CNN - A capella music hitting high note in popularity

CNN's Gloria Hillard reports from the first annual A Capella Festival

Web posted on: Wednesday, October 21, 1998 1:55:18 PM EDT

LOS ANGELES (CNN) -- Most people associate a capella music with barbershop quartets and doo-wop artists. But the style of music -- singing without accompaniment from instruments -- is evolving into something much more, something approaching alternative.

"The a cappella scene has gotten so much bigger and it's not recognized as being part of the music scene," says Matthew Stull, whose group The Bobs performed at the recent A Capella Festival.

Gloria Hillard filed a report from the festival.