Accent w/ Vocal Steel

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In the increasingly popular world of a cappella singing  groups, Accent has carved out its own niche. Inspired by the wizardly  jazz harmonies of TAKE 6 and, before them, The Hi-Lo’s, the six singers  of Accent, all of them accomplished arrangers and instrumentalists in  their own right, are taking their love of close-harmony jazz singing–the  denser and more intricate the better–as far as it can go.

The improbable meeting of Jean-Baptiste (“JB”), Craipeau  (France), Simon Åkesson (Sweden), Danny Fong (Canada),Andrew Kesler  (Canada), James Rose (England), and Evan Sanders (USA), six  self-described “jazz vocal nerds,” could have happened only in the age  of social media. After becoming long-distance fans of each other’s  multi-tracked videos on YouTube, they joined forces in 2011,  collaborating online on songs and videos.

Since then, they have released 5 albums, performed at the  London a cappella Festival, played dates…