Ariane Cap: Silent Night
Ariane Cap sent me this video this morning for the holidays. Enjoy her beautiful solo bass rendition of her favorite Christmas song, “Silent Night”.
Berklee Bass Department 2021: A Retrospective
This has been a holiday tradition for many years, thanks to our friend Steve Bailey. Check out this year’s video by Steve and the Berklee Bass Department (with Victor Wooten and Bakithi Kumalo) with an impressive performance with some holiday cheer.
Katie Thiroux: Let It Snow
Here’s another video to get you in the holiday spirit, thanks to Katie Thiroux. This song appears on Thiroux’s latest album, “Christmas For One”.
Best of 2021: The Top 10 Albums
In 2021, we featured hundreds of new albums featuring bassists all over the world. This list comprises the top 10 reader favorite records of the year.
Best of 2021: The Top 10 Bass Player Interviews and Podcasts
This is the time of year we love to look back. Continuing our “Best of 2021” lists, here are the top 10 reader favorite interviews and podcasts we published on No Treble in 2021.
Adam Nitti: O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
Adam Nitti just shared a new video for the holiday season, with a stunning bass arrangement of “O Come, O Come, Emmanuel”.
Best of 2021: Top 10 Reader Favorite Bass Amps
We cover a lot of new bass gear each year, including the many new bass amps that hit the market. Here are the top 10 No Treble reader favorite bass amp stories for 2021.
String Theory Project: Linus & Lucy – Revisited
Our good friend Anthony Cook sent us this video by String Theory Project, which offers up a classic holiday tune with a twist. Anthony and guitarist Bruce Rubin made this arrangement of Vince Guaraldi’s “Linus & Lucy” for the band.
Kinga Głyk: This Christmas
‘Tis the season for some great holiday-inspired videos. Here’s a new one from Kinga G?yk, who plays along to Donny Hathaway’s “This Christmas”.
Weekly Top 10: Eva Gardner Interview, Paul McCartney’s Bass Sets Auction Record, New Bass Lessons, Remembering Phil Chen and Leonard Hubbard, and More
Here’s the roundup of the most-read stories on No Treble for the week. This week included two great bass lessons, an interview with Eva Gardner about her latest album, and the sad news of the passing of Phil Chen and Leonard Hubbard, and more.
Hira Manga: Come On, Come Over
We love sharing videos of impressive young bassists who are giving it their all. Hira Manga includes 10-year-old David William on bass, 13-year-old Tessa on vocals, and their father on guitar. Here they are performing “Come On, Come Over”.
Pete O’Neill: The Christmas Song
Pete O’Neill is helping us get in the holiday spirit with this new video he just sent us: a beautiful bass arrangement of “The Christmas Song”. We’re digging the sound of that fretless Whalebass!