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Back in March, Pixies announced the departure of Paz Lenchantin and the introduction of Emma Richardson. The new bassist has already completed a European tour with the band and apparently they’ve already hit the recording studio.

Colin Trusedell has just released “The Places We’re Taken.” The jazz bassist, an active-duty U.S. Air Force musician, says the music is “inspired by the twists that life throws at you as well as musical flavors from different regions of the world.”

Funk goddess Nik West is has added a slew of new dates to her “Catch Me If You Can” tour. After her European leg this summer, she'll be covering the Midwest and West Coast supporting songstress Joss Stone.

Tom Kennedy has returned with a new solo album called “New Start” featuring nine original compositions. The powerhouse jazz fusion bassist is joined by an equally incredible cast of musicians to flesh out his songs.

For the past 15 years, original Sublime members Eric Wilson and Bud Gaugh have been performing with guitarist Rome Ramirez for a project aptly named Sublime With Rome. That band is winding down to a close with a farewell tour that will not include Gaugh and Wilson. Instead, they’ve returned to the O.G. Sublime format with the late Bradley Nowell’s son Jakob on vocals.

If you’ve ever played a single gig on the double bass, chances are you’ve been asked, “What do you call that thing?” A new children’s book called “Catalina Plays the What?” helps clear things up for youngsters while inspiring them to love the instrument.

For the first time in 14 years, Jane's Addiction will be hitting the road with their original lineup of Perry Farrell, Dave Navarro, Eric Avery, and Stephen Perkins. The North American run will begin August 9th in Las Vegas, Nevada, and cover most of the U.S. with a single stop in Canada.

Ambiente Solstice has just released “Short Stories,” featuring Sean O’Bryan Smith, Michael Manring, and Vail Johnson, and co-produced by Rich Krainak.

Music history professor and bassist Brian F. Wright has written “The Bastard Instrument: A Cultural History of the Electric Bass,” exploring the importance of the electric bass throughout the years.

Paolo Cattaneo (aka CATTANEO) and Andrea Lombardini have been working together since 2016, but for their latest release, they added the magic ingredient we call Tim Lefebvre. “Hypersphere” is an EP from the trio that morphs bass, guitar, and synthesizers.

Violent Femmes will be heading out on the road this fall to perform their first two albums (1983’s ”Violent Femmes” and 1984’s ”Hallowed Ground”) in full.

Rush members Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson reunited for a surprise performance on Thursday, May 23rd during a concert celebrating the late Gordon Lightfoot.