"Vance's starkly arranged compositions draw the curious ever closer.... and his slide guitar playing is innovative...." Tom Hyslop, Blues Revue

"It’s the kind of music perfect for nursing a drink and imagining life on a high desert plain." Stan Hall, The Oregonian

"...the Portland-based lap-slide guitarist and his Powerhouse Trio are dishing some old fiddle and fleet-fingered precision country blues.... Watch these fellas play fast and furious rowdy roadhouse blues." Jennifer Gelband, Boise Weekly

"...Vance pays homage to the likes of Hank Williams and Robert Johnson, creating some memorably lovesick blues of his own." Katie Millbauer, Seattle Weekly

"...another of Portland’s rising musicians raising eyebrows all over the country." Boise Weekly

"...deeply soulful, richly versatile and occasionally transcendent." S.P. Clarke, Two Louies Magazine (Portland, Oregon’s longest running music magazine)

"Channeling the passion of the greatest soul singers through his blues-y voice, accompanied by the raw, mean slide guitar her plays, Vance delivers a monster blues song...." Alex Steininger, President In Music We Trust Records, Editor-in-chief www.inmusicwetrust.com

"The sky is the limit for this talented young singer/guitarist. As fast he is growing these days, he is sure to become a musical giant very soon." S.P. Clarke, Two Louies Magazine

"Vance’s music sounds as intimate as a street-light serenade from a new lover." The Daily Astorian

"... one of the stealth powers of the local acoustic blues scene." Zach Dundas, Music Editor Willamette Week

"Ben Harper, Kelly Joe Phelps, and Otis Redding rolled into one." CD Baby