Archive for 2021 - Page 4

Just in time for the holidays, Katie Thiroux has released a new four-song EP called “Christmas For One”. The aptly-titled album is a solo effort to showcase her magnificent bass and vocal work on classic holiday songs.

Here’s the roundup of the most-read stories on No Treble for the week. This week included two great bass lessons, an interview with Eva Gardner about her latest album, and the sad news of the passing of Phil Chen and Leonard Hubbard, and more.

We love sharing videos of impressive young bassists who are giving it their all. Hira Manga includes 10-year-old David William on bass, 13-year-old Tessa on vocals, and their father on guitar. Here they are performing “Come On, Come Over”.

Electro-Harmonix has introduced the Nano Q-Tron, which puts their funky envelope filter into a smaller housing. Made for use with everything from guitar to bass to keys and beyond, the pedal responds to your playing dynamics.

Pete O’Neill is helping us get in the holiday spirit with this new video he just sent us: a beautiful bass arrangement of “The Christmas Song”. We’re digging the sound of that fretless Whalebass!

Rock duo Royal Blood will be coming back to North America for the first time since 2019. The band, featuring a wall of sound created by bassist Mike Kerr, will be touring the U.S. and Canada in support of their latest album, “Typhoons”.

Another master of the bass has left us. Leonard Hubbard, aka Hub, has died from a form of blood cancer called multiple myeloma. He was 62 years old. The Roots made the announcement on their social media.

“River” is one of Joni Mitchell’s most-covered songs and a popular one around the holidays. No Treble reader Franziska Plückhan sent us this video of her beautiful bass and vocals version of the tune.

Primus had to reschedule their Rush Tribute tour three times, but now they’re making up for it. After wrapping up the first leg in October, the band has unveiled a second leg of their “A Tribute to Kings” tour.

Eva Gardner has returned with her second solo EP, entitled “Darkmatter”. Although she’s known for her killer bass playing, the record showcases her songwriting and musical talents. We caught up with Gardner to get the scoop.

I cannot wait to spin the new Scary Goldings album. The band has dropped another video from “IV”, with John Scofield and MonoNeon and the band performing “Meter’s Running”.

Van Eaton Galleries recently completed an auction to benefit Music Rising. The “Guitar Icons” auction raised over $2,000,000 dollars. Nearly a quarter of that figure came from the sale of one bass: Paul McCartney’s Yamaha BB-1200.