6 Men Sing ‘Amazing Grace’ In A Tranquil Church – But This Rendition Is Like Nothing I’ve Heard Before
By Julia – 29/05/2024
‘Home Free’ and Peter Hollens Unite For A Soaring Acapella Performance.
The earliest acapella singing, going back to Europe in the 1400s, was primarily utilized for religious purposes during church services. It soon branched out into secular use during the mid-Renaissance. Peter Hollens, famed acapella singer, is mostly known for secular recordings, but he often includes hymns on his albums and YouTube channel.
The video is from an Amazing Grace cover that appears on Hollens’s 2018 album, Legendary Folk Songs. The young men singing with him are another acapella group called Home Free. Home Free won the Sing Off competition in 2013. The five members of Home Free continue to tour and receive coverage in the music press. Only two members are present when the video starts, but all five join in later.
Home Free has been active since 2000. After winning the Sing-Off, Home Free released an album on Sony records. This was Home Free’s major label debut, but it was not their first album. The group has been releasing albums independently since 2001, with the first few under their own Home Free label.
