CASA - The Contemporary A Capella Society

Vocal Chords is the weekly a cappella and vocal music show from the College of Journalism & Mass Communications at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.   The show airs/streams from 8:00-10:00 a.m. CST (-05:00 GMT) on Friday mornings, repeating in the same time slot on Sunday mornings.

Streaming audio is available at http://krnu.unl.edu (select the 90.3 KRNU option)
or on iTunes - select 90.3 KRNU from the list of college/university radio stations

This weekend’s show featured a review and countdown of the recently nationally published list of the Top 25 A Cappella Groups of All-Time.  That countdown continues next weekend.

Got new music you’d like to share with my audience?  My full contact information is at the bottom of this playlist.  The e-mail address for the show is vocalchords2@unl.edu.

Playlist for the weekend of September 23-25, 2011:

The Liberty Voices - The National Anthem - A Cappella Americana
The King’s Singers – You Are The New Day - New Day
Opening Themes: Boyz Nite Out - BHX – Director’s Cut;
                                The Bobs - 47 Reasons – Plugged
Richmond Octaves - The Show Goes On - demo
Firedrill! - You Got Me Workin' Day And Night - ...Sings Without Music | Vol. II
Tufts Beelzebubs w/Darren Criss - Bills, Bills, Bills - Glee: The Music Presents The Warblers
The Cat's Pajamas - Kiss The Girl - Meow Mix
Invisible Men - Straight Lines - Talk To Frank
Clockwork - The Water Is Wide - Every Voice Counts
Sonos w/Sara Bareilles - Gravity - SonoSings
The Doo-Wop Shop (U. Mass, Amherst) - Father Figure - Black Friday
Dale Warland Singers - McKay - Harvest Home
The Swingle Singers - What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life? - Mood Swings
Counterpoint (Stanford) - Desperado - Nomansland
Harvard Din & Tonics - 'Round Midnight - Dinbound
+4db - In A Mellotone - plusfourdb
Blind Man's Bluff - Virtual Insanity - BMB2K
Coope Boyes & Simpson - Broken Hearted Among The Pines - What We Sing Is What We Are
Tonic Sol-fa - 29 Ways To My Baby's Door - By Request
Take 6 - Get Away, Jordan - Take 6
Vocal Line - Say - Dream Rhymes
Unforgettable - Jazz, Jazz, Jazz (#24 on the list of Top 25 Groups of All-Time)
Wibijazz'n' - Rosanna - In The Pocket
The Yale Alley Cats - Tears Of A Clown - Day & Night
Nota - I Gotta Feeling - Nota
The House Jacks - You Were Everything - Level (#22)
Straight No Chaser - Don't Dream It's Over - With A Twist (#20)
Vox One - That Which You Love - Out There (#19)
m-pact - I Thought You Cared For Me - m-pact
The Bobs - You Really Got A Hold On Me - My, I'm Large

Thanks to all the artists, performers, promoters, a cappella catalogs and listeners (on the air and on the web!) who make the show happen each week.  Please feel free to contact me with suggestions, comments, and recommendations.

And if you have music you would like me to include on the show, please send it along!  I would also appreciate press kits, concert schedules, and contact/ordering information.  My address:

Rick Alloway
Vocal Chords
90.3 KRNU
147 Andersen Hall
University of Nebraska
Lincoln, NE 68588-0466

Phone: (402) 472-6856
FAX: (402) 472-8403

vocalchords2@unl.edu – or –
ralloway1@unl.edu

Playlists for the show are posted here:
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/KRNU-Vocal-Chords-A-Cappella-Radio-ShowWeb...
The Contemporary A Cappella Society: http://www.casa.org/
MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/krnuvocalchords
The rec.music.a-cappella newsgroup (RMAC)

You can also follow updates for the show on Twitter:
http://twitter.com/KRNUVocalChords

And, follow a cappella updates in general on my blog:
http://ahhh-cappella.tumblr.com/