Articles by Kevin Johnson - Page 113

If you’ve ever played a single gig on the double bass, chances are you’ve been asked, “What do you call that thing?” A new children’s book called “Catalina Plays the What?” helps clear things up for youngsters while inspiring them to love the instrument.

For the first time in 14 years, Jane's Addiction will be hitting the road with their original lineup of Perry Farrell, Dave Navarro, Eric Avery, and Stephen Perkins. The North American run will begin August 9th in Las Vegas, Nevada, and cover most of the U.S. with a single stop in Canada.

Ambiente Solstice has just released “Short Stories,” featuring Sean O’Bryan Smith, Michael Manring, and Vail Johnson, and co-produced by Rich Krainak.

Scott Mulvahill is one of my favorite upright bass players, so when he announced he had a new group called Slap Dragon, I was all in. However, Mulvahill went the opposite direction for the project and picked up a U-Bass to dish out some acoustic funk.

Music history professor and bassist Brian F. Wright has written “The Bastard Instrument: A Cultural History of the Electric Bass,” exploring the importance of the electric bass throughout the years.

Neon River is a new band formed by bassist Matteo Mazzù of The Netherlands, keyboardist Chaerin Im from South Korea, and drummer Pedro Nobre from Portugal. Today, we’re sharing their first video, which is a live session for the song “Pinkamen.”

Paolo Cattaneo (aka CATTANEO) and Andrea Lombardini have been working together since 2016, but for their latest release, they added the magic ingredient we call Tim Lefebvre. “Hypersphere” is an EP from the trio that morphs bass, guitar, and synthesizers.

Dual-bass prog trio The Omnific is releasing a new album, “The Law of Augmenting Returns,” on June 7th. Leading up to the launch, they’ve posted a video for their song “Will-O’-The-Wisp,” which they say proves to be their most progressive song to date.

Violent Femmes will be heading out on the road this fall to perform their first two albums (1983’s ”Violent Femmes” and 1984’s ”Hallowed Ground”) in full.

Vuorensaku brought this bass to the Umeå Guitar Show earlier this month, and I’m fairly certain it could be called a showstopper. The T.Family Jesper Bass is a collaboration with artist Jesper Eriksson, who took their four-string and gave it an amazing aesthetic.

Rush members Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson reunited for a surprise performance on Thursday, May 23rd during a concert celebrating the late Gordon Lightfoot.

Gerald Veasley’s Bass BootCamp is returning for 2024! Registration for the event, which will be held August 9th through the 11th, is now open.