Music and Perspectives
Rachael sits down with All-American Awaaz finalists, Dil Se from UC Berkeley to talk about their tune Main Hoon Na, which you can check out here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PnYGFExd4s.
Learn more about the team here: https://www.facebook.com/ucberkeleydilse.
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Rachael sits down with All-American Awaaz finalists, UW Awaaz to hear about their time competing this year and their mashup of Bird Set Free and Duaa, which can be heard here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eg6JbWrIiTo.
Learn more about the team here: https://www.facebook.com/UWAwaaz/.
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Rachael sits down with All-American Awaaz finalists, RAAG from Rutgers, and the runners up of the 2021 competition! The group won awards for Outstanding Solo in a Non-South Asian song!
Check out their tune Samajavaragamana here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5JW4UvV7sk.
Learn more about the team here: https://www.facebook.com/RURAAG.
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Rachael sits down with All-American Awaaz finalists, Hum A Cappella from the University of Texas at Austin, and the third place winners of the 2021 competition! The group won awards for Outstanding Theme and Outstanding Visual Performance!
Check out their mashup of Movement x O Saathi Re here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrLAD8Tgs2E.
Learn more about the team here: https://www.facebook.com/humacappella.
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WIBI A Cappella is an innovative contemporary a cappella ensemble founded in 1988 at York University. WIBI is the longest-running collegiate a cappella group in Canada, and in 2018, the group celebrated their 30th anniversary! Rachael sits down with the group to talk about their upcoming full length EP.
You can listen to Greedy for Your Treasure here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdWQ938aO84
You can listen to Coffee/I Miss Her here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrg0TN9OkY4
You can learn more about the group here: https://www.wibiacappella.com.
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Rachael sits down with All-American Awaaz finalists, Dhun A Capella from the University of Houston, and the ultimate winners of the 2021 competition! The group won awards for Outstanding Arrangement, Outstanding Visual Performance, Outstanding Vocal Percussion, and Outstanding Solo in a South Asian song!
Check out their mashup of Sanam Re and La La La here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmQvI1Ep8vU.
Learn more about the team here: https://www.facebook.com/DhunACappella.
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Treble On Huntington has released a new single, Rainberry! The ladies sit down with Rachael to talk about recording this jazzy tune while in lockdown, and what their lives have been like trying to make music during the pandemic. We also get a chance to hear and talk about two other songs: Taste and Finest Hour, the later of which was selected for BOCA 2020!
Learn more about the group here: https://trebleonhuntington.weebly.com.
Check out Rainberry here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=415jA5Dm83M, Taste here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GyTHjTxppU8, and Finest Hour here: https://open.spotify.com/track/4lrSgTXCILF0vE4smy6Eyb?si=96546030139c4870.
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Rachael sits down with 2021 Open International finalists 6ID, from Spain, to discuss their Mashup Latino, which won the group awards for Outstanding Vocal Percussion for Camino Moreno and Outstanding Choreography for the whole group at semis and won them an award for Outstanding Choreography at finals AND a second place win for the entire competition! ¡Muchisimos felicitaciones para las chicas de 6ID!
Check out their semis submission here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Etk-7hT4yag.
Check out their finals submission here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfWZ94g_Ke8.
Learn more about the group here: https://www.instagram.com/6idmusic.
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Rachael sits down with 2021 Open Northeast finalists Black to Gold to discuss their submission, “Minefields”, which won the group awards for Outstanding Choreography for Stefanie Sambrano and Outstanding Mix for Connor Martin at semis.
Check out the group’s submission at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3elHbR1Y2Gc.
Learn more about the group at: https://www.facebook.com/blacktogoldmusic.
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Rachael sits down with 2021 Open Canadian finalists A-KA to talk about their song, Tempo, which won the group an award for Outstanding Vocal Percussion for Ethan Chu.
Check out their submission here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtliOON4snQ
Learn more about the group here: https://www.facebook.com/aka.acappella/
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