Bill Bentley
- Jul 19, 2018
- 11 min
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, 2018
- 9 min
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, 2018
- 2 min
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, 2018
- 10 min
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, 2018
- 10 min
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, 2018
- 10 min
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, 2018
- 10 min
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, 2018
- 9 min
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, 2018
- 2 min
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, 2017
- 9 min
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, 2017
- 9 min
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, 2017
- 12 min
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, 2017
- 8 min
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...