Rockapella Excited About New Album, Tour

Carthage, CA - After a much-too-long wait, fans of the hit a cappella group Rockapella will finally be quelled by a new album from the group in the fall of 2006.

"We didn't want to rush things," says group member Jeff Thacher. "We wanted this album to be just right."

Although the album name is not yet finalized, some fans are speculating that it will be entitled "Rockapella 3" - a follow up to their 1998 "Rockapella 2" which sold off the shelves in Germany.

Since being discovered by Spike Lee on a New York street corner in the late 1980's, these Brown alumni have been around the world and back - literally! They made their signature mark as the clue-singing, goof-ball hunks on the PBS children's show "Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego."

A 1998 Folger's commercial put them back on the scene, quickly followed by the aforementioned 1998 album. "We just really didn't want to rush things," repeats Thacher. "Even the Beatles had to take some time to create and really make music again - and that's what we're doing. This album, boy, the studio experience was just so incredible. I'd look over and - not even notice that I'd been in a cold sweat for the last two songs. It was that intense."


The album's feature tracks are "Oh, Carmen," "City by the Sea (San Diego)" and, of course, a jazzed-up remix of the t.v. theme song that still asks the question: "Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?"

"We're a little edgier now," admits Thacher, "we had to keep up and grow with our audience. But the music is still the same. I don't want to let any cats out of the bag, so to speak, but we've got some pretty intense things planned for our tour."

We're on the edge of our seats.