Archive for 2022 - Page 60

Last year, it was announced that Thundercat would be touring this summer in support of the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Now the bass phenom has unveiled a set of headlining concerts alongside the stadium tour.

Source Audio has rolled out another pedal with the Atlas Compressor, a flexible circuit that utilizes their Neuro Desktop Editor and mobile app to offer an array of compression designs.

This is a longer video than normal, but it is worth it. Avishai Cohen performed at the Maillon theatre in Strasbourg with drummer Roni Kaspi and pianist Elchin Shirinov. The trio performed music from their upcoming album, “Shifting Sands”.

A new mobile app called GuitarApp has recently launched, and it’s not just for guitarists. The handy tool combines curated YouTube playlists and lessons as well as a tuner, chord charts, a metronome, and a drum machine into one application.

The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame has revealed its 2022 class of inductees, which spans several genres but all influence rock and roll. This year’s inductees add two more bassists to the list: Duran Duran’s John Taylor and Judas Priest’s Ian Hill.

Alex Weber is a beast on the bass, and here’s some more proof. Earlier this year he filled in on bass for Obscura’s U.S. tour. Here he shares a video of the song “Septuagint” from their February performance at Baltimore Soundstage.

D-Generation and Danzig bassist Howie Pyro, aka Howard Kusten, has died following complications from COVID-19. He was 61 years old. The news was shared by his bandmate Jesse Malin on Instagram.

Grez Guitars has unveiled a new bass model called the Mendocino Short Scale Bass. The instrument is a compact, lightweight semi-hollowbody design that takes its cues from a vintage four-string.

Time for another killer video by Fernando Rosa. This one features Fernando at The Jazz Cafe London getting down on some great James Brown tunes.

This year will be the last time to get “tin roof rusted” as The B-52s have announced a tour billed as their “final tour ever of planet Earth.” The band, with Tracy Wormworth, will say goodbye over 15 tour dates this fall.

This year, Pete Trewavas celebrates his 40th anniversary as the bass player for famed prog-rock Gods, Marillion. He’s our guest for the 89th episode of Groove.

I love collaboration videos! In this one, Arnel Pineda, Joel Hoekstra, Billy Sheehan, Van Romaine, Ollie Marland, and Lenny Castro perform their unique cover of Steve Miller Band’s “Abracadabra”.