Tag Archives: Jason Isbell

250 word album review: Tyler Childers – Live on Red Barn Radio I & II

Posted on August 28, 2018 by VocalsOnTop

Album reviews are usually just vaulted comparisons and the really good ones avoid that trap. There are good reasons for saying “sounds like…” in a review and no tricks will be pulled here because the best way to represent what … Continue reading →

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Vocals On Top’s Top 10 Albums of 2017

Posted on December 28, 2017 by VocalsOnTop

This list is my favorite part of this website, every year I toil through reviews and my iTunes and record collection to select my very favorite albums of the year and it is always a blast. Eight years running I’ve … Continue reading →

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250 word album review: Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit – The Nashville Sound

Posted on June 21, 2017 by VocalsOnTop

Jason Isbell has watched his career simply skyrocket since that day he split from the Drive-By Truckers. Now he finds himself with more success than that band all together. He is making great sounding records in big studios, is a … Continue reading →

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Best of 2015 by Danny R. Phillips

Posted on January 10, 2016 by VocalsOnTop

Top 10 of the Year (in no particular order) By Danny R. Phillips When compiling my end of the year lists, much thought and stress come into play. The sheer lack of great albums in 2015 is startling. I heard … Continue reading →

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Vocals On Top’s Top 10 albums of 2015

Posted on December 24, 2015 by VocalsOnTop

This is my super bowl. The top 10 albums of the year for me represent a seemingly endless amount of hours sitting and listening to vinyl, my phone at work, on the computer while writing and CDs in my car. … Continue reading →

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Top 5 Albums: Drive-By Truckers

Posted on September 20, 2015 by VocalsOnTop

The Drive-By Truckers have had an interesting career. Patterson Hood and Mike Cooley have been the two-headed monster leading this band the whole time for what it just under two decades now. Behind Hood and Cooley players have come and … Continue reading →

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250 Word Album Review: Jason Isbell – Something More Than Free

Posted on August 1, 2015 by VocalsOnTop

Jason Isbell’s last record “Southeastern” catapulted him into a whole new stratosphere of stardom. He used good songwriting as his main selling point and gladly traded in noisy half full bars for sold out mid sized theaters where the crowd … Continue reading →

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Matthew Coman’s Top 10 albums of 2013

Posted on December 23, 2013 by VocalsOnTop

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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250 Word Album Review: Jason Isbell – Southeastern

Posted on August 1, 2013 by VocalsOnTop

Jason Isbell’s music just keeps moving in a different direction from where it started. The raunchy deep-south story songs of “Decoration Day” and “TVA” are long gone and he has moved into what is really a whole different genre. The … Continue reading →

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Signed! – Jason Isbell Here We Rest cd

Posted on October 29, 2012 by VocalsOnTop
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