Three Terrific Music Channels on YouTube

I listen to a lot of music on YouTube, and today it occurred to me to write a blog post sharing music from some of the terrific musicians that can be found there!  And yes, I'll admit that my taste in music is eclectic. (And apparently I only listen to male singers???) 

Peter Hollens

Peter Hollens uses modern technology to his advantage.  He records himself singing multiple voice parts and combines the parts to make videos that sound like whole choirs.  He also does sound effects that I can hardly believe aren't done with musical instruments.  Peter specializes in doing song covers; he's done all the songs from Lord of the Rings, a lot of songs from Disney movies, and a lot of traditional songs like "Shenandoah."  He does duets with his wife, Evynne (who has her own YouTube channel), too!

Il Volo

Il Volo is a trio of men from Italy that my sister, some friends, and I were privileged to see in concert last March during their "Notte Magica" tour (a tribute to the Three Tenors, They started out doing a cross between opera and pop music, then transitioned to doing more pure opera and Italian folk songs.  Although Gianluca, Ignazio, and Piero are only in their early twenties, their vocal control is a classical singer's dream!  And that's Plácido Domingo conducting them in this video.  

Simon Khorolskiy

My mom introduced me to this artist.  (To be fair, she dragged me kicking and screaming to listen to this artist.)  Simon is a Russian man living in Washington State who does videos of assorted songs (almost entirely in Russian) with his six sisters.  There's an old-world feel about the music that I really like, even though I can't understand any Russian!  Simon is Christian, and the intent in his music is to give glory to God.
 

For some reason this post won't let me embed more than three videos.  When I try to add a fourth, one of the ones I've already posted disappears.  I'm not sure what's going on with that...maybe the files are too big?  I have several favorite music channels left, so I'm thinking of doing a "Part 2" to this post sometime soon. Meanwhile, I would love to hear about your favorite YouTube music channels in the comments!