Archive for 2022 - Page 87

Bassist and composer Ilaria Capalbo has released her stunning debut album, “Karthago”, which blends the jazz tradition with contemporary improvisation.

Discover Double Bass is a great resource for all things upright, and now they’ve expanded their offerings with a new Masterclass series. They’ve kicked it off with a three-hour masterclass with Chris Wood.

We can always count on Rosan Asmussen to put together creative videos that also show off her bass chops. In this one, she plays along with drummer Justin Swiney on Earth, Wind & Fire’s “In the Stone” while on her “little escape from the pandemic”.

Swedish melodic death metal band Soilwork has announced that Rasmus Ehrnborn is now their permanent bassist. The role was opened with Markus Wilbom’s departure in 2017, after which Ehrnborn began working with the group.

She’s a punk rock icon, a bass hero, an award-winning sound editor, and now a solo recording artist. But the biggest part of Kira Roessler’s identity comes back to being a bass player. We caught up with Roessler to get the scoop on all that and more, including how the bass is her lens to the world.

YYNOT has been on the road again to kick off 2022, and they have a major new addition to the band. Here they are performing Rush’s “Bastille Day” with new vocalist Patty Pershayla. Tim Starace’s bass is so mighty in the mix!

David Ellefson and The Lucid have unveiled their first live shows. The group’s self-titled debut, which dropped in October, was the bassist’s first new release since his dismissal from Megadeth earlier in 2021.

If there’s one thing we know about Motown, it’s that the grooves are deep and bass legends like James Jamerson and Bob Babbitt have given us some incredible lines to learn from. Ryan Madora runs through “Ball Of Confusion” by The Temptations in this new “Keep It Groovy” bass lesson.

Huw Foster sent us a new video, focusing on the work of Louis Johnson. In this one, he covers five bass lines by Thunder Thumbs (and how to play them).

Warwick’s Rockboard has unveiled a new power supply called the RockBoard Power Block. The compact unit features ten power slots with eight 9-volt connections and two 18-volt connections.

Rodenberg Amplification has unveiled a handy new pedal called the KILLMISTER. Named in homage to bass icon Lemmy, the device is an automatic kill switch that lets you cut your signal with eight settings.

John McLaughlin celebrated his 80th birthday earlier this month. Victor Wooten shared this video on Facebook around that time of McLaughlin, Wooten, and Chick Corea performing Mahavishnu Orchestra’s “You Know, You Know”.