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Sharper Than Ever: A Cappella is YouTube's New Favorite Obsession

By Peter Hoare
Fuse News
January 10, 2014

Prior to Pitch Perfect, there was Indiana University's favorite a capella group - Straight No Chaser. After a decade-old performance of theirs went viral on YouTube, the guys found themselves signed to a major label.

Read more: http://www.fuse.tv/2014/01/fuse-news-rise-of-acappella

There's also a video included with the article.

#ICYMI: @PTXofficial, @SNCmusic + 'Pitch Perfect' author @mickeyrapkin chime in on the a capella renaissance. http://t.co/o9Fu03THwA
— Fuse TV (@fusetv) January 15, 2014

'Voice' singer Caroline Glaser breaks out with Straight No Chaser

By Kevin C. Johnson
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
December 12, 2013

Glaser and Straight No Chaser share managers, but she hadn’t heard of the group before being invited on the tour.

When the manager presented it the music to her, “I was like, ‘Eh, I don’t know much about a cappella music,’” she says. “It’s so different from me. But I checked it out, and they’re frickin’ awesome. Their show is so entertaining.”

Gentleman’s Rule: A Measure Away from A Cappella Fame (Dan)

Nicely done, ladies! Be sure to check out AcaFanBase for more "News, views, and reviews by acafans, for acafans"!

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By Dottie Kovacs and Kristin Crowder
AcaFanBase
October 27, 2013

AFB: How has your past experience working with SNC’s first PBS special helped?

Dan: Putting the first SNC special together was the most challenging thing I’ve ever done in the music business. I think I have a good understanding of the hard work that’s involved on and off stage to pull something like this off. You can’t cut corners.

Read more: http://acafanbase.wordpress.com/2013/10/27/gentlemans-rule-a-measure-away-from-a-cappella-fame/

Hat Tip: @AcaFanBase

Pentatonix to perform in Red Bank

Ed Condran
Asbury Park Press
July 17, 2013

The success of a cappella act Straight No Chaser is encouraging for Pentatonix.“They’re doing great and that proves that there is room for a cappella groups,” Hoying said.

Take 6, at the Blue Note

By Nate Chinen
The New York Times
May 9, 2013

Which points toward Reason No. 3: this group still does some things that no one else in its field can touch. That’s true even in the face of a newish mainstream a cappella boom, spearheaded by groups like Straight No Chaser, which released its fourth album on Atlantic this week. As it happens, the members of Straight No Chaser sat conspicuously at a front table during this set; their new album, “Under the Influence,” was produced by Mark Kibble.

Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/10/arts/music/take-6-at-the-blue-note.html

Hat Tip: @betty897x

Chautauqua Institution Makes Changes For 2012 Season

By Scott Shelters
The Post-Journal
January 21, 2012

The Amphitheater will host a cappella ensemble Straight No Chaser for the second year in a row. The all-male group, which formed at Indiana University more than a dozen years ago, will perform Friday, Aug. 24.

Entertainment a priority at Caesars properties

By David J. Spatz
For the Courier-Post
Jan. 19, 2012

(middle of page 2) “The shows at Harrah’s are all over the map,” Marrandino said. “We had (the a capella group) Straight No Chaser there all last summer for the second summer in a row. And then we had Don Rickles there (for New Year’s Eve).”

CCBF Breakthrough Ball Gala Honored Leyla Aliyeva, Muffie Potter Aston, and Buddy Valastro

By NY PR Web
November 8, 2011

"The evening concluded with a spectacular performance by Atlantic Recording Artists Straight No Chaser. Guests sang along as Straight No Chaser sang their take on the classic songs: Bridge Over Troubled Water, Somewhere Over the Rainbow and Billie Jean."

Read post: http://www.prweb.com/releases/BreakthroughBall2011/11/prweb8943616.htm

Photos (2)

http://www.newyorksocialdiary.com/node/1907588/print

http://www.panachemag.com/Web/BeSeen/CCBF11/CCBF_2011_Gala.asp

Your parish lectors NEED this book!

By Austin Fleming
A Concord Pastor Comments (blog)
November 8, 2011

P.S.
I'm not sure what the connection might be but I note that the Marcheschi's have dedicated this year's Workbook to the men's a cappella group from Indiana University: Straight No Chaser - one of my favorites!

Read post: http://concordpastor.blogspot.com/2011/11/your-parish-lectors-need-this-book.html

Darlene Hunt on "Crossing the Line"

Blog post mentions why SNC's "Auld Lang Syne" was chosen for the season 2 finale of The Big C.

Read more: http://thebigcwritersblog.tumblr.com/post/10715353116/darlene-hunt-on-crossing-the-line

Hat Tip: @SNCWalt

Also at SNCmusic.com:
http://www.sncmusic.com/blog/b0b1ad-auld-lang-syne-on-the-big-c/

Recent Obsessions: Straight No Chaser, 'We're Smelling Roses,' cuddly Grinch

By 77 Square staff
Tuesday, December 21, 2010

For some creative holiday humor, look no further than Straight No Chaser.

Our current favorite SNC track is off of "Christmas Cheers" from 2009, the short, jazzy "Who Spiked the Egg Nog?"

Rockin’ Stockings: New holiday twists on some old familiar favorites

By George Pelletier
December 10, 2009

“A cappella is fun for us,” said Stine. “And people might not expect much, and then there is that element of surprise and the audience’s reaction of, ‘I didn’t know you guys did this song.’ ”