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A new archival release from the Steve Miller Band showcases the band near the peak of their success. “Steve Miller Band Live! Breaking Ground: August 3, 1977” captures the group from the year they went from playing ballrooms to arenas.

Thrash metal legend Frank Bello has announced a new memoir called Fathers, Brothers, And Sons: Surviving Anguish, Abandonment, And Anthrax, which will be published in the fall.

Calling all double bassists around the world! The Bass Coalition has announced their annual summer workshop will be held on June 26th and 27th. This year’s event will be virtual, allowing anyone around the globe to join in on the action.

Duran Duran has announced “Future Past”, which will be the rock band’s first studio album in six years. The new record, which will be released in October, has been in the works for several years.

The Black Crowes will finally be getting to celebrating the 30th anniversary of “Shake Your Money Maker”. The band’s reunion tour will see the return of bassist Sven Pipien, who played with the band from 1997 until their hiatus in 2015.

Phish has rescheduled their 2020 tour to this year. In fact, the jam band heroes will have two outings this year with a summer and fall tour. Mike Gordon and the crew will be spending much of the tour with multi-night stays in cities across the U.S.

Dead & Company has unveiled a 2021 U.S. tour that will span the summer and fall. The Grateful Dead legacy band features bass great Oteil Burbridge. Burbridge is heading out on his own tour as well.

Meatshell is an experimental folk-jazz duo made up of bassist/vocalist Helen Svoboda and tenor saxophonist Andrew Saragossi. The group has just released their second album, entitled “Since Subito”.

A new piece of punk rock history is coming to light as Descendents have announced “9th & Walnut”, an album recorded in 2002 by the band’s founding lineup. That includes bassist Tony Lombardo.

Darryl Anders and AgapeSoul have followed up their recent single, “Bulletproof”, with another song and some exciting news. “Nobody But You” is not only the name of the new song, but it’s also the name of the band’s upcoming EP.

Calling all pedal geeks: Reverb’s new documentary “The Pedal Movie” is now available. The film clocks in at 2 hours and 22 minutes and tells the story of effects pedals with interviews from over 100 builders, artists, producers, and more.

The Who have released a new deluxe edition of “The Who Sell Out”, featuring a staggering 112 tracks with 47 of them previously unreleased. Of course, John Entwistle’s bass lines anchor the entire affair, but his compositions also get a new light.