Capital Blend in the News
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Capital Blend at McLean Day
Capital Blend was thrilled to take the stage at the 2017 annual McLean Day. Check out more about this event here. |
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People Are Calling This Song The Anthem Of The Women’s March Movement A group of women performed an a cappella version of a song titled “Quiet” at the Women’s March in Washington, DC, and a bystander’s video of them is going viral. Los Angeles singer MILCK wrote the song as a way to heal from physical and sexual abuse, as well as depression and anorexia. When Donald Trump was elected president despite how he spoke about women, like saying he grabbed them “by the pussy,” MILCK thought the song would resonate with listeners. “Then I thought it would be really powerful if there was a group of women singing it together,” MILCK told BuzzFeed News. (Click to read more) |
Watch Samantha Bee Celebrate Women's March With Viral 'Quiet' Choir
Samantha Bee celebrated the massive Women's Marches that followed President Trump's inauguration with a performance from the viral #ICantKeepQuiet choir.
Prior to the performance, Bee giddily recapped Trump's obsession with his tiny inauguration, the "Fox News-approved talking point" that the marches only took place in coastal cities and offered a blunt answer to conservative confusion over why the protests were held in the first place. (Click to read more)
Samantha Bee celebrated the massive Women's Marches that followed President Trump's inauguration with a performance from the viral #ICantKeepQuiet choir.
Prior to the performance, Bee giddily recapped Trump's obsession with his tiny inauguration, the "Fox News-approved talking point" that the marches only took place in coastal cities and offered a blunt answer to conservative confusion over why the protests were held in the first place. (Click to read more)
Who march the world?
*Girls*
Live on Samantha Bee's show "Full Frontal": A bunch of girls hurt Trump's feelings. (Click to watch)
*Girls*
Live on Samantha Bee's show "Full Frontal": A bunch of girls hurt Trump's feelings. (Click to watch)
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"All Songs Considered"
"The first song we play comes from a pop singer based out of Los Angeles who goes by the name MILCK. Here's the video that went viral of MILCK performing her song "Quiet" with a cappella group Capital Blend at the Women's March in Washington, D.C. On our show today we play the original studio version of "Quiet," a profoundly moving rallying cry for women's rights..." Full article here. |
‘I Can’t Keep Quiet, I’m a One-Woman Riot’ song goes insanely viral
The song performance you can watch further down the page became the anthem of the Women’s March on Washington and has gone insanely viral, exceeding more than 10 million views since being posted on Facebook Saturday night. Perhaps even more interesting than its viral success is how it came together — and that many of the women who are singing the song never met in-person until the day of the Women’s March and the below performance. (Click to read more)
The song performance you can watch further down the page became the anthem of the Women’s March on Washington and has gone insanely viral, exceeding more than 10 million views since being posted on Facebook Saturday night. Perhaps even more interesting than its viral success is how it came together — and that many of the women who are singing the song never met in-person until the day of the Women’s March and the below performance. (Click to read more)
The Singer Whose Voice Rose Above the Inauguration
Connie Lim has only slept about five hours in the two days since the Women’s March in Washington, D.C., when her song “Quiet” went viral and became the march’s unofficial anthem.The Los Angeles–based singer also known as MILCK performed “Quiet” in a series of flash mob a cappella performances at the Women’s March with a group of singers from across the country. The all-female #ICANTKEEPQUIET choir rehearsed via Skype, but many of them sang together in person for the first time at the march. (Click to watch and read)
Connie Lim has only slept about five hours in the two days since the Women’s March in Washington, D.C., when her song “Quiet” went viral and became the march’s unofficial anthem.The Los Angeles–based singer also known as MILCK performed “Quiet” in a series of flash mob a cappella performances at the Women’s March with a group of singers from across the country. The all-female #ICANTKEEPQUIET choir rehearsed via Skype, but many of them sang together in person for the first time at the march. (Click to watch and read)
'Quiet' Singer MILCK on Huge Reaction to Her Women's March Anthem: 'I Feel Like I'm Dreaming'
Connie Lim had been sitting on the song for over a year. The 30-year-old singer/songwriter from Los Angeles had spent nearly a decade trying to break into the music business with varying levels of success, but it wasn't until she unlocked the raw feelings about the trauma of domestic violence and anorexia she suffered as a 14-year-old that the creative dam burst open. The result was the cathartic, empowering anthem "Quiet," which, thanks to an almost too-perfect-to-be-true path has bloomed into an unofficial anthem of last weekend's massive Women's March on Washington. (Click to read more)
Connie Lim had been sitting on the song for over a year. The 30-year-old singer/songwriter from Los Angeles had spent nearly a decade trying to break into the music business with varying levels of success, but it wasn't until she unlocked the raw feelings about the trauma of domestic violence and anorexia she suffered as a 14-year-old that the creative dam burst open. The result was the cathartic, empowering anthem "Quiet," which, thanks to an almost too-perfect-to-be-true path has bloomed into an unofficial anthem of last weekend's massive Women's March on Washington. (Click to read more)
A Flash Mob Choir At The Women's March Turned This Unknown Song Into An Anthem
The Los Angeles-based singer known as MILCK knew she wanted to do something memorable for the Women's March in Washington, D.C on Saturday. So she contacted a small group of other singers from across the country to coordinate a flash mob performance of MILCK's song "Quiet," an emotional rallying cry for self-empowerment and unity. The group of women rehearsed together via Skype and rendezvoused in D.C., where they performed a cappella versions of "Quiet" several times during the march. (Click to read more)
The Los Angeles-based singer known as MILCK knew she wanted to do something memorable for the Women's March in Washington, D.C on Saturday. So she contacted a small group of other singers from across the country to coordinate a flash mob performance of MILCK's song "Quiet," an emotional rallying cry for self-empowerment and unity. The group of women rehearsed together via Skype and rendezvoused in D.C., where they performed a cappella versions of "Quiet" several times during the march. (Click to read more)
‘I can’t keep quiet': Watch this stirring performance of what some call the Women’s March anthem
Connie Lim grew up in a conservative Asian American household where she said she was urged “to be quiet and not to be goofy."
"I was told that women who had smaller mouths are considered more beautiful because they were more quiet and demure and polite,” said Lim, whose artist name is MILCK.So she wrote the song “Quiet” a year ago as a way to put a voice to the pain and trauma she suffered in an abusive relationship and as a commentary on the unreasonable expectations that society places on women... (Click to read more)
Connie Lim grew up in a conservative Asian American household where she said she was urged “to be quiet and not to be goofy."
"I was told that women who had smaller mouths are considered more beautiful because they were more quiet and demure and polite,” said Lim, whose artist name is MILCK.So she wrote the song “Quiet” a year ago as a way to put a voice to the pain and trauma she suffered in an abusive relationship and as a commentary on the unreasonable expectations that society places on women... (Click to read more)
How Musician MILCK's 'Quiet' Became a Viral Anthem for the Women's March
Singer-songwriter Connie Lim wanted to make her voice heard at the Women's March on Washington. After brainstorming with her friends from the Pussyhat Project, the 30-year-old Los Angeles-based musician came up with the idea of performing her single, "Quiet," on the streets of Washington, D.C. But Lim didn't want to sing the song alone. She found 26 other performers — including DC-based a capella groups DC Sirens and Capital Blend — to sing with her... (Click to read more)
Singer-songwriter Connie Lim wanted to make her voice heard at the Women's March on Washington. After brainstorming with her friends from the Pussyhat Project, the 30-year-old Los Angeles-based musician came up with the idea of performing her single, "Quiet," on the streets of Washington, D.C. But Lim didn't want to sing the song alone. She found 26 other performers — including DC-based a capella groups DC Sirens and Capital Blend — to sing with her... (Click to read more)
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Good Morning, Toronto!
Capital Blend performed at the SING! Toronto Vocal Arts Festival in the spring of 2016, where we were invited to perform on Canadian News Network CP24 Breakfast. Watch the full performance here! |
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PRESS RELEASE: Capital Blend invited to perform at international vocal arts festival
Washington, DC - April, 2016 - Local D.C.-based a cappella group Capital Blend has been selected to perform at the Sing! Toronto Vocal Arts Festival in May. The all-female a cappella group was one of only three US groups to be selected for this competitive international festival... (Full Press Release Here) |
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2013 Contemporary A Cappella Recording Award Winners
Capital Blend won a Contemporary a Cappella Recording Award (CARA) "Best Song" for Because by the Beatles, and was Runner Up for "Best Album" for our EP First Cup. You can check out the song and the album on iTunes or Spotify! |
