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250 Word Local Album Review: Dylan Russell – Keep Me In Mind

Posted on August 6, 2014 by VocalsOnTop

Dylan Russell’s debut album is pure new country. Overflowing with pop hooks and acoustic strums with all the familiar lyrical territory. Russell covers love found, love lost and everything in-between in a variety of ways. The album is built around a … Continue reading →

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250 Word Album Review: Band 13 – Signal Shift

Posted on September 28, 2013 by VocalsOnTop

  Kansas City group Band 13 attacks with a shotgun style approach on Signal Shift. They switch gears often going from hard rock to funky grooves and even take a trip to the farm for a little down home country. … Continue reading →

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250 Word Local Album Review: Missouri Homegrown – You Asked For It…

Posted on September 1, 2013 by VocalsOnTop

Missouri Homegrown blasts out of the gate with their first release as a live album. You Asked For It… was recorded live in from of the band’s most dedicated fans right in their hometown of St. Joseph, Missouri. The punch … Continue reading →

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250 Word Local Album Review: Jerry Forney – Midnight on the Water

Posted on July 6, 2013 by VocalsOnTop

Jerry Forney’s name echoes a lingering respect from all of his solo work and his music with The Forney Brothers and frequenting blues taverns for several years now. It appears Jerry Forney just gets more comfortable with himself and his music … Continue reading →

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250 Word Local Album Review: Andy Grooms Living Room – Grateful To Burn

Posted on June 14, 2013 by VocalsOnTop

Andy Grooms is a past member of the Memphis band Pawtuckets that made some noise around the year 2000. Pawtuckets were an alt-country outfit that had their share of twang but Grooms has shed most of that for his first … Continue reading →

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250 Word Local Album Review: Dsoedean – Continue To Move

Posted on May 18, 2013 by VocalsOnTop

From the opening notes of “Daylight” to the closing sounds of “Continue To Move” Dsoedean’s first full-length album is a carefully planned out group of songs that doesn’t cut corners anywhere. The unique drumming of Bobby Dean Floyd laces the … Continue reading →

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250 Word Local Album Review: Aaron Blumer – Aaron Blumer

Posted on April 14, 2013 by VocalsOnTop

Aaron Blumer embraced the country lifestyle. On his self-titled debut album his song “Livin’ Like A Country Song” pretty much explains it all. The themes heard on the album released in 2012 are nothing out of the ordinary; all the usual suspects are … Continue reading →

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250 Word Local Album Review: Michael Coman – Go!

Posted on April 12, 2013 by VocalsOnTop

Michael Coman has been a St. Joseph mainstay for years now. Putting in countless hours at hole in the wall bars, playing to four people, hearing the echo in the tip bucket is all par for the course. It doesn’t … Continue reading →

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VOT Editorial: Local Album Reviews

Posted on April 11, 2013 by VocalsOnTop

Writing for a website, much like writing a song, doesn’t always end up the way you planned. When Vocals On Top started on April 21, 2011, I didn’t intend on it being exactly what it has become. In most ways … Continue reading →

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