Archive for 2022 - Page 79

Aaron Gibson has created a video submission for NPR’s Tiny Desk Contest, and we’re pulling for him. Here he is performing his tune, “Anger”.

Pianist Ethan Iverson has released a new trio album. “Every Note Is True” is his debut on the Blue Note label, and for the occasion, he tapped the masterful rhythm section of Jack DeJohnette and Larry Grenadier.

This week’s top 10 on No Treble includes two bass videos, a new interview with Mike Devol, new tour announcements, albums, and more. Here’s the best of No Treble for the week of February 12-18.

West Coast rap icon Warren G has a new video for his track “Life Is Beautiful,” and all he needed for it was his voice and a bass line. The song, which is a stance against violence in Los Angeles, is anchored by Cornelius “Corney” Mims.

Last year, we got an intimate look at the Beatles with Peter Jackson’s epic documentary, “Get Back”. Now we get another shot to see one of the Fab Four in action with Paul McCartney’s new Got Back U.S. Tour.

Hoshino U.S.A., the U.S.-based distributor of Ibanez Guitars, is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year with the creation of limited collection of “extremely special, hand-crafted, custom instruments.”

Don Marcotte shared a video with a bassist we hadn’t featured before. Don calls Dave Chabot “one of Canada’s gems who epitomizes what a great bassist must do in terms of support of the song”. Here he is doing just that with Jack Semple.

Last year, one of the best metal tours was a co-headlining bill between Opeth and Mastodon. Now the bands have announced a second leg of the tour. It’s a great opportunity to catch two mighty bassists in one night: Martin Mendez and Troy Sanders.

TC Electronic has expanded its line of compact pedals with a brand new direction. The Impulse is their first IR Loader, which is a device that lets you use cab simulators and impulse response files to model your signal’s output after certain sounds.

Vulfpeck shared this video, with this note: “it started as a bad idea… and became less bad… it’s good.” Fearless Flyers with Joe Dart, Cory Wong, and Mark Lettieri on bass along with Nate Smith on drums? Yeah, we’d say that’s better than good.

UK grindcore heroes Napalm Death have returned with an eight-song mini-album called “Resentment is Always Seismic – a final throw of Throes”. Shane Embury’s shredding bass lines continue to be a foundation of the band’s sound.

Although they have traditional bluegrass instrumentation, Greensky Bluegrass is anything but traditional. Since 2004, the pulse of the band has been kept steady by bassist Mike Devol. We caught up with him to get the scoop.