Road Trip Earworms 2024 – Editor’s Pick for Favorite Songs There’s nothing like an earworm, sounding so good no matter how many times you play it. I’ve been an earworm listener since I was a kid – hitting repeat to keep that feeling going for hours. There were a lot of them this year. I […]
Favorite Albums 2024 (Second Half)by Bill Bentley Jeremie Albino, Our Time in the Sun. When a musician comes along that does not create songs just for songs’ sake, but genuinely feels like their music on this earth is to be taken seriously, that’s when the magic begins. These people keep rock & roll real, and […]
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Bentley’s Bandstand: September 2024 By Bill Bentley Milo Binder, The Unspeakable. Milo Binder, surely a spin-off of Joseph Heller’s CATCH-22 character Milo Minderbinder, is one of the great American solo artists of the past half-century. Binder’s most recent album was 33 years ago, and this follow-up is more than worth the wait. It is such […]
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Amy Helm – Silver City Amy Helm is the immensely talented daughter of Levon Helm, drummer and co-lead singer for The Band. With that kind of background and a life infused with music, including years of playing and touring with Levon Helm, she has developed some serious chops. That talent is displayed front and center […]
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Downstate August 2024 — Americana Music Playlist on Apple Music This is a nice list, with frequent and fresh quality updates. Please follow and heart Americana Highways’ Apple Music playlist, “Downstate,” curated by Rodney Metoyer, which has just been newly updated! Find new quality music that maybe you haven’t heard of, or hadn’t realized they had […]
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