Bill Bentley
- Sep 4, 2019
- 10 min
Bentley's Bandstand / September 2019
Shane Alexander A Life Like Ours Is it possible to find an album that feels so right, so true, so, well, spiritual, that it feels like...
Bill Bentley
- Jul 30, 2019
- 10 min
Bentley's Bandstand / July 2019
Dave Alvin King of California Downeyite Dave Alvin would be the first call if California names a new State Musician, but that would...
Bill Bentley
- May 15, 2019
- 11 min
Bentley's Bandstand / May 2019
Greg Antista and the Lonely Streets Shake, Stomp, and Stumble Down Orange County, California way, punk music has always held a special...
Bill Bentley
- Apr 11, 2019
- 10 min
Bentley's Bandstand
Luther Dickinson and Sisters of the Strawberry Moon, Solstice. In the land of Mississippi musician Luther Dickinson, there are moons of...
Bill Bentley
- Mar 13, 2019
- 11 min
Bentley's Bandstand / March 2019
Gary Clark Jr., This Land Those moments when a musician explodes into a whole other galaxy are ones to cherish forever. There is usually...
Bill Bentley
- Feb 23, 2019
- 9 min
Bentley's Bandstand / February 2019
Ted Fox with James Otis Smith Showtime at the Apollo: The Epic Tale of Harlem's Legendary Theatre The Apollo Theater on 125th Street in...
John Naughton / theGuardian.com
- Feb 23, 2019
- 3 min
Outside Sources / 'The goal is to automate us': welcome to the age of surveillance capitalis
Shoshana Zuboff’s new book is a chilling exposé of the business model that underpins the digital world. Observer tech columnist John...
Bill Bentley
- Jan 15, 2019
- 10 min
Bentley's Bandstand / January 2019
JD Allen, Love Stone. The tenor saxophone has always sounded like the closest instrument to the human voice. There is something about the...
Bill Bentley
- Jan 7, 2019
- 2 min
Bentley's Bandstand / Haiku Reviews / Best of 2018 (Second Half)
This year once again showed the ultimate test of longevity: great music never stops. It keeps coming like the wind and the waves. So here...
Bill Bentley
- Dec 22, 2018
- 11 min
Bentley's Bandstand / December 2018
The Beatles. Always known as "The White Album," The Beatles 1968 double-disc set stopped a lot of listeners in their tracks when it was...
Bill Bentley
- Dec 18, 2018
- 8 min
Bentley's Bandstand / November 2018
Bottle Rockets, Bit Logic. First thing's first: the song "Maybe Tomorrow" on the new Bottle Rockets album is so good, it's likely their...
Bill Bentley
- Oct 8, 2018
- 10 min
Bentley's Bandstand / October 2018
Sarah Borges & the Broken Singles, Love's Middle Name. The only way to enter the rock & roll fray, no matter what age you start, is to...
Bill Bentley
- Sep 10, 2018
- 9 min
Bentley's Bandstand / September, 2018
The Band, Music from Big Pink: 50th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition. The first spine-tingling notes on this collection feel, 50 years...