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Avi Kaplan Overtone Singing Lion Sleeps Tonight - Pentatonix Orpheum Los Angeles 3-2-2014

2014

Avi Kaplan demonstrates his overtone singing and takes it to the next level! This was a segment from the Pentatonix performance - their second Los Angeles show of their 2014 tour at the Orpheum Theatre in Los Angles, CA on Sunday March 2, 2014.

02:59 min

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