Bentley issues surprise bluegrass EP
Tuesday, July 13, 2021 – Dierks Bentley is out with a surprise five-song EP today, "Live From Telluride," from his headlining set last month at the 48th Annual Telluride Bluegrass Festival in Colorado.
Bentley is no newcomer to bluegrass, having released a bluegrass album, "Up on the Ridge," in 2010. That was his fifth studio album.
For the EP, Bentley invited his friends The War and Treaty, Larkin Poe and Sam Bush to join-in on a few of his hits along with a Pinky Floyd and U2 cover.
The track list is:
1. "Woman, Amen" - Live - Dierks Bentley feat. The War and Treaty
2. "Travelin' Light" - Live - Dierks Bentley feat. Larkin Poe
3. "Bad Angel" - Live - Dierks Bentley feat. The War and Treaty
4. "Wish You Were Here" by Pink Floyd - Live - Dierks Bentley
5. "Pride (In The Name Of Love)"by U2 - Live - Dierks Bentley feat. The War and Treaty; Mandolin: Sam Bush
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- 04/04/22: Bentley announces Seven Peaks Music Festival is back
- 03/21/22: Beers on Bentley this summer
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- 07/29/21: Bentley plies "Beers on Me"
CD reviews for Dierks Bentley
Dierks Bentley seems intent on expanding his musical boundaries, but he may have overreached too much in eschewing where he came from.
That most evident by the dominating textured beats. Producer Ross Copperman and Bentley seem hell bent on injecting odd meters and sounds, sharp detours from past efforts. Unfortunately, the atmospheric beats muddy up the vocal delivery on "Freedom," a song that stretches far too long at almost four minutes. Bentley also channels U2 with its ...
Change was in store for Dierks Bentley when it came to recording his seventh album, "Riser." On the personal front, he lost his father and added to his family, clearly affecting the subject matter of his latest. On the musical front, he traded long-time producer Brett Beavers, producer of every disc except "Up on the Ridge," for Ross Copperman, who has enjoyed more success as a writer, including several previous tracks for Bentley.
Bentley embraces current trends in country ...
Dierks Bentley takes a left, turn, sort of, on his fifth studio disc. Bentley has built a solid reputation as a country artist with a slew of hits and catchy songs with edge. But here, Bentley goes bluegrass or at least 12 songs steeped in that sound. This is nothing new for Bentley, who previously has recorded bluegrass songs.
Much to his credit, Bentley does not come off as a dilettante, but, instead, someone who feels comfortable with the music from the lead-off title track to the closing sad ...
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