Word: capella
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...their last concert of the year, the Harvard-Radcliffe Veritones fed a small but a capella-hungry Sanders Theater crowd a well-balanced meal of harmony and humor. Showcasing strong voices and varied musical styles, the Veritones performed with energy and polish, and the a capella groupies in the audience shrieked and stomped their satisfaction...
...capella masses swallowed these appetizers and were begging for more when Richard Glenn served the main course with his sprightly rendition of "I'm Into Something Good." The comedy, tragedy and sheer fun of Glenn's performance left nary a dry eye in the house. In the next song, "Just the Two of Us," Myles McDonnell's solid male lead and Dawn Yip's oozing, soulful female lead turned a potentially boring song into a pleasurable experience. And the Veritones' signature song--"Ride My Harley," a spiritual gone astray--was spunky and assumed an absurd dimension with Blasko Ristic...
From the start, when the Callbacks "awoke" in their pajamas with a string of bad breath jokes, the audience was in an a capella frenzy, ready for good singing and good fun. Well, the crowd got occasional fun and intermittently good singing. The tunes, which ranged from Michael Jackson to Talking Heads, were generally well-executed and energetically performed. Sometimes, though, the pace of the performers flagged during songs...
...audience may have experienced a healthy does of a capella pleasure, but it did not achieve a capella peace of mind. Although the Callbacks sampled a wide variety of musical styles, their jam lacked consistency. In general, the group established a greater rapport with their audience on those numbers which included humor, such as the Texas-flavored "Good Enough...
Onyx, a rhythm and blues a capella group composed of Harvard students, opened for the Callbacks. Performing three original songs, a popular cover and an encore of "Down by the River-side," Onyx wowed the audience with exciting vocals and a relaxed sense of humor. The Middlebury Dissipated 8, a nine-man group which also performed before the Callbacks, sang their tunes with polish and wry humor, except for a dreadful version of Smoky Robinson's "Tracks of my Tears...