From Monday 3 March 2025

The Power of One

Choose a song that fits one of the following solo performance styles:

Vocal Solo: A song performed by a single singer without instrumental accompaniment (a cappella).

Instrumental Solo: A piece performed on a single instrument with no singing.

Solo Performance: A song performed by a single singer accompanied by only one instrument.

Keep it raw, keep it real, and let the music shine in its simplest form.

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Chrisna

Ed Sheeran – Afterglow [Acapella]

Paul P

Lady Gaga “Million Reasons” on the Howard Stern Show (2016)

I’ll be honest, this theme was not as easy as Google made it out to be. I find a perfect song with 1 instrument, only for the buggers to add more instruments halfway in the song. ARGH!

Ah well, I managed to find one from someone who’s becoming an absolute legend. she played this song on a live TV show. Her voice is amazing, and you can feel the passion in the song – wowie! You’ll see what I mean. Hope you enjoy.

Esther

Set fire to the rain- Adele acapella

Adele is one of my favorite artists ever. My apologies for being a day late. This was really beyond my control.

Liezel

Misirlou on One Guitar (PULP FICTION) (Alex Misko)

After watching August Rush, I decided to educate myself on contempory fingerstyle guitar work and I’m in awe of this prodigy’s stuff. For Paul L – it’s a Baton Rouge guitar. And YES, all of the sounds you hear are made on this Guitar … one guitar, one exceptional guitarist.

Arno

Skylar Grey – Love The Way You Lie (Live on the Honda Stage at The Peppermint Club)

Karen

John Legend – All Of Me (Vocals Only / Acapella)

Paul L

I don’t know a lot about Melody Gardot apart from her having had a bad accident at age 19 which left her with brain, spinal and internal injuries. She had to learn to walk and talk again and a doctor used music therapy to make this happen.
I love her laid back, jazzy and slightly quirky way of singing.

Sue

Killing Me Softly – Roberta Flack

I found this by chance. I had never heard of her. This is a VERY DIFFERENT version of the song but is, in my opinion, beautiful. She names it her tribute to Roberta Flack.

Errol

法国街头｜古筝演奏 《See You Again 》人山人海 直接炸街！Chinese Musical Instruments Guzheng Cover| 碰碰彭碰彭Jingxuan」

The artist is Jingxuan, who has more than 1 million YouTube followers.
The instrument is a Guzheng, beautiful long zither from China. The name is Mandarin Chinese for “ancient zither”.
I think it is magnificent to watch – a real spectacle.
And a beautiful sound.

Wilfred

Disturbed – The Sound Of Silence (Vocal Acapella / Vocal Track) New Studio Version

This next song is a truly special rendition of an already incredible classic. Disturbed’s cover of “The Sound of Silence” has always captivated me, and I often wondered if it was the powerful instrumentation or the voice behind it that made it so moving. After hearing this version, stripped down to just the raw power and emotion of the lead singer’s voice, I’m convinced it’s his vocal performance that truly makes this cover extraordinary.

I hope it resonates with you as deeply as it does with me. Enjoy.

Geraldine

Lewis Capaldi – Someone You Loved (Live – Acoustic Room/LADbible)

Lewis Capaldi

When he was 18, his manager Ryan Walter discovered him by an iPhone recording that was recorded in his bedroom and had uploaded to his SoundCloud account. The day after first contacting Capaldi, Walter flew from America to Britain to hear Capaldi play live.

Lewis Marc Capaldi[3] (born 7 October 1996) is a Scottish singer-songwriter and musician.[4] In March 2019, his single “Someone You Loved” (2018) topped the UK Singles Chartwhere it remained for seven weeks, and in November 2019, it reached number one on the US Billboard Hot 100; it was nominated at the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards for Song of the Year and won the 2020 Brit Award for Song of the Year. “Someone You Loved” was the bestselling single of 2019 in the UK. He was nominated for the Critics’ Choice Award at the 2019 Brit Awards. Capaldi also won the 2020 Brit Award for Best New Artist.[5] In May 2020, it was announced that Capaldi’s song “Someone You Loved” had become the longest-running top 10 UK single of all time by a British artist.[6]

Deborah

Kimbra – Settle Down

Kimbra is a New Zealand singer and songwriter known for mixing pop with R&B, jazz and rock musical elements. Her accolades include four ARIA Music Awards, two Grammy Awards and seven New Zealand Music Awards.

She was featured on the 2011 multi-platinum single “Somebody That I Used to Know” by Gotye, which became her first number-one single on the US Billboard Hot 100 and earned them two awards at the 55th Annual Grammy Awards, including for Record of the Year, making her the third New Zealand singer to win a Grammy Award.

This track is a single take of her live performance of Settle Down, her vocal loops visually recreated in post-production. She builds the entire song using just her vocals, some beatboxing and her iPad.