A Rockapella Holiday
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A Rockapella Holiday is the seventeenth overall, twelfth North American, and fifth holiday album released by the a cappella
group Rockapella
. The tracks consist of new songs premiered on the album and songs the group has perfected over the last 8 years during their holiday concerts of the same name.
the next day, with physical copies available by the end of the month. Rockapella's website was updated on November 17, 2011 with the album's information and made the album available in three forms:
A cappella
A cappella music is specifically solo or group singing without instrumental sound, or a piece intended to be performed in this way. It is the opposite of cantata, which is accompanied singing. A cappella was originally intended to differentiate between Renaissance polyphony and Baroque concertato...
group Rockapella
Rockapella
Rockapella is an American a cappella musical group formed in 1986 in New York City. Their name is derived from the words "rock" and "a cappella". They sing original vocal music and a cappella covers of pop and rock songs; over time, their sound has evolved from high-energy pop and world music...
. The tracks consist of new songs premiered on the album and songs the group has perfected over the last 8 years during their holiday concerts of the same name.
Announcement, Publicity, and Release
The album was first mentioned in an interview with Scott Leonard during the band's 2010 holiday tour, and was revealed will include both "new and newly arranged Christmas songs." No other official news about the album was released until October 2, 2011, when Rockapella appeared on the Japanese internet show WorldNet.tv during their Japanese tour and disclosed the name of the album to be A Rockapella Holiday and that it would be released in November 2011. On November 16, 2011, Rockapella posted a picture on their official Facebook account announcing the cover art and track list for the album and that it would be available on iTunesITunes
iTunes is a media player computer program, used for playing, downloading, and organizing digital music and video files on desktop computers. It can also manage contents on iPod, iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad....
the next day, with physical copies available by the end of the month. Rockapella's website was updated on November 17, 2011 with the album's information and made the album available in three forms:
- a Deluxe Package that comes with a physical copy of the album, a digital copy with a digital bookletDigital bookletDigital booklets are the digital equivalent of liner notes that often accompany digital music purchases. They are most commonly distributed in Portable Document Format. One well-known distributor of digital booklets with digital purchases is the iTunes Store; the first instance of this on the...
featuring artwork and credits, and a 2GB microphone-shaped memory stick; - a CD Package that comes with a physical copy of the album as well as a digital copy and the digital booklet; and
- a Digital Package available from both the website and iTunes that contains a digital copy of the album and the digital booklet.
Track listing
Personnel
- Scott Leonard – high tenor
- Steven DorianSteven DorianSteven Dorian is an American singer best known as a tenor in the a cappella group Rockapella since January 2010.-Early life:...
– tenor - John K. Brown – tenor
- George Baldi IIIGeorge Baldi IIIGeorge William Baldi III is an American singer best known as the bass singer of the a cappella singing group Rockapella since 2002.-Early life:Baldi grew up in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania...
– bass - Jeff ThacherJeff ThacherJeffrey Thomas Thacher is an American musician, best known as a member of the vocal group Rockapella. A professional vocal percussionist and singer who emerged on the early contemporary a cappella scene in 1991, Jeff Thacher co-founded the Boston-based a cappella group...
– vocal percussion