Archive for 2022 - Page 2

Weezer’s four-part album project “SZNZ” has come to a close with its final installment, “SZNZ: Winter.” When vocalist Rivers Cuomo spoke on the EPs last year, he described “Winter” as featuring “lots of loss and despair and kind of quiet.”

Meet Wayne Myers, who picked up the bass in 1985 and never looked back. We love his answer to the “superpower” question. Wayne is this week’s No Treble reader in the spotlight. Here’s his story...

Over the course of 2022, we covered nearly 50 new pedals and effects. Here are the top 10 No Treble reader favorites for the year.

Lake Street Dive dropped another video from their “Live from The Sultan Room,” and this one grooves. The band covers Bonnie Raitt’s “Nick of Time,” with Bridget Kearney’s great tone laying down the foundation.

Jazz bass icon Buster Williams celebrated his 80th birthday in April, and over his eight decades he’s continually grown. In fact, he’s still growing, which is part of the meaning behind his newly announced album, “Unalome.”

For over ten years, Kevin Johnson has been publishing his Bass of the Week series. His goal since the beginning was to feature “low-end instruments ranging from beautiful to bizarre.” Here are the top 10 reader-favorites for 2022.

Zycopolis TV dropped another gem of a video a couple of days ago from Jazz à Vienne 1991. Here’s John McLaughin, Dominique Di Piazza, and Trilok Gurtu performing “One Night Stand.”

Back in September, it was announced that Andrew Altman was leaving Railroad Earth following their annual Horn O’Plenty concerts in November. Now the band has unveiled their new member to be bassist Dave Speranza.

Zander Zon took “Carol of the Bells” and arranged it for a stunning bass arrangement for the holidays. Merry Christmas!

Fender Japan has unveiled the Elemental Series, calling it a line that considers the demands of modern players to balance specs and pricing. It includes one bass, the Elemental Jazz Bass.

Liam Galiano put together six holiday videos, and he named the series “Merry Bass-mas.” Here’s one of our favorites, with Liam performing a solo bass arrangement of “O Tannenbaum.”

In 2022, we featured over 130 new albums featuring bassists from all over the world. At the end of each year, we tally the stats. Here are the top 10 reader-favorite albums this year.