Bill Bentley
Dec 29, 201611 min read
Bentley's Bandstand / Best of 2016 (last half)
2016 was rough. Losing friends and artists all through the year just would not stop, and the Presidential election turned the country...
Bill Bentley
Dec 13, 201610 min read
Bentley's Bandstand / December 2016
The Big T.N.T. Show. During the 1960s when rock and roll was just becoming the currency of the realm for youth in America, there was a...
Bill Bentley
Nov 15, 20169 min read
Bentley's Bandstand / November 2016
Blind Boys of Alabama, Atom Bomb. As the new century started almost 17 years ago, one of America’s most venerable gospel groups turned a...
Bill Bentley
Oct 10, 201610 min read
Bentley's Bandstand / October 2016
Daniel Foose, of Waters and Ghosts.Talk about inspired: bassist and composer Daniel Foose grew up in Austin with deep Mississippi roots,...
Bill Bentley
Sep 2, 20162 min read
Bentley's Bandstand / September 2016
Michael Bloomfield: The Rise and Fall of an American Guitar Hero by Ed Ward. There are guitar heroes and then there are guitar heroes....
Bill Bentley
Aug 8, 20169 min read
Bentley's Bandstand / August 2016
Hayes Carll, Lovers and Leavers. It's always a promising sign when the phrase "Produced by Joe Henry" is on an album. It means the music...
Bill Bentley
Jul 1, 20169 min read
Bentley's Bandstand / July 2016
Back with another ten reviews of new releases, it's music industry vet Bill Bentley! This month Bill discusses Joseph Arthur, The...
Bill Bentley
Jun 21, 20169 min read
Bentley's Bandstand / Best of 2016 (so far)
Eric Clapton, I Still Do. It's highly likely that if Eric Clapton was only allowed to play one style of music (as if such a thing were...
Bill Bentley
Jun 12, 201610 min read
Bentley's Bandstand
Charlie Faye & the Fayettes. One of the hardest musical needles to thread is the one that separates past styles from more modern ones. No...