Westbrook (2006)

"Leccami la [cappella]!" ("[Lick] my [glans]!") ❋ TheNecrons (2017)

I can't wait for the next [Pickups] [concert], bro- I love a great "a cappella group"! When will the Pickups finally [release] an album? I've been waiting way too long for a new "a cappella group" this good. ❋ Underground DJ Opera (2013)