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Groove – Episode #102: Avishai Cohen
Groove Podcast

Groove – Episode #102: Avishai Cohen

Episode #102 of Groove is here. This month, we’re thrilled to share this conversation with the great Avishai Cohen.

Motörhead: I Got Mine, Live 2007
Bass Videos

Motörhead: I Got Mine, Live 2007

Lemmy Kilmister has been gone for nearly eight years, but luckily he left us plenty of music to remember him by. From Motörhead’s upcoming release from the 2007 Montreux Jazz Festival, here’s a video of their performance of “I Got Mine.”

Bruno Råberg Releases Solo Bass Album, “Look Inside”
New Albums

Bruno Råberg Releases Solo Bass Album, “Look Inside”

Virtuoso bassist Bruno Råberg has played with some of the world’s greatest jazz artists over his fifty-year career Now he’s stepped out on his own with his first solo bass album, “Look Inside.”

Royal Blood Announces North American Fall Tour
Concerts & Tours

Royal Blood Announces North American Fall Tour

Royal Blood has announced they’ll return to North America for a fall tour. The English rock duo of drummer Ben Thatcher and bassist/vocalist Mike Kerr will split the run into two legs.

Charles Berthoud: Slap Bass vs. Slap Guitar
Bass Videos

Charles Berthoud: Slap Bass vs. Slap Guitar

Charles Berthoud takes things to a different level in this new video. Watch him take a double-neck basstar and put together something excellent.

Doug Wimbish Anchors Dave Koltai Debut Album, “Daughter of Mercury”
New Albums

Doug Wimbish Anchors Dave Koltai Debut Album, “Daughter of Mercury”

You may recognize Dave Koltai as the sound designer for Supro and Pigtronix, but he’s also a fantastic musician. Koltai just released his solo debut album, “Daughter of Mercury,” and enlisted Living Colour’s rhythm section of Will Calhoun and Doug Wimbish.

Death By Audio Introduces the Disturbance Filter, Flanger, and Phaser Pedal
Pedals & Effects

Death By Audio Introduces the Disturbance Filter, Flanger, and Phaser Pedal

Death By Audio has unveiled a new pedal called the Disturbance that combines an “extreme filter, flanger, and fazer” into one unit.

Scott Fisher: Once in a While (with Tim Lefebvre)
Bass Videos

Scott Fisher: Once in a While (with Tim Lefebvre)

The always versatile Tim Lefebvre recorded with Scott Fisher at Sonic Ranch recently, and they’ve just released an official video for one of the tracks.

Napalm Death’s Shane Embury Announces Autobiography
News

Napalm Death’s Shane Embury Announces Autobiography

Napalm Death bassist Shane Embury revealed he has a new autobiography coming this fall. “Life?… & Napalm Death” covers his life and his 36 years in the iconic grindcore band, which influenced the shape of extreme metal.

Bass of the Week: Gaetano Costanzo “Left Hand” Lolly
Bass of the Week

Bass of the Week: Gaetano Costanzo “Left Hand” Lolly

This week we’re checking out a cool Lolly bass built by Gaetano Costanzo. We’ve featured one of his works before with some amazing woodworking, and this one is no different.

Jermaine Morgan: Are You Making It Complicated?
Bass Videos

Jermaine Morgan: Are You Making It Complicated?

When Jermaine Morgan has something to say about bass, I like to listen. From his #groovesandmotivation series, here’s a new video on the problem of making things complicated (and how to avoid it).

Reader Spotlight: Chris Semal
Reader Spotlight

Reader Spotlight: Chris Semal

Meet Chris Semal, a long-time bassist (and more). One of Chris’s superpower moments was jamming with Mick Taylor of the Rolling Stones.