barbershop quartet
noun
: a group of four male singers who sing in an old-fashioned style without instruments
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Wayne got his start in music singing in a barbershop quartet with his older brother Alan and younger brothers Merrill and Jay.
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Toria Sheffield, People.com, 31 Aug. 2025
The Overtones – barbershop quartet (Lexington, Kentucky) Judy Street and Jim Kirby – singer and pianist duo (Franklin)
Pistol Creek Catch of the Day – three-piece band (Knoxville)
Visit the contest page to watch performance clips and support your favorite act.
—Gabrielle Chenault, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
That’s an incredible barbershop quartet on both ends of the floor.
—Zach Harper, New York Times, 13 June 2025
Colin hangs around at a village pub on Christmas Eve after performing in a barbershop quartet with his dad, Pete (Douglas Hodge).
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 18 May 2025
Phish comfortably works in prog, acid, pop, modern, classic and basically every other rock style, but can also swing into bluegrass, country and even barbershop quartet realms.
—Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 15 Apr. 2025
Questlove deconstructs how it was built on top of a Motown beat, with those blaring acid horns, that chorus of voices sounding like a barbershop quartet hovering in space then singing in startling unison, the whole song finding its meaning in the thumping sonic drive that somehow remained…light.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 24 Jan. 2025
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Toria Sheffield, People.com, 31 Aug. 2025
The Overtones – barbershop quartet (Lexington, Kentucky) Judy Street and Jim Kirby – singer and pianist duo (Franklin)
Pistol Creek Catch of the Day – three-piece band (Knoxville)
Visit the contest page to watch performance clips and support your favorite act.
—Gabrielle Chenault, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
That’s an incredible barbershop quartet on both ends of the floor.
—Zach Harper, New York Times, 13 June 2025
Colin hangs around at a village pub on Christmas Eve after performing in a barbershop quartet with his dad, Pete (Douglas Hodge).
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 18 May 2025
Phish comfortably works in prog, acid, pop, modern, classic and basically every other rock style, but can also swing into bluegrass, country and even barbershop quartet realms.
—Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 15 Apr. 2025
Questlove deconstructs how it was built on top of a Motown beat, with those blaring acid horns, that chorus of voices sounding like a barbershop quartet hovering in space then singing in startling unison, the whole song finding its meaning in the thumping sonic drive that somehow remained…light.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 24 Jan. 2025
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