Welcome to Duke University's Rhythm & Blue!
Taking A Cappella To School Since 1992

Rhythm & Blue returns on BOCA 2008!!!

"Forgiven" (Alanis Morissette), arranged by Matt Emery and Joseph Bates and featuring soloist Rebecca Haber, will join this year's top collegiate a cappella tracks on the 2008 Best of College A Cappella CD! We're excited and honored to be a part of such a fine compilation for the second year in a row. You can enjoy both "Forgiven" and "Ready For Love" (featured on BOCA 2007) on our new CD, Punch A Higher Floor!

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RnB's NEW ALBUM!

Get excited! RnB's new album Punch A Higher Floor will release on November 30! Please visit the Music page for more information about our newest album. Talk to an RnB member or email Brittany Duck to order your new CD!

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Fall Tour

We're back at Duke after an amazing fall tour, stopping in Washington DC, Manalpan/Freehold, NJ, and Williamsburg, VA.

Thank you so much to the Duck Family, Centra State Medical Center, RnB alum Matt Emery, and the people of Williamsburg, VA for a memorable and successful fall tour!

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CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR NEW BABY BLUES!!!

The 2007 RnB Fall Auditions are now over, and we are excited to welcome to the group six new Baby Blues!

Congratulations to Brittany Beel, Abbey Bucher, Amber Noelle,
Peter Park, Katie Selby, and Josh Silverman!!!

We're looking forward to an amazing year. Make sure to come out and support our extremely talented Baby Blues at our upcoming shows!

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RnB featured on Flight of the Conchords' Myspace site!

Our performance of "The Humans Are Dead" from the group and HBO show Flight of the Conchords at the Freshman A Cappella Jam on 8/26 caught their attention and is now featured on their official Myspace site!

The (partial) video can also be found on YouTube. Full video to come soon!



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SPRING SHOW A HUGE SUCCESS!

Thank you so much to all of our friends, family, and RnB alumni who came out for our 15th anniversary show! Special thanks also to Elon's Twisted Measure for their awesome guest performance and Liquid 5th Productions for providing our sound setup!

Check us out on YouTube and make sure to stay tuned for information about our *new CD*, scheduled for release next fall!

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2007 CONTEMPORARY A CAPPELLA RECORDING AWARD (CARA) WINNERS ANNOUNCED!

Along with our nomination for Best Scholastic Original song ("How Many Times" by Shalisha Francis), Rhythm & Blue is extremely excited to announce its two RUNNER-UP awards for the 2007 CARAs from our sixth CD, With the Windows Down, in the following categories:

Best Mixed Collegiate Solo:
Shalisha Francis for How Many Times

Best Mixed Collegiate Arrangement:
Such Great Heights by Matt Emery

Congratulations to each of the other honored groups! For the full list of winners and runners-up, click here.

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Rhythm & Blue is on BOCA 2007!!! Check out www.varsityvocals.com/boca for more details!

"Ready For Love" (India.Arie), arranged by Jenna Olson and Matt Emery and featuring Kateri Zhu on solo, will join this year's top collegiate a cappella tracks on the 2007 Best of College A Cappella CD! You can check out this song and another upcoming RnB track on our Myspace!

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RARB Review posted

Rhythm & Blue's With the Windows Down has been reviewed by the Recorded A Cappella Review Board! The group would like to thank Elie Landau, Tom Czerwinski, and Kimmie Raschka for their positive and constructive reviews.

"I really enjoy With the Windows Down. It's one of those rare solid albums where you don't fast-forward over tracks, all the soloists deliver emotive performances, and you happily sing along with the group again and again." - Kimmie Raschka, RARB

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RnB selected for Voices Only 2006!

The Voices Only 2006 CDs are in! Rhythm & Blue appears on this nationally acclaimed a cappella compilation for its track "Mr. Brightside" off our latest CD, With the Windows Down. Order your copy of this *double-disc* compilation from the RnB Store today!

Rhythm & Blue sings Prince's "Let's Go Crazy" at our 15th Anniversary Spring Show! (Picture taken by Anna Wu)

Check out the Upcoming Events bar for our shows in the near future. Will you host the next Rhythm & Blue concert?

Rhythm & Blue is Duke University's premier co-ed a cappella group and was founded in October of 1992. The founders, Duke alumnae Rebecca Christie ('95) and Amie Tedeschi ('93), thought the segregation of boys and girls in a cappella music was quite an injustice and, in true activist fashion, fervently labored to remedy the situation. Thus, a new group was formed, primarily as an offshoot of the Duke University Chorale.

Since then, Rhythm & Blue has developed its own distinct style and matured into a full-fledged member of the a cappella community at Duke and beyond. On April 1, 2006, RnB proudly released its sixth album, With the Windows Down. From the first studio effort First Grade to this latest release, the group has focused and matured its studio efforts and is very excited to have an album that truly reflects both the spirit and vocal ability of Rhythm & Blue.

Aside from this, RnB takes great joy in singing all over Duke's campus (arches, dorms, basketball games, faculty dinners, recruiting venues), performing at local schools and universities, touring up and down the East Coast, and occasionally competing in a cappella competitions. We strive to be a tight-knit group of friends with a passion to share the gift of music (sans instruments, naturally) and have a great time doing it!

We sing a wide variety of music with a particular emphasis on anything that rocks hard and/or has a smooth groove (Gnarls Barkley, Bonnie Raitt, Prince, Heart, and India.Arie just to name a few). Enjoy the site, and we would love to see or hear from you soon!

Please visit the Contact section for booking concerts or inquiring about rates, learning more about our group or a cappella in general, ordering CDs, or for any other questions!