I went to a show by Firedrill! tonight at the Broad Institute. Firedrill! is a Boston-based a capella group who sings pieces by people like Peter Gabriel, Aretha Franklin, Van Morrison, and Seal. They use their voice to simulate drums, bass, guitar, sound effects, etc. They're really impressive, and very entertaining. They have a couple mp3's on their website, plus some more on their myspace page. My favorites were "Can't Stop" by Martin Sexton, and "If I Ain't Got You" by Alicia Keys.
Posted on July 13, 2006 06:42 PM
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You might want to try "The Bobs cover the songs of..." by, uh, The Bobs. Acapella rock standards by Cream, Hendrix, They Might Be Giants, The Beatles, .... I've been a big Bobs fan for a long time and this is one of there best.
Posted by: kevin willoughby at July 17, 2006 08:53 PMFiredrill recently came out with their first CD, which you can buy here: http://www.firedrillband.com/music/orderForm.php
Posted by: Kim at April 1, 2007 05:13 PM