When the Edlos go on a concert tour, they don't need five vans full of gear. They'll roll in to Rohnert Park for their Saturday show packing just a few wigs and hats, and once their sound man plugs in the microphones, they'll be ready to go.
That's one advantage of working in an a cappella quartet. No instruments to schlep around.
A cappella -- a two-word Italian phrase for "in the style of the chapel" -- has come to mean "without accompaniment." Fans of the genre contend the unaccompanied human voice can accomplish almost anything.
