Articles by Kevin Johnson - Page 264

R+R=NOW has followed up their 2018 debut, “Collagically Speaking”, with a new live album that captures the group’s wealth of talent during a show at The Blue Note that same year.

Anthony Wellington is offering another astounding educational opportunity this month you won’t want to miss. “Noteworthy” is a virtual clinic that will teach you all the notes of the bass with multiple, structured ways of practicing and studying.

Electro-Harmonix has announced the Ripped Speaker, a fuzz pedal that pays homage to the very beginnings of distorted bass sounds. The first sound of a distorted stringed instrument was a gnarly Bass VI tone on “Don’t Worry” by Marty Robbins.

Death From Above 1979 just announced they have a new album called “Is For Lovers” dropping on March 26th, and they did it by releasing a killer track. The duo of Sebastien Grainger and Jesse F. Keeler are on top of their game.

Progressive rock fans have another incredible band to check out called Arc of Life. The five-piece band features three current members of Yes – Jon Davison, Billy Sherwood, and Jay Schellen – as well as Jimmy Haun and Dave Kerzner.

The prog supergroup Transatlantic has released an epic new album called “The Absolute Universe”. In true prog fashion, the quartet of Neal Morse, Mike Portnoy, Roine Stolt, and Pete Trewavas actually released two versions of it.

Red Panda has updated their Bitmap pedal with version two for 2021. The bitcrusher features fractional bit reduction and sample rate modulation to create lo-fi sounds, and the updated edition adds several features.

Ever since Pino Palladino and Blake Mills announced their collaborative album, we’ve been dying to hear more. Now the duo has unveiled a live performance video for “Man From Molse” featuring the bassist on his iconic fretless Music Man StingRay.

For their tenth studio album, the Foo Fighters have proven they’re not content to rest on their laurels. “Medicine at Midnight” is the most musically diverse in their catalog with a wide range of sounds.

Source Audio is gearing up for the big launch of their Ultrawave Multiband Processor, and to warm things up, they’ll be releasing a limited edition beta unit.

Laszlo Demeter has released his fourth album under his project, Absurdcus. Created with only basses, “Spaces_io (volume 1)” features nine tracks of what the artist calls “basscapology” for its ability to help you escape the confines during lockdown.

Sometimes you look at a bass and can just imagine how it sounds. This one, I think, sounds like chocolate. The Manne Guitars Acoustibass Satin Special 4 is a fretless built with a sycamore body and poplar burl top in a satin finish.