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In a new interview with Bass Guitar Magazine’s Joel McIver, bass legend Stanley Clarke revealed he’s working with Fender on a new four-string bass based on the Stratocaster guitar. The bass was designed with Clarke’s longtime collaborator Thomas Lieber, who builds his Spellbinder instruments. As it takes its cues from the Strat, they took it to Fender. Clarke is well...

Bassist and jazz educator Danny Ziemann has released a new instructional book called Topics in Jazz Bass Vol 1: Harmony. The 200-page book includes nearly 100 audio examples of its lessons in creating richer bass lines. “Bassists are on a mission to create hip bass lines, but don’t always have the right tools to do it,” Ziemann writes. “Topics in...

Jazz guitarist Wolfgang Muthspiel has followed up 2016’s Rising Grace with Where The River Goes, an album captures the bandleader with the same group of musicians – Brad Mehldau, Ambrose Akinmusire and Larry Grenadier – with the exception of drummer Brian Blade being replaced by Eric Harland. Recorded at Studios La Buissonne in February 2018, the album features six Muthspiel...

Seven-time International Bluegrass Music Awards Bass Player of the Year winner Missy Raines has just released a new album that reasserts why she is so renowned. Royal Traveller features eleven songs that span bluegrass, indie folk, and jam grass with a jazz influence. The bassist and vocalist is joined by an incredible cast of guests including Tim O’Brien, Molly Tuttle,...

It’s been 40 years since rockabilly icons The Stray Cats started the band. Now the original members – Brian Setzer, Slim Jim Phantom, and Lee Rocker – have announced they will be plotting a 40th-anniversary tour and recording a new album, to boot. The trio will be heading into the studio with producer Peter Collins in Nashville to make their...

Prince’s former band The Revolution has announced a new round of tour dates honoring the late singer’s life. After finishing shows in New York City and Austin, the “Purple Rain” group will embark on a 16-date tour split across the U.S. and Europe. The band includes all the original members of keyboardist Dr. Fink, keyboardist Lisa Coleman, guitarist Wendy Melvoin,...

Greta Van Fleet has been setting the world on fire with their blend of rock for the past few years, and now they’re finally releasing their full-length debut album. Anthem of the Peaceful Army continues their path of paying homage to classic rock with their own twist. The band is anchored by bassist Sam Kiszka alongside his brothers Josh and...

Ever since it was announced, we’ve been dying for more details about Geddy Lee’s Big Beautiful Book Of Bass. Now we know a little more, thanks to an Instagram post from the Rush bassist. “Hey! Guess what? I wrote a book! No, not about birds… It’s about basses, basses, and more basses!” Lee quipped. “Amongst the 408 pages of glorious...

Technical death metal band Revocation has just released The Outer Ones, which takes their heavy sound into the realm of sci-fi. “The title is my ode to H.P. Lovecraft and the entities of pure cosmic horror that rule that universe he created,” says guitarist/vocalist David Davidson. “Since the new music we were writing was so evil and spacey in sections...

Elvis Costello and The Imposters have returned with a new album called Look Now. The 12-song release, which is his first recording with the band since 2008’s Momofuku, was conceived while on the road during his “Imperial Bedroom & Other Chambers” tour last year. “I knew if we could make an album with the scope of ‘Imperial Bedroom’ and some...

The Marcus King Band has just released Carolina Confessions, an album of 10 brand new songs written by the guitarist/vocalist. Drawing on blues, southern rock, and Americana, the album is deeply personal to King. “Every tune on this record is based around a central theme, which is that none of us are blameless at the end of a relationship,” he...

Megadeth bassist David Ellefson and Anthrax bassist Frank Bello have teamed up once again on their project called Altitudes + Attitude. The band has announced a new album called Get It Out that will be released on January 19, 2019. They’ve also just released the first single from the album, entitled “Out Here.” “I’ve learned that writing songs is very...