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Category Archives: Guest Writers
Mosh Poets- A Talk with poets Jay Claywell & Lory Lacy
“Mosh Poets” Thursday March 9th at The Café Acoustic Concert Hall By Danny R. Phillips Author’s note: I wrote this while listening to the MC5 I first met the poet Jay Claywell within the confines of what would become our … Continue reading
Coming Soon: Musicfest at No Place on 8/9/14
By Danny R. Phillips It is a rare and beautiful thing when the musicians of St. Joseph come together for a night of music and good times. It is even more of a joy when those musicians come together to … Continue reading
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Tagged Brian Smith, Burn It Black DC & Key, Coming Soon, Coverboy, Danny R. Phillips, Grindstone Creek, guest column, Hemlock, Kingfisher, Missouri, Musicfest, No Place, Saint Joseph, St. Joe, St. Joseph, Sweetdreamer, U.T.W.E., Until The World's End, Watching The Fall
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Critic Vs. Critic #2: Top 5 1990s albums
Hey, remember the 90s? Professional rock critic Danny R. Phillips and I do, here is what we thought were the top 5 records from that particular decade. Danny R. Phillips list: My life of late is nothing short of … Continue reading
Posted in Critic Vs. Critic, Guest Writers, Lists, Top 5 Albums...
Tagged Breeders, Copper Blue, Danny R. Phillips, Definitely Maybe, Don't Have A Clue, Dookie, Green Day, In Utero, internet show, Last Splash, Lump, Monster, Nirvana, Oasis, Peaches, Pinkerton, Podcast, Presidents of the United States of America, R.E.M., Radiohead, Regretfully Yours, Rubberneck, self-titled, Sugar, Superdrag, The Bends, The Clamcast, Toadies, Top 5 90s albums, top 5 90s records, Weezer
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Far and Wide: A discussion about the impact of fathers on musicians
By Dylan Michael Bentley In recognition of Father’s Day 2014, Vocals on Top granted me the honor of interviewing some highly skilled musicians and songwriters about their fathers. Each interviewee generously answered the same six questions about the role their … Continue reading
250 Word Guest Album Review: Edward David Anderson – Lies & Wishes
By Dylan Michael Bentley “The object of art is not to make salable products. It is to save one’s self, and to be a part of saving us all.” – Mary Gauthier Few, if any, contemporary musicians’ body of work … Continue reading
Critic vs. Critic #1: Best Five Underappreciated Nirvana Songs
This will be the first installment of Critic vs. Critic here at Vocals On Top. The premise is to take one topic and have two music guys come up with their own lists blindly and debate the topic. It will … Continue reading
Posted in Critic Vs. Critic, Guest Writers
Tagged Beavis and Butthead Experience Soundtrack, Born in a Junkyard, Box Set, Curmudgeon, Danny R. Phillips, guest column, Hairspray Queen, I Hate Myself and I Want To Die, Mr. Moustache, Nirvana, Nirvana covers, No Alternative, Oh The Guilt, raping the vaults, Spank Thru, Talk To Me, Token Eastern Song, underappreciated songs, underrated songs, vaults, Verse Chorus Verse, With Lights Out
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VOT Editorial: The Case for Scruffy & The Janitors’ “Pino” by Matthew Coman
The Case for “Pino” By Matthew Coman Matthew Coman is a pretty fine singer/songwriter from St. Joseph, Missouri, he occasionally gets tricked into writing something for Vocals On Top and we are always happy to host his thoughts here. … Continue reading
250 Word Album Review: Buffalo Wabs & The Price Hill Hustle – Nothin’ Like a Lincoln
Guest album review by Dylan Michael Bentley The freewheelin’ Matt Wabnitz and his merry band of Hustlers take their name after the Cincinnati area from which they originated. They play Folk-Americana music, and they do it in the kind of … Continue reading
Tanner Ferguson of Grindstone Creek’s best of 2013
Tanner Ferguson is a guitarist/keyboardist/singer in the St. Joseph, Missouri based band Grindstone Creek. Look for them to have a big year in 2014 as we will hopefully will have some new recorded music from them soon. In the meantime … Continue reading