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...MYSTERE DES VOIX BULGARES: VOL III (Fontana/Polygram). Voices, the name used by several women's choirs that sing traditional Bulgarian folk songs, has built a growing cult of listeners since its first U.S. release four years ago, and deservedly so. The a cappella harmonies use impossibly high pitches with exquisite precision. The effect is weird, beautiful and sometimes unearthly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Critics' Voices: Aug. 5, 1991 | 8/5/1991 | See Source »

When Ramos had volunteered to sing the anthem earlier in the season--the record player was broken--he had done it a cappella and performed admirably...

Author: By Joseph R. Palmore, | Title: 'Hey, Hey, How Ya Doin'?' | 6/6/1991 | See Source »

...unauthorized sampling ends in discord. Tom's Diner, an a cappella tune by Suzanne Vega, had been known only to fans who owned her 1987 album, Solitude Standing. Then late last year a couple of audacious remix artists who call themselves DNA sampled Vega's voice and grafted it onto a throbbing beat. Vega liked the new version so much that she asked her record company to release it. The resulting Top Five single was the surprise...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Play It Again, Sampler | 6/3/1991 | See Source »

...Singers' subgroup "Brothers." Since breaking its formal ties with The Kuumba Singers, the group has had several engagements, including performances at the Museum of African-American History and the Deer Island Correctional Facility. Last month, the sextuplet opened a concert on campus for The Call-backs, a Harvard a cappella group...

Author: By Jennifer E. Fisher, | Title: New A Capella Group Forms | 4/13/1991 | See Source »

...spacious enough to accommodate all a cappella groupies. Its design provides the quality acoustics that the music deserves...

Author: By Philip M. Rubin, | Title: It's Muzak to My Ears | 11/28/1990 | See Source »

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