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Recently as a part of the Annual Northwest A Cappella Festival (ANWAF), we sat down once again with the University of Oregon Mind The Gap. It had been a few years, and we caught up about their new membership and sound, what they've got planned for the year ahead, and a failed bake sale. Plus, they sing several tunes in our mobile studio!

After an amazing night of high school a cappella, The Thursdays placed third at the ICHSA finals this year. The next day, they say down with us, singing their set in our mobile studio, talking about their journey this year, and how this year's experience was different than those in the past.

We had a great time talking with HOWL and hearing their new rep. We discussed how their experiences with HOWL evolved as they grew their families, and they revealed an exciting new direction for the group!

While we were in New York for the 2019 ICCA and ICHSA finals, we spent time with Oak Creek HS Knight Club out of Wisconsin. They sang their set, and talked about the role of competition over the last several years, how they've evolved, and what's ahead.

Our mobile studio goes to some odd places - hotel rooms, meeting rooms, classrooms - and, in this case, a very small dressing room. Fortunately, consummate professionals The Real Group took it in stride, and talked with us about their work over the decades. Interspersed are some of the songs from their live performance the night before at BOSS 2019.

In this episode, we talk with New Manchester HS InToneNation about their road back to the ICHSA finals, how they experience festivals and competitions differently, and what they take away from this year's experience. Plus, hear their ICHSA national-award-winning set, performed in our mobile studio!

The Allegrettos have gone through some transitions over the last few years, and talk with us about where they've been and where they're going. We discuss the role of recording and their efforts to get a new project out the door. And they sing some tunes for us!

Impromptu talks with us about the transition from collegiate to post-collegiate a cappella, and charting a course for a new group - in terms of goal-setting, rep choices, and more. Plus, they sing for us in our mobile studio.

In Boston in April 2019, we spent time with the members of University of Florida's No Southern Accent on the heels of their great BOSS competition performance. Hear their tunes as well as what they've been up to recently!

It had been a couple of years since we last talked with Mixed Mode, so it was a great chance to sit down with them again to talk about how the group has evolved and their music has changed. They also sang several songs for us live!

At WeSing 2019, we sat down with members of a group recently formed in Oakland, California to talk about this community collaboration and the music they're making.

Coming from the Young Artists' Conservatory of Music, a program in Vacaville, California, comes Fuse. Hear them talk about going to ICHSA semis for the first time, their origin story, and more. Recorded in 2019.

Earlier in 2019, we spent time with the University of Chicago Voices In Your Head. After several successful recordings and trips to the ICCA Finals, they talk about their next moves and where the group goes from here.

Lark exploded on the scene not too long ago, making a name for themselves quickly on the competition scene. In this episode from 2019, we talk with them about those origins, and where they are going from here. Plus, we hear them sing for us live!

The Rhythm and Jews from the University of Chicago were able to carve out some time to chat and sing as they were getting ready for competition - hear what they had to say (and sing) this episode!

We were delighted to sit down with the guys of the AcaFellas from the Loyola University Chicago. They talked about the background of their group and sang some tunes for us!

Recorded in 2019, this episode features the Northwestern University X-Factors, a group that has been making (sound) waves in a cappella since their founding in 2001.

Recorded in 2019, we talk live with the DePaul Fullertones about their founding, their growth, and their repertoire - and hear them sing some tunes!

In 2019, we talked with the South Asian/fusion group from the University of Chicago. Catch the discussion and their tunes in this episode!

In early 2019, we spent some time with the women of Encore from RIT. Hear them share some stories and sing some tunes in our live mobile studio!