Artist	Song
Cassandra Wilson	Sankofa
from Blue Light 'Til Dawn (1993)
The Richter Scales	I Hate a Cappella
from We Hate a Cappella (2006)
Toxic Audio	(Put the Lime In The) Coconut
from Word of Mouth (2005)
Krishna Das & Baird Hersey & Prana	Hey Ma Durga
from Gathering In the Light (2007)
Peter, Paul & Mary	Norman Normal
from Album (2008)
The Vocal Majority Chorus	Alexander's Rag Time Band
from VMX - 10 Gold Medal Contest Performances (2008)
Rahzel	Wu Tang Live Medley
from Make the Music 2000 (1999)
Ricky Skaggs	Talk About Sufferin'
from The Stained Glass Hour, Bluegrass and Old-Timey Gospel Music (1992)
KnightSong	My Bonnie Lass She Smelleth
from The Singing (2006)
Chanticleer	Loch Lomond - Scotland
from Wondrous Love - A World Folk Song Collection (2006)
Copper Wimmin	Kinder
from The Right To Be Here (2004)
Mint Juleps	Don't Let Your Heart
from One Time (1985)
Huey Lewis & The News	Naturally
from Fore! (1986)
Straight No Chaser	Carol of the Bells
from Holiday Spirits (Bonus Track Version) (2008)
The Temptations	My Girl (A Cappella) [Mono]
from Emperors of Soul (Box Set) (1994)
Hassan Hakmoun	The Sun Is Gone
from Trance (2007)
Dear Abbeys	Baba O'Riley
from Abbeys Road (2007)
Mia Doi Todd	La vie en rose
from The Unaccompanied Voice - An A Capella Compilation (2007)
Bama	Stackerlee
from The Alan Lomax Collection: Prison Songs, Vol. 1 - Murderous Home (1997)
Duwende	I Fall
from Radio Screaming (2005)
Keith Lancaster & The Acappella Company	You Are My All In All
from Awesome God: A Cappella Worship (2005)
Dobie Gray	Drift Away
from Acappella - Pop Hits of the 60's & 70's (Re-Recorded Versions) (2007)
Pizmon	Yehay
from Pieces of Light (2005)
Benedictine Monks of Santo Domingo de Silos	Dies Irae - Secuencia, modo i
from Requiem Aeternam: Gregorian Chants (2005)

Comment:

When singers put it on the line and go a cappella, they're plugging straight into the very soul of a song. The stakes are high on R&B bard Arthur Alexander's love-and-death drama "Lonely Just Like Me," but the vocal-only demo version drags you so deep inside the heartache you can practically [i]taste[/i] the tragedy. When bluegrass bigwig Ricky Skaggs quits pickin' long enough to lay his lungs into the spiritual "Talk About Sufferin'," the weight of worldly woes vies with the struggle for salvation right in front of your ears. And if you think you know Dobie Gray's "Drift Away," just wait until you hear the Southern soul man transporting you to a sweeter sphere with nothing but his God-given pipes, in a unique a cappella take on a tune that's been covered by everyone from Bo Bice to Bob Seger.

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