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If you want to play like the behemoths of the bass, you’ll want to check out the new book by Stuart Clayton. “Bass Monsters” profiles sixteen players with transcriptions of some of the most challenging pieces ever written for bass.

Two big music cities will be coming together virtually as the Austin Bass Hang presents a special Zoom webinar. “Nashville Cats” will feature hosts Josh Hoag and Ryan Gould in a roundtable with Nashville’s premier upright bass players.

Haken has released a new album called “Virus”, although it has nothing to do with the current pandemic. The new record’s creation began at the close of 2017, but its origin really reaches back seven years.

This week’s Berklee/BassVault.com webinar is sure to get funky. Hosts Steve Bailey, Victor Wooten, and John Patitucci will be talking with Bootsy Collins, Ron Carter, Béla Fleck, and Emi SunShine in a session they’re calling “Bootsy’s Challenge.”

Aside from the mighty Motörhead, the late Lemmy Kilmister used to lay down the low end in a project called Headcat. Now a new incarnation of the project has released their self-titled debut with one of Lemmy’s protégés on bass.

The vault of Jerry Garcia’s back catalog has been opened once again to expand the “GarciaLive Series”. “Volume 14: January 27th, 1986 The Ritz” features the late Grateful Dead singer in a rare duo format alongside his longtime collaborator John Kahn.

Neal Morse, Mike Portnoy, and Randy George have teamed up for a new album in their Cover To Cover series. “Cov3r To Cov3r” features the trio tearing through classic tracks by King Crimson, David Bowie, Jethro Tull, and more.

Margo Price has been taking the country by storm with her blend of country, folk, and rock & roll, which earned her a Grammy nomination. Now she’s released her third studio album, “That’s How Rumors Get Started”, featuring Pino Palladino on bass.

Motörhead has been issuing anniversary editions of their albums, and now the time has come for their seminal record, “Ace of Spades”. The highly influential album will be released in Special 40th Anniversary and Deluxe Collector’s Box-Set formats.

The Pretenders have released their 11th studio album, entitled “Hate For Sale”, which serves as a grounding back to the group’s straight-ahead rock. It once again features bassist Nick Wilkinson, who slips between the album’s varying styles with ease.

Jazz legend Ron Carter has been quarantined in his home just like most of us, but this weekend he will be playing a gig with his Golden Striker Trio. The group will perform a special live stream from the Village Vanguard on July 24th and 25th.

The prog-rock juggernauts in Kansas have just released “The Absence of Presence”, which marks the band’s sixteenth studio album. The release features nine all new tracks written the band.