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The majority of the classic Santana III lineup of guitarist Carlos Santana’s eponymous band, Santana, has reunited to record together for the first time in 45 years on Santana IV. Sadly, the new record could not include Santana III bassist David Brown, who died in 2000. Instead, current Santana bassist Benny Rietveld (Sheila E., Miles Davis) holds down the low...

Alberto Rigoni’s new album, which mixes funky, electro, ambient, rock, pop and experimental vibes, is all about the bass – it’s even called Bassorama. Italian bassist Rigoni (TwinSpirits, Kim Bingham, The Italians, and his own solo work) pulled together an extraordinary assortment of bassists for the album, including Doug Wimbish of Living Colour, Divinity Roxx, Stuart Hamm, Steve Lawson, Nik...

Alternative metal band Deftones has released its eighth album, Gore. The record – the band’s first in four years – is the third to feature the work of bassist Sergio Vega (Quicksand). Vega tells Rolling Stone in a recent interview that any reports of tension in the band, or of a battle between melody and metal, are untrue. He also...

Prolific bassist Brad Russell (Pat Travers, Ric Derringer, Peter Cetera) has released a new EP, Daily Shred. The six-track, 20-minute instrumental EP also features drummers Gregg Bissonette and Jason Furman and includes a take on the pop classic, “Wichita Lineman,” made famous by Glen Campbell. Daily Shred is available as a digital download ( and ). Listen to how he...

The inimitable Juan Nelson is back on record with Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals on the band’s first album in nine years, Call It What It Is. The band, which reunited to tour in 2015, recorded the album in a number of sessions over the course of a year. The resulting record covers subject matter ranging from aging to...

A live recording featuring late Cream producer and Mountain bassist/producer Felix Pappalardi during his stint with the Japanese band Creation is available as Travelling in the Dark: Live… Denver, ’76. The recording was made at Denver’s Ebbets Field club on July 30, 1976, and broadcast on KCUV-FM. Even though the set featured his work with Creation, it also includes a...

Cheap Trick, best known to many for 1970s hits like “I Want You to Want Me” and “Surrender,” and soon to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, has released Bang, Zoom, Crazy… Hello. Julian Raymond, known for his work with Glen Campbell and Fastball, produced the record, which is the band’s 17th studio album. Bassist Tom...

Weezer’s latest album is a self-titled affair, to be known as the White Album. The band’s 1994 self-titled studio debut is known as the Blue Album, and then there’s the self-titled 2001 record known as the Green Album, and 2008’s self-titled Red Album. The White Album’s producer, Jake Sinclair, who once even played in a Weezer tribute band, wanted to...

What was once an Allman Brothers Band bootleg is now a more official release, called Live From A&R Studios. While the August 26, 1971 live, in-studio performance broadcast on New York’s WPLJ radio has long circulated as a bootleg, the new release’s sound quality sets it apart, having been remixed from the original multi-track studio recording. The record also features...

Prolific bassist Anthony Jackson, particularly well known for his contrabass playing, has again collaborated with Japanese pianist/composer Hiromi and drummer Simon Phillips on Hiromi’s 10th album, Spark. The trio has played and recorded together for five years, with Spark being its fourth album. The collaboration may last for awhile, according to Jackson (Paul Simon, Steely Dan, Chick Corea, The O’Jays)....

Sometimes, those long-lost albums are actually released. Case in point: Mike & The Melvins’ Three Men and a Baby. The album, from bassist/vocalist Mike Kunka (godheadSilo, Enemymine) and The Melvins, who toured together in 1998 and decided to record an album together in 1999. A great number of things – everything from whooping cough to gear theft to surgery, according...

Jazz bassist/composer Yiorgos Kostopoulos has released his debut solo album, Last Trip to the Moon. Born and raised in Greece, Kostopoulos studied music in his homeland and in New York City, where he now lives. Last Trip to the Moon features seven original compositions. While Kostopoulos composed the initial versions of many songs prior to moving to New York in...