Showing posts with label the sing off. Show all posts
Showing posts with label the sing off. Show all posts

Friday, October 7, 2011

It all starts with words

I have been watching "The Sing Off" on NBC. It's, you know, a television show, but it features two things I am fond of. One is a cappella singing, which I am a total sucker for and which is the point of the show; the other is Ben Folds, the first honest-to-God music geek to appear on one of these talent programs. He actually comments on and criticizes the music, think of that.

Sara Bareilles fights to avert sophomore slump

Singer-songwriter Sara Bareilles says she'll never forget the August day at the Indiana State Fair when a stage collapse led to seven deaths and multiple injuries.

Bareilles had just wrapped her set at the Indianapolis fair this summer, and Sugarland was about to take the stage when the tragedy happened.