Afro-Blue was voted off the a capella singing competition show last Monday after the judges initially could not decide whom to move forward. After a sing-off with the group Dartmouth Aires, judge Ben Folds cast the tie-breaker vote for Dartmouth Aires to compete in the finale.
Even so, Withers said “I’m feeling pretty good. We had such an amazing run on the show.” That run is all the more impressive, considering that Afro-Blue’s genre, jazz, is not necessarily considered mainstream.
Although Afro-Blue didn’t prevail in the end, the Washington-D.C.-based group from Howard University only came out of “The Sing-Off” stronger.
“A door has opened, and we are excited about whatever’s on the other side ... to have people love what you did is testimony to how strong and powerful we can be.”
Afro-Blue has a Facebook page, and their Twitter handle is AfroBlueDC. Withers also has her own Facebook page, Twitter and her own website at daniellewithers.com.
Contact this reporter at (513) 705-2836 or eric.robinette@coxinc.com.
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