Category Archives: Guest Writers

Austin Miller’s Best albums of 2013

Austin Miller is a singer/songwriter from Orlando, Florida. His album More Than One Way was submitted to Vocals On Top for a review during 2013 and was a very welcomed addition to the music library here. The album even snuck … Continue reading

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Teriq Newton of Scruffy & The Janitors Best of 2013

Teriq Newton is an ace guitarist in St. Joseph, Missouri who is a member of Scruffy & The Janitors and The GasTown Lamps. He is a student of music and watches closely what is going on in popular music. His … Continue reading

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Todd Ward of The GasTown Lamps Top 10 albums of 2013

Todd Ward is the lead singer and guitarist for The GasTown Lamps and is also launching a new project in 2014 named Black The Buffalo that will be far different that the power blues approach of GTL. This is Ward’s … Continue reading

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Matthew Coman’s Top 10 albums of 2013

Matthew Coman is a St. Joseph, Missouri singer/songwriter that, despite being very young, has already compiled 3 albums and 3 EPs for his discography that can be found at http://matthewcoman.bandcamp.com/. He is an avid music nerd, loves vinyl records and is … Continue reading

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Guest 250 Word Album Review: Terminal Union – Making Arrangements

Guest review by Dylan Michael Bentley The brainchild of two gifted songwriters, this Cincinnatian 4-piece Americana outfit’s debut full-length doesn’t break new ground, but refreshingly cultivates and effectively draws from well-worn genre roots. Ian Mathieu and David Faul split writing … Continue reading

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Guest Column: Record Store Day Is Every Day For Me

By Danny R. Phillips For the neo-hippie contingent, April 20th is a borderline religious holiday; for someone like me however, 4/20 this year held a much more important distinction then being a day of getting high and killing a bag or … Continue reading

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Guest Column: Matthew Coman: Top Six Live Albums

Clint Wiederholt and Danny R. Phillips wrote columns about their six favorite live albums. Some of the albums on those lists hit the nail right on the head, but just as Mr. Wiederholt said, every list is different. That is … Continue reading

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Guest Column: Danny R. Phillips: Top Six Live Albums

Guest column by Danny R. Phillips It has been my experience as a music junkie that when I asked people “What would be your favorite live albums?”  I, more often than not, get one of the two following answers:  Frampton … Continue reading

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