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 (-06:00 GMT) on Friday mornings, repeating in the same time slot on Sunday mornings.
Here are playlists for the past few weeks, including new music from Chanticleer, The Tufts Beelzebubs (as the Dalton Warblers again) and some new holiday music from Sonos.
Holiday music sets continue each week leading up to an extended all-holiday-music show the weekend of December 24-26.
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.
Playlists for the show are posted here:
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Playlist for the weekend of December 10-12, 2010:
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
The Bathtub Dogs - Kiss From A Rose - Studio 354
The Bathtub Dogs - Satellite - Outloud
The Tufts Beelzebubs - Debra - Play The Game
Divisi - I Can't Make You Love Me - Undivided
Overboard - Good Day Sunshine - Help!
Cadence - It's All Right With Me - Speak Easy
--Holiday Set #1
-Sonos - Ave Maria - December Songs (new)
-Sting - The Snow It Melts The Soonest - If A Winter's Night...
-Acoustix - The Christmas Song - Cool Yule
-The Mitchell Boychoir - Noel - The Bishop's Wife soundtrack
-Octapella - Stars Were Gleaming - Christmas
The Dartmouth Aires - Ordinary World - Interplanetairey
UNC Clef Hangers - Beautiful Day - Twist
The Real Group - Bumble Bee - The Real Album
The Swingle Singers - Eleanor Rigby - Ferris Wheels
Rajaton - Snow - Out Of Bounds
Straight No Chaser - I'm Yours / Somewhere Over The Rainbow - With A Twist
Stanford Harmonics - Imagination - Escape Velocity
--Holiday Set #2
-Sonos - Home - December Songs (new)
-Claire College Choir, Cambridge - Wexford Carol - In Bleak Mid-Winter
-Eric Medley - O Holy Night - demo
-Artisan - First Christmas Away From Home - Paper Angels
-The Accidentals - I'm Not Going Home For Christmas - I'm Not Going Home For Christmas
-The Dale Warland Singers - The Friendly Beasts - Christmas With The Dale Warland Singers
The Bobs - Naming The Band - Shut Up And Sing!
Playlist for the weekend of December 3-5, 2010:
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
Chanticleer - Cells Planets (new)
Darren Criss/Tufts Beelzebubs - Hey, Soul Sister - Glee Soundtrack (new)
Kurt Bestor - Prayer Of The Children - Innovators
The Swingle Singers - The Lady Is A Tramp - Mood Swings
Hampton Avenue - Fixing A Hole - Everybody Sing!
MIT/Wellesley Toons - Voices Carry - All Jokes Aside
Yale Alley Cats - Something In The Way She Moves - Est. 1943
The Others Guys (Illinois) - Walk On The Ocean - Unplugged
Cosmos - Virtual Insanity - Pa Un Par
--Holiday Set #1
-The King's Singers - Veni, Veni Emmanuel - Christmas
-Inner Harmony - Fum Fum Fum - Christmas Harmony
-Linda Ronstadt - Welsch Carol - A Merry Little Christmas
-Martin Carbow - Oh Tannenbaum - O Du Funkige...
-Straight No Chaser - Indiana Christmas - Holiday Spirits
On The Rocks (Oregon) - Cry Me A River - Full Coverage
NHarmonics (NYU) - Sun On The Moon - Lovin You
Face - Safety Dance - Wake Up
Groove For Thought - A Better Place - Groove For Thought
The Perfect Gentlemen - I Love Bananas - ...style
The Ransom Notes (Texas) - Beautiful Disaster - So Much Left To Say
Retrocity - No One Is To Blame - Totally A Cappella: 1980s
--Holiday Set #2
-The Swingle Singers - The Shepherds' Farewell - The Story Of Christmas
-Mulberry Lane - We Three Kings/Star Of Wonder - A Very Merry Mulberry Christmas
-Voice Male - I'll Be Home For Christmas - Jingles 2
-The Blenders - I Wonder As I Wander - Most Wonderful Time
-Rescue - Mary Did You Know - The First Christmas
Freshman Fifteen (Northwestern) - Chariot - The Green Album
The Bobs - Angels Of Mercy - Shut Up And Sing!
The Bobs - Swingers - I Brow Club
Playlist for the weekend of November 26-28, 2010:
(featuring the start of holiday music, and a Sign-Off set)
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
Calmus Ensemble - Der Herbst - Farb Tone
The House Jacks - The Boy Is Gone - Level
The Chordials (Cornell) - Chasing Cars - Arrival
Western Michigan Gold Company - In My Life - Fall 2008 demo
Tufts Amalgamates - So You Are To Me - Stopping For Breakfast
The Jabberwocks (Brown) - Farewell Song - Aeroclub
Martin Carbow - You Make Me Feel Like Dancing - A Cappella & More
Voice Trek - Rosanna - An A Cappella Trek
The Stanford Mendicants - Wake Me Up, Before You Go - Mendication
--Holiday Set #1
-Chanticleer - A Christmas Carol - Sing We Christmas
-Glad - One Quiet Moment - An Acapella Christmas
-First Call - An Evening In December - An Evening In December
Ascending Height - Setup For The Fall - Turn It Up
Nathanial Adams - A Pretty Girl Is Like A Melody - demo
Rockapella - People Change - 2
--Sing-Off, V.2:
-On The Rocks (Oregon) - Bad Romance - A Fifth
-Jerry Lawson & Talk Of The Town - Mountain Of Love - Jerry Lawson & Talk Of The Town
-Groove For Thought - And So It Goes - Groove For Thought
-Yale Whiffenpoofs - The Whiffenpoof Song - Dragonfish
The UNL Varsity Men's Chorus - Cornhusker (Come A Runnin' Boys) - Pride Of The Huskers
The UNL Varsity Men's Chorus - Dear Old Nebraska U / Hail Varsity - Pride Of The Huskers
aka Pelican Groove - Hey Bulldog - Plunge
--Holiday Set #2
-m-pact - Snowfall - The Carol Commission
-Anúna - The Wexford Carol - Christmas Songs
-The Blenders - Let It Snow - Nog
-The Real Group - En Riktig Jul - En Riktig Jul
No Limit - Show Me How - No Limit
The Bobs - Loyal Officer - Coaster
Playlist for the weekend of November 19-21, 2010:
(featuring a set for Thanksgiving)
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
Alexander Campkin - Awake, Awake! Good People All - 2007 demo
The Real Group - Gota - live in Stockholm; 2005
Zach Gray - Let's Get Away From It All - 2008 demo
Triskelion - Wondrous Love - Angel Band
Vokalgruppe VIP - Der 100, Psalm - 2008 demo
Voices In Your Head (University of Chicago) - I Will Follow You Into The Dark - Note To Self
Young Voices Of Melbourne - Myoon-myoon - Young Voices Of Melbourne
Armenian Chamber Choir - Insomnia (Part 1 / Three Night Songs) - Ars Poetica
Mood Swing - Middle Of The Air - Takin' A Chance
UCLA Scattertones - Are You Happy Now - Toaster Scent
vocaldente - Faith - Let's Misbehave
Raul Midon - Ain't Happened Yet - A World Within A World
Dulces Voces - Nunc Dimittis - Court & Chapel
Staticflow - Eliza - Staticflow
Prairie Voices - Voice Dance - Awakenings
Bobby McFerrin - Medicine Man - Medicine Music
The Essentials - If I Fell - Come Together
Juxtaposition (Virginia Tech) - Home - For Today
--A Thanksgiving Set:
-The Dale Warland Singers - We Gather Together - Harvest Home
-Hopeful Gospel Quartet - Will The Circle Be Unbroken - Over The River & Through The Woods
-Garrison Keillor - Goodbye To My Uncles - Over The River & Through The Woods
-Hopeful Gospel Quartet - Come Thou Font of Every Blessing - Over The River & Through The Woods
-VocalEssence Chorus - We Gather Together - Over The River & Through The Woods
-Hopeful Gospel Chorus - Walking In Spirit - Over The River & Through The Woods
-The King's Singers - The Gift To Be Simple - Simple Gifts
-The Dale Warland Singers - Beautiful River (Shall We Gather At The River) - Harvest Home
Solstice - I Carry Your Heart With Me - Full Circle
The Harvard Din & Tonics - The Water Is Wide - Red Line
Jon McLemore - Don't Love Nobody - Sing
Monkey Puzzle - Welcome To Our Gene Lab - Freakin' On The Lunar Surface
Fretless - All The Things You Are - All The Things We Are
Hampton Avenue - Fixing A Hole - Everybody Sing!
The Bobs - Drive By Love - Shut Up And Sing!
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
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