Artist	Song
The Beatles	Because
The Bobs	Helter Skelter
Petra Haden	Tattoo
Brown Derbis	Who Are You
Imogen Heap	Hide and Seek
Brian Wilson	Our Prayer
Björk	Vökuró
Eric Whitacre	Sleep
Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares	Messetschinko lio Greilivko
The Rustavi Choir	Tshkenosnuri
Zap Mama	Mupepe
Sweet Honey In the Rock	In This Land
Vera Hall	Trouble So Hard
Alabama Sacred Harp Singers	Rocky Road
The Freedom Singers	We Shall Not Be Moved
The Mills Brothers	It Don't Mean A Thing
Golden Gate Quartet	Swing Down, Sweet Chariot
The Trumpeteers	I'll Fly Away
The Cherryholmes	No One to Sing for Me
Blue Highway	I Am Near the Gate
Todd Rundgren	Honest Work
Malicorne	La Mule
Ulver	Sielens Sang
Värttinä	Potran Korean
Hubert Von Goisern	Kuahmelcher
Nina Hagen Band	Fisch im Wasser
Bobby McFerrin	Simple Pleasures
The Swingle Singers	Star Wars

Comment:

This mix is a more secular companion piece to my Wondrous Voices and Sacred Harmonies. Little Spencer Boys' God Help Us! Help Us Find Our Hearts! reminded me that I had intended to do such a follow-up for a while already.


1) This remix from the Anthology album lets you hear the vocal harmonies without instruments. There are nine voices: John, Paul and George's vocals were recorded once and then overdubbed twice more.


2) These four a cappella vocalists who cover rock & roll numbers received a Grammy nomination for their arrangement of this song.


3) Petra Haden recreated the Who's 1967 LP The Who Sell Out, entirely a cappella, performing all the rhythms, instruments and harmonies with her voice.

5) Imogen Heap sings in harmony with herself with the help of a vocoder.


7) Björk accompanied by the London Choir; a track from her Medúlla album, which consists of almost nothing but singing and vocal samples.


8) Eric Whitacre is one of the bright stars in contempory concert music. Here is one of his choral compositions, performed by the Brigham Young University Singers.


9) - 11) Voices and harmonies from Bulgaria, Georgia and Belgium (the last song based on a Central African Pygmy chant).


12) Sweet Honey in the Rock has been singing a cappella in the African American tradition of over 30 years.
14) The oldest recording on this mix, from 1914. Taken from Harry Smith's "Anthology of American Folk Music."


15) Songs played an important role in the Civil Rights Movement. Ensembles such as the SNCC Freedom Singers developed the use of music to carry the Movement's message to audiences far removed from the struggle and gained support for grassroots activities. "We Shall Not be Moved" was recorded in 1963, and one of the members of The Freedom Singers, Bernice Johnson, later became the founder of Sweet Honey in the Rock.


16)-18) These three songs have some instrumental backup, but the because of the strong harmony singing I felt I had to include them in this mix, anyway. Please note that the Mills Brothers recreated the trumpets and trombones with only their voice. Track 17 was recorded in 1947, track 18 in 1952.


19) The Cherryholmes are probably the hottest new bluegrass group at the moment, and you can read their interesting story and hear some of their songs here.


22) - 26) A musical trip through Europe with stops in France, Norway, Finland, Austria, and Germany.


24) The incredible Swingle Singers with a track that's hinting at a possible volume 2 of Mouth Music, featuring a cappella songs from other galaxies!


Thanks to Nest of Viper for tracks 2,4, 19, 23, and 28; lostinthemix for 13; and Thomas Mohr for 21, 22, 24, and 26. I can't really say if there is a hidden track at the end of this mix, otherwise it wouldn't be hidden anymore, but if there were such a track, it would be from Thomas Mohr, too.

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