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Author: Bill Bentley

Bentley's Bandstand: April 2023

Bentley’s Bandstand: April 2023

April 28, 2023May 5, 2023Bill Bentley1

Bentley’s Bandstand: April 2023 By Bill Bentley Walter Bishop Jr., Bish at the Bank: Live in Baltimore. Pianist Walter Bishop Jr. was one of the all-time finest pianists in jazz, even though he doesn’t have as well-known a reputation as many other players. That might be because Bishop often pursued teaching positions in colleges, or […]

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Bentley's Bandstand: March 2023

Bentley’s Bandstand: March 2023

March 15, 2023March 15, 2023Bill Bentley0

BENTLEY’S BANDSTAND: MARCH 2023 By Bill Bentley Barbara Blue, From the Shoals. By this time, it’s common knowledge that the recording scene in Muscle Shoals, Alabama is sacred ground for soul music. Going back to the early 1960s when soulster Arthur Alexander started pumping out hits from the Shoals, the small town has been a […]

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Bentley's Bandstand February 2023

Bentley’s Bandstand: February 2023

February 21, 2023February 21, 2023Bill Bentley0

Bentley’s Bandstand: February 2023 By Bill Bentley The Animals, Retrospective. Of all the British Invasion bands of the 1960s, the Animals might just be the one who didn’t really receive the raving credit they deserve. Because their early songs had such an overwhelming blues base, it was like the Newcastle aggregation wasn’t in the same […]

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Bentley's Bandstand: January 2023

Bentley’s Bandstand: January 2023

January 17, 2023January 17, 2023Bill Bentley0

Bentley’s Bandstand: January 2023 By Bill Bentley The Bad Ends, The Power and the Glory. What’s better than a surprise? When The Bad Ends album was released and holding down the drum spot was R.E.M.’s Bill Berry, it was like a circle had been completed. Berry had supplied so much of the power and finesse […]

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Bandstand: December 2022 (Part 2)

Bentley’s Bandstand: December 2022 (Part 2)

December 31, 2022December 31, 2022Bill Bentley0

Bentley’s Bandstand: December 2022 (Part 2)By Bill Bentley Gail Ceasar, Guitar Woman Blues. There might not be many female blues singers out of Pittsville, Virgina, but it’s a surety there won’t be another better than Gail Ceasar. Born in 1984 and taught to play by her uncle Pete Witcher, there is something so sweet and […]

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Bentley's Bandstand: Favorite Albums 2022

Bentley’s Bandstand: Favorite Albums 2022

December 15, 2022December 17, 2022Bill Bentley0

Bentley’s Bandstand: Favorite Albums 2022By Bill Bentley Nicki Bluhm, Avondale Drive. This is a singer who has been making headway surely over the last decade, in bands with other artists and then fronting Nicki Bluhm and the Gramblers. Now that she has gone on her own and then moved to Nashville from San Francisco it […]

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Bentley's Bandstand: December 2022 (Part I)

Bentley’s Bandstand: December 2022 (Part I)

December 3, 2022December 9, 2022Bill Bentley0

Bentley’s Bandstand: December 2022 (Part I) By Bill Bentley Johnny Adams, Only Want To Be With You. It is no accident that in his hometown of New Orleans soul singer extraordinaire Johnny Adams was lovingly called the Tan Canary. He enthused such a reverence from his many fans there that they could hardly contain themselves. […]

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Bentley's Bandstand: November 2022

Bentley’s Bandstand: November 2022

November 6, 2022November 7, 2022Bill Bentley0

Bentley’s Bandstand: November 2022By Bill Bentley Art of Time Ensemble, Songs of Leonard Cohen Live. An artist like Leonard Cohen is like a walking advertisement for tribute albums. The Canadian wrote so many undeniable songs of greatness there’s a chance that the tributes will go on for decades. The Art of Time Ensemble is a […]

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Bentley's Bandstand: October 2022

Bentley’s Bandstand: October 2022

October 4, 2022October 5, 2022Bill Bentley2

Bentley’s Bandstand: October 2022 By Bill Bentley Rory Block, Ain’t Nobody Worried. It’s become obvious that during the pandemic years a lot of musicians had a chance to slow down and figure out what it really is that makes their mojo work. For blues woman Rory Block, it’s the great songs of the ages, and […]

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Bentley's Bandstand: September 2022

Bentley’s Bandstand: September 2022

August 31, 2022September 2, 2022Bill Bentley2

Bentley’s Bandstand: September 2022By Bill Bentley Dave Alvin, New Highway: Selected Lyrics, Poems, Prose, Essays, Eulogies and Blues. At this point in his long and rollercoaster ride of a career, there’s not much that Downey, California’s favorite son hasn’t done. From a blues-soaked early education in Los Angeles clubs, forming the Blasters in the late […]

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