The Penny Loafers was founded in 1986 as a co-ed a cappella

A cappella

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 group from the University of Pennsylvania

University of Pennsylvania

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 focusing on pop

Pop music

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 and rock music

Rock music

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. They have performed at many events around campus, throughout the East Coast

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, and most recently in Beijing, China at the Greenpeace

Greenpeace

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 International Charity Concert. Greenpeace (http://www.greenpeace.org/china/en/concert)

In existence for over 25 years, the Loafers have released 10 studio albums and are currently working on their 11th, been featured on a cappella compilations such as Best of College A Cappella (BOCA) '99 and all the Voices Only 2005-2007 releases, and have appeared frequently on radio shows and podcasts from Coverville (http://coverville.com) to the Acapodcast (http://acapodcast.com) to Pandora.com.

The Penny Loafers latest albums have been met with great success! Prophets & Pawns was selected as an RARB.org Pick of '08. The Contemporary A Cappella Society

Contemporary A Cappella Society

The Contemporary A Cappella Society , or CASA, is a 501 charitable organization dedicated to fostering and promoting a cappella music of all styles around the world. CASA was cofounded in 1991 by Deke Sharon by incorporating the first a cappella directory, The List, founded in 1988 & distributed...

(CASA) placed the group's most recent album, The Cops Come At Midnight, in the Top 10 "Mixed Collegiate Albums" category.

Discography

• 2009 - The Cops Come At Midnight
• 2007 - Prophets & Pawns
• 2006 - Quicksand
• 2005 - Side A
• 2004 - Barely Legal
• 2002 - Stealing Time
• 2000 - On the Floor
• 1998 - Ride!
• 1997 - Diesel
• 1995 - Nabot