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There’s no stopping Penn alumni musicians who want to sing Adele’s “Someone Like You”. After the jump, listen to another Penn alum who puts his great spin on it! I’ve covered Malik Smith (C’10) on DT before (loved his “I’ll be Home for Christmas” cover!) Below, listen to his cover of “Someone Like You”. I’ve […]
12 DT vlogs and 2 years later, it’s official. Ben Naecker (C’09, Water Polo) and Blake West (W’09, Jazz Combos), the Penn alumni friends who moved to Austin to pursue music and swore that “real jobs were not my forte” have split up because of “real jobs”. After the jump watch their final episode where: […]
Since my freshman year at Penn in 1992, I’ve been a consistent fan of the work the Penn a capella group Off the Beat puts out. (and some of its alumni too) After the jump listen to their great version of Coldplay’s “Fix You” I just recently stumbled upon. Fix You (OPB Coldplay) by Off […]
As you’ve seen on DT, I’ve covered lots of alumni who like singing covers of songs. A particular favorite from lots of Penn alumni over the past year has been doing Adele covers. After the jump, listen to two alumni covering Adele’s “Someone Like You” (and they’re really good!) 1) Jill Goldberg (C’04)Over the past year, […]
Jill Goldberg (C’04, Dischord A Cappella, Penn Choir, Wind Ensemble) covered a Lady Gaga song before for us and today I wanted to share her new cover of Britney Spears’ summer anthem, “I Wanna Go”. After the jump, listen to Jill’s great re-interpretation! And be sure to check out more Penn alumni doing covers of popular songs […]