Archive for February 2020 - Page 5

Though it’s been performed several times, Christian McBride’s magnum opus “The Movement Revisited: A Musical Portrait of Four Icons” is now available for the entire world to hear.

Ever since initial reunion shows were revealed, the Rage Against the Machine 2020 tour seemed to just a trickle of shows relegated to the Southwest. Now the politically charged quartet has unveiled a 40-date world tour.

Miki Santamaria just shared this video from a 2015 recording session for Drew De Four’s Decade album. The tune is fantastic, the band is fantastic, and it is all made even better with an epic solo by Miki.

Supersuckers have released their 13th studio album, called “Play That Rock n’ Roll.” The band, led by bassist/vocalist Eddie Spaghetti, plays it true to the album’s title with twelve tracks of pure rock.

Jorma Kaukonen and Jack Casady are keeping the party going as they’re continuing the Hot Tuna 50th Anniversary tour into 2020. The band has announced a round of winter dates.

Reverend Guitars and Mike Watt have teamed up to refine the bassist’s signature bass, dubbed the Wattplower. The new Wattplower Mark II features many of the original’s design concepts while adding a new pickup configuration.

Relix just published this video from a 2006 show at The Jammys, and it is our kind of video. In this clip, Les Claypool, Mike Gordon, and Phil Lesh team up for this performance of “D’s Diner.”

Green Day has released “Father of All…,” which marks the band’s thirteenth studio album. Bassist Mike Dirnt says the album is musically closer to the band’s earlier albums like “Insomniac” and “Dookie” with “epic crowd chorus chant moments.”

Phil Jones Bass has announced the BG-110, aka the Bass Cub II, which builds upon their Bass Cub comb amp. Rated at 110 watts, the combo amp is fitted with two of the company’s five-inch drivers in a “‘shoebox’ size package.”

This morning I awoke to the news that Lyle Mays has passed. Here’s a clip from a 1991 concert featuring Lyle and the Pat Metheny Group performing “Last Train Home.” The lineup includes Steve Rodby on bass.

Get ready to add another bass autobiography to your collection. Kathy Valentine of The Go-Go’s has a new memoir coming out in April called “All I Ever Wanted” that documents her life in and out of the band.

This week we’re checking out the Phantom BF5 by Geist Custom Instruments. Luthier Tim Gospodinov shared that he “enjoys experimenting with tonal characteristics of different shapes and materials...”