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After much anticipation, The Winery Dogs have released their third album, “III.” While they have toured over the last few years, it breaks a seven-year gap in studio records for the trio of Ritchie Kotzen, Mike Portnoy, and Billy Sheehan.

Carly Simon surprised the commuters of New York City in April 1995 when she led an unannounced concert in the middle of Grand Central Station. Now that concert has been released as an album called “Live At Grand Central,” with Doug Wimbish on bass.

Les Claypool shared some exciting news with the return of one of his projects. After 20 years, Les Claypool’s Fearless Flying Frog Brigade is back and will be touring the United States this spring and summer.

While many bassists celebrate Cliff Burton every day, they’ll have more of a reason on February 10th. The 6th annual Cliff Burton Day will take place on what would be the late Metallica bass man’s 61st birthday.

The Headhunters are celebrating their 50th anniversary with a set of tour dates. Originally formed in 1973 by Herbie Hancock, the group’s current lineup includes Bill Summers, Mike Clark, Donald Harrison, Kyle Roussel, and bassist Chris Severin.

The Motet just released their tenth studio album, “All Day,” which marks their first instrumental record since 2009’s “Dig Deep.” With tracks written by all five members of the band, their new effort is a masterclass in hard-driving funk, groovy soul, and dance beats.

Two behemoth bands are teaming up for an extra heavy tour this year. Mastodon and Gojira will hit the road for “The Mega-Monsters Tour,” which means the nation will rumble each night to the bass lines of Troy Sanders and Jean-Michel Labadie.

The Wood Brothers have announced their eighth studio album, “Heart Is The Hero,” which will be released in April. The trio of Oliver Wood, Chris Wood, and Jano Rix took a different approach from their last effort by recording analog straight to 16-track tape.

In 2021, fretless bass master Percy Jones unveiled his latest project called PAKT, which also features Alex Skolnick, Kenny Grohowski, and Tim Motzer. The group had a busy year and is now back with a new set of tour dates.

Motörhead is gearing up to re-release their 23rd and final studio album, “Bad Magic: SERIOUSLY BAD MAGIC,” on February 24th, but they’re letting some of the goods out early. Lemmy’s bass is as fat and gritty as ever.

Kansas is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year with a huge North American tour that will take them into 2024. The tour, which will be called “Another Fork in the Road,” will feature music from their entire catalog.

Incubus has announced that their next few shows will have a different bass player. In a post on their Twitter account, the band wrote that Tal Wilkenfeld will be filling in for the mighty Ben Kenney.