Sonos

A cappella group Sonos mixes traditional choral singing with a distinctly alternative, indie approach, and the result is a fresh, bright hybrid that re-imagines the genre for the 21st century. Emerging from the southern California college a cappella world, the group -- as much a collective as anything else -- includes singers Chris Harrison, Jessica Freedman, Katharine Anne Hoye, Rachel Bearer, Ben McLain, and Paul Peglar, made a name for itself in L.A. with smart, inventive, and bold vocal-only interpretations of songs by the like of <a href="spotify:artist:2PfBzriIMRsCXPDtSy9vg8">Rufus Wainwright</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:4EVpmkEwrLYEg6jIsiPMIb">Fleet Foxes</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:6Xb4ezwoAQC4516kI89nWz">Imogen Heap</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:6fnqzS1hvb0HUV5YHIBkAJ">Lewis Taylor</a>, Magnet, <a href="spotify:artist:7w29UYBi0qsHi5RTcv3lmA">Björk</a>, and others, as well as a fascinating, vocal trip-hop version of <a href="spotify:artist:2iE18Oxc8YSumAU232n4rW">the Jackson 5</a>'s "I Want You Back," which was released by Verve Records as the group's first single in 2009. A full-length album, SonoSings, followed later in the year. ~ Steve Leggett, Rovi