Bill Bentley
Jul 19, 201811 min read
Bentley's Bandstand / July 2018
Joseph Arthur & Peter Buck, Arthur Buck. Rock and roll needs rebels like Saturn needs rings. It's how things are supposed to be, even...
Bill Bentley
Jun 26, 20189 min read
Bentley's Bandstand / June 2018
Dave Alvin and Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Downey to Lubbock. Album of the year? Could very well be, because for those who love true blue...
Bill Bentley
May 30, 20182 min read
Bentley's Bandstand / More Haiku Reviews
With so many reissues falling from the sky, it's time to throw a batch together and try the haiku review spin on them. Whoever said...
Bill Bentley
May 9, 201810 min read
Bentley's Bandstand / May 2018
Ry Cooder, The Prodigal Son. When Ry Cooder decides to rear back and hit one completely out of the park, it is always a sight to hear....
Bill Bentley
Apr 9, 201810 min read
Bentley's Bandstand / April 2018
Marcia Ball, Shine Bright. This woman must have a fountain of youth flowing through her backyard, because after a half-century of ripping...
Bill Bentley
Mar 20, 201810 min read
Bentley's Bandstand / March 2018
David Byrne, American Utopia. In rock & roll, David Byrne has long been the King of Quirk. That's a high compliment, too. Over 40 years...
Bill Bentley
Feb 18, 201810 min read
Bentley's Bandstand / February 2018
Bing & Ruth, No Home of the Mind. As those moments arrive when the only sure-thing bet for a psychic lift is music that turns sound into...
Bill Bentley
Jan 15, 20189 min read
Bentley's Bandstand / January 2018
Ella Fitzgerald, Ella at Zardi's. As part of the centennial celebrating Ella Fitzgerald's birth, the lady's record label went all out...
Bill Bentley
Jan 3, 20182 min read
The Haiku Reviews / Bentley's Bandstand
The end of the year seems like a good time to collect some of the righteous reissues that have come out in the past 12 months and help...
Bill Bentley
Dec 21, 20179 min read
Bentley's Bandstand / Best Albums of 2017 (Second Half)
For whatever reason, 2017 has flown by in a blurry flurry. Likely the news oozing out of D.C. daily lends to that hyperdrive, or maybe...
Bill Bentley
Dec 13, 20179 min read
Bentley's Bandstand / December 2017
Peter Bernstein, Signs LIVE! At the end of a long and discombobulating year, what could be better than a sheer blowing session by what is...
Bill Bentley
Nov 18, 201712 min read
Bentley's Bandstand / November 2017
Blind Boys of Alabama, Almost Home.When it’s time to turn toward the spirit world and work your way home, take the hands of the Blind...
Bill Bentley
Oct 10, 20178 min read
Bentley's Bandstand / October 2017
Amadou & Mariam, La Confusion.When it comes to modern African music, there is no greater joy expressed than by this married couple from...