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 (-06:00 GMT) on Friday mornings, repeating in the same time slot on Sunday mornings.

Thanks this week to Perpetuum Jazzile – http://www.perpetuumjazzile.si/en/# – for their new “Africa” CD.  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 each week:
MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/krnuvocalchords
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/KRNU-Vocal-Chords-A-Cappella-Radio-ShowWeb...
The Contemporary A Cappella Society: http://www.casa.org/
The rec.music.a-cappella newsgroup (RMAC)

And now you can follow updates for each week’s show on Twitter:
http://twitter.com/KRNUVocalChords

Let me get caught up on a couple of weeks of playlists.

Playlist for the weekend of January 15-17, 2010 (a repeat of the show from the weekend of January 16-18, 2009, featuring a set for Dr. King):

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
Stephen Saxon - Amazing Grace - demo
Duke Pitchforks - Knights of Cydonia - demo
All-Night Yahtzee (Florida State) - Cigarettes and Chocolate Milk - Minor Adjustments
Voices In Your Head (U. of Chicago) - Black Horse and the Cherry Tree - Note To Self
Freshman Fifteen (Northwestern) - Who Loves You - The Green Album
Counterpoint (Stanford) - Breathe - Lights In The Rearview
The King's Singers - After The Goldrush - Six
On The Rocks (Oregon) - Golden Slumbers - Full Coverage
Navi Redd - Crying In The Rain - Ever Since Then
Harvard Din & Tonics - Lullaby of Birdland - Dinbound
The Extension Chords (Illinois) - Love You Out Loud - Instrumentally Challenged
Fly The Heart - Fly The Heart - Fly The Heart
Stanford Mendicants - Lullaby - Best Laid Plans
Flying Without Instruments - Constant Craving - FWI Will Rock You
The Swingle Singers - What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life? - Mood Swings
Stephen Saxon - Ave Maria - demo
Cornell Chordials - Love Me Dead - demo
Clockwork - Rhode Island Is Famous For You - Tesseract
The Hyannis Sound - Seňorita - Route 6
--A Set for Dr. King:
    James Taylor - Shed A Little Light - New Moon Shine
    SoVoSó - Thank You For The Dream - Truth & Other Stories
    Street Sounds - Let Us Break Bread Together - Street Sounds
    Sweet Honey In The Rock - Rest For The Weary - Still On The Journey
    Jerry Lawson/Talk Of The Town - What A Wonderful World - Jerry Lawson/Talk Of The Town
    The Hyannis Sound - Pride (In The Name Of Love) - 110
    The Bathtub Dogs (UNL) - MLK - Let 'em Riot
Chapter 6 - Pinball Number Count - With The Windows Down
The Bathtub Dogs - The Look - Studio 354
The Bobs - Mr. Duality - Shut Up And Sing!

Playlist for the week of January 22-24, 2010:

*New to the show

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
*Perpetuum Jazzile - Africa - Africa
*BBC Singers - A Spotless Rose - demo
Chanticleer - Calling My Children Home - Our American Journey
FIREDRILL! - Soul Vaccination - ...Sings Without Music, Vol. II
Anuna - The Wild Song - Essential Anuna
Cornell Chordials - Photograph - BOCA 2007
Wise Guys - Mad World - Radio
Take 6 - A Few More Miles - So Cool
Tufts Beelzebubs - Magical Mystery Tour - Pandæmonium
Sonos - Oh What A World - SONOSings
Libera - Be Still My Soul - Angel Voices
The King's Singers - Kyrie (Mass Mille Regretz) - The Golden Age
Ladysmith Black Mambazo - This Is The Way We Do - Ilembe
Duke Pitchforks - Mind Trick - Disconcert
*Perpetuum Jazzile - Will You Be There | Ecce quomodo moritur iustus - Africa
*BBC Singers - Here Is The Little Door - demo
Mood Swing - Middle Of The Air - Takin' A Chance
Riltons Vänner - In The Sunshine - JapanMix
Rocktavo - Our Prayer - Rocktavo
Scott Leonard - Carry Me Along - 1 Man 1  Mike
The Hyannis Sound - Falling Slowly - On The Clock
Divisi - Hide & Seek - Roots
UPenn Penny Loafers - All At Sea - Prophets  & Pawns
The Swingle Singers - A Fifth Of Beethoven - Beauty And The Beatbox
Sixth Wave - Life's Too Good To Sing The Blues - Happy Madness
UNC Clef Hangers - Lullaby - Twist
The Bobs - Howard Peterson - Get Your Monkey Off My Dog

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

Streaming audio available at http://krnu.unl.edu
or on iTunes - select 90.3 KRNU from the list of college/university radio stations
Twitter updates: http://twitter.com/KRNUVocalChords