Editor’s Pick: Favorite Albums of 2024 Albums are perennially in style. Yep, we all stream, and yes, playlists and mixtapes are great too, and some of us really get into earworms. But the whole album concept abides, even if it’s sometimes in CD or in streaming form. At times it’s hard to find the time […]
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: November 2024 By Bill Bentley Jeremie Albino, OUR TIME IN THE SUN. Sometimes there is a musician who walks into the front of the crowds and makes their presence well-known on the first verse of the opening song on a new album. It’s instantaneous, and can’t be plotted. It’s because the artist has […]
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Joachim Cooder – Dreamer’s Motel Joachim Cooder has a new album of 7 songs, Dreamer’s Motel, which was produced by Joachim and Martin Pradler; engineered and mixed by Martin Pradler; and mastered by Richard Dodd. Ry plays guitar on a number of the songs, which bring together unique instrumental couplings, like banjo with mbira, or […]
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Joachim Cooder photo by Abby Ross Joachim Cooder Dreamer’s Motel Has a Story In Every Room Joachim Cooder will be releasing an album of original songs titled Dreamer’s Motel on November 1st, 2024, and embarking on a UK tour. It follows his album, Over That Road I’m Bound, a reimagining of songs by Uncle Dave […]
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