This post was updated March 5 at 8:14 p.m. Beatboxing Bruins arranged a night showcasing multiple musical modalities. The student organization hosted an event Saturday evening at the Northwest Campus ...

Few people were aware of the 1994 single “Insomniac” by the rock duo Billy Pilgrim, and it quickly sank into obscurity. But a cappella groups can’t stop singing it. We set out to find an explanation.

“I’ve been doing this for 20 years and I spent 17 of those 20 years explaining what a capella is,” Doodson said. But in the last few years, the niche performance style has gone mainstream with movies ...