Bentley’s Bandstand: December 2024 By Bill Bentley Tommy Castro and the Painkillers, CLOSER TO THE BONE. Blues today comes in all shapes and sizes, attitudes and colors. It’s hard to keep track of the last 60 years of the blues journey. What was once a sound that lived mostly in the ghettos and didn’t escape […]
Music Reviews: Elvis Costello ‘King of America & Other Realms,’ plus more new releases Less than two years after the release of the excellent four-CD The Songs of Bacharach & Costello, Elvis Costello has unveiled another major box set. Called King of America & Other Realms, it features 97 tracks on six CDs. (Casual fans […]
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Uncle Walt’s Band – Thought You’d Never Ask – The Complete 1975 Armadillo Records Recordings This band was where the late singer-songwriter Walter Hyatt started his career. Sometimes the place where many artists begin is not something they want to remind anyone about. However, music from South Carolina’s Uncle Walt’s Band was always smart, well-played […]
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