Archive for 2024 - Page 52

John Ferrara, a bassist and composer, has made a name for himself with his innovative tapping bass playing style and his work with his world fusion band, Consider the Source. He's our guest for the June episode of Groove.

I discovered this “NEE Jam” video today, and I was blown away. The performance is great, as is the story behind it. In this clip, the band performs a very cool take on The Police’s “Walking on the Moon.”

Back in 2020, Earthquaker Devices and Death By Audio collaborated for a limited edition pedal called the Time Shadows Subharmonic Multi-Delay Resonator. The highly sought-after unit is now back in production with some new features.

In this lesson, we’ll keep it groovy with a classic country bass line. We’re featuring “Jolene” by Dolly Parton and how this relatively easy bass line still requires us to be aware of many musical concepts.

Charles Berthoud grabbed a fretless bass (and acoustic guitar) for this hauntingly beautiful rendition of Simon and Garfunkel’s “Sound of Silence.”

Colin Trusedell has just released “The Places We’re Taken.” The jazz bassist, an active-duty U.S. Air Force musician, says the music is “inspired by the twists that life throws at you as well as musical flavors from different regions of the world.”

Funk goddess Nik West is has added a slew of new dates to her “Catch Me If You Can” tour. After her European leg this summer, she'll be covering the Midwest and West Coast supporting songstress Joss Stone.

Endea Owens throws down some straight fire for her break on “Big Country” with Louis Cato & The Late Show Band with Bela Fleck.

Tom Kennedy has returned with a new solo album called “New Start” featuring nine original compositions. The powerhouse jazz fusion bassist is joined by an equally incredible cast of musicians to flesh out his songs.

This week, we’re checking out the Crayfish bass built by Martin Epding of Inverse Guitars. Epding, who first started experimenting with headless designs in 1982, says his basses offer fresh ideas without sacrificing standard features.

KEXP dropped some great videos by BALTHVS, a band described as “World Psychedelic Funk,” and a band I hadn’t heard of before today. I’m digging their sound, especially in this performance of “Johanna’s Dream.”

Walrus Audio has introduced four new power supplies to their Canvas series. The models are differentiated by the number of outputs (five, eight, fifteen, or twenty-two) that deliver up to 500mA of isolated, clean 9-volt power.