Bill Bentley
Aug 6, 202011 min read
Bentley's Bandstand / August 2020
Dedicated Men of Zion Can’t Turn Me Around When gospel music comes rolling out of the ozone and takes over, it always feels like a bigger...
James BigBoy Medlin
Aug 3, 20204 min read
WHY NOT? / Movie and a Pizza
I think the last movie I saw in a theater was ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD. Loved it. Since then, thousands of people have asked me...
Bill Bentley
Jul 13, 202011 min read
Bentley's Bandstand / July 2020
Bob Dylan Rough and Rowdy Ways “Today tomorrow and yesterday too / the flowers are dying like all things do…” Bob Dylan has done hoodooed...
Bill Bentley
Jul 9, 202013 min read
Bentley's Bandstand / June 2020
Marshall Chapman Songs I Can’t Live Without When it’s time to throw some black cat bones and light the voodoo candles. this new Marshall...
Bill Bentley
May 11, 202010 min read
Bentley's Bandstand / May 2020
Joe Ely Love in the Midst of Mayhem Is it possible after 50 years to make the very best album of a long and illustrious career? If you’re...
Bill Bentley
Apr 18, 202010 min read
Bentley's Bandstand / April 2020
Leeann Atherton Fallen Angel Once every few years a song appears that sounds like it’s always been here, something that has to be heard...
Bill Bentley
Mar 19, 20209 min read
Bentley's Bandstand / March 2020
Michael Doucet Lacher Prise Beausoleil’s Michael Doucet is surely one of the high priests of Cajun music, and has been for a very long...
Bill Bentley
Mar 2, 202011 min read
Bentley's Bandstand / February 2020
Terry Allen and the Panhandle Mystery Band Just Like Moby Dick If there is a renaissance person alive in the world today, better make it...
Bill Bentley
Feb 6, 20209 min read
Bentley's Bandstand / January, 2020
While 2020 hasn’t really turned on the musical heat yet, have no fear because there is a handful of releases from the latter months of...
Bill Bentley
Jan 21, 202010 min read
Bentley's Bandstand / Best of 2019
So many new albums released in 2019 undoubtedly prove that music is not only alive and well, but continues to make the world twirl ’round...
Bill Bentley
Dec 17, 201910 min read
Bentley's Bandstand / December 2019
Marc Broussard A Lullaby Collection SOS III For all-time soul singers who are always exploring new areas looking for songs, Marc...
Bill Bentley
Nov 19, 201913 min read
Bentley's Bandstand / November 2019
Joseph Arthur Come Back World. If there is a present day hidden missile waiting in the rock ranks ready to explode, look to Joseph...
Bill Bentley
Oct 8, 201912 min read
Bentley's Bandstand / October 2019
Pieta Brown Freeway There aren’t any other singers like Pieta Brown. She has a sensuous way of blending the sound of air with music notes...