By MIKE CHAIKEN EDITIONS EDITOR Most music albums have the gestation period of an elephant. Often, the time that passes between conception to release is months and months and months. So, it’s often hard for a group itself to keep its finger on the pop music pulse. But Straight No Chaser’s new album, “The New Old Fashioned,” finds the a cappella group releasing an album filled with songs that not only just cooled off, but are sizzling hot at the moment. For instance, the group tackles The Weeknd’s ultra hot track, “Can’t Feel My Face,” as well as Charlie Puth’s “Marvin Gaye”—both of which still have legs on the radio and Spotify. The album also finds the a cappella group from Indiana taking on this past summer’s sleeper hit, “Take Me To Church” by Hozier. Seggie Isho said Straight No Chaser, which is coming to the Mohegan Sun Friday night, was able to include their renditions of these hot tracks because their albums are always taking shape. “We record all year, in different cities and stages, and different studios. It’s a work in progress at all times,” said Seggie in a phone call from Tulsa, Okla. For instance, Seggie said […]
By MIKE CHAIKEN EDITIONS EDITOR Most music albums have the gestation period of an elephant. Often, the time that passes between conception to release is months and months and months. So, it’s often hard for a group itself to keep its finger on the pop music pulse. But Straight No Chaser’s new album, “The New Old Fashioned,” finds the a cappella group releasing an album filled with songs that not only just cooled off, but are sizzling hot at the moment. For instance, the group tackles The Weeknd’s ultra hot track, “Can’t Feel My Face,” as well as Charlie Puth’s “Marvin Gaye”—both of which still have legs on the radio and Spotify. The album also finds the a cappella group from Indiana taking on this past summer’s sleeper hit, “Take Me To Church” by Hozier. Seggie Isho said Straight No Chaser, which is coming to the Mohegan Sun Friday night, was able to include their renditions of these hot tracks because their albums are always taking shape. “We record all year, in different cities and stages, and different studios. It’s a work in progress at all times,” said Seggie in a phone call from Tulsa, Okla. For instance, Seggie said […]