Although they played together for less than a year, James Brown became somewhat of a father figure to bassist Bootsy Collins, ...

The most common story is that Leo Fender invented the electric bass with his Precision model in 1951. Not so. The first bass ...

A player of impeccable technique and a mainstay of the Blue Note label, he recorded constantly as both a leader and a sideman ...

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New York pop-punkers State Champs have been making waves since 2010 and on Friday, they finally released their much-anticipated fifth studio album. For a group that’s been churning out anthemic, ...

Amp Settings: Gain 7, Bass 7 ... of F7 here, but note the bluesy Minor 3rd (Ab). Gibbons also often uses the blues scale ...

Metheny also appeared on the unofficially titled Jaco – the 1974 album released on Paul Bley's Improvising Artists Label, ...

Goose’s method continued during the follow-up, with Weekz remaining on acoustic bass during “Butter ... [5] Bobby Blue Bland.

The Night Owl is excited to welcome back distinctive jazz guitarist Roddy Ellias this week.

Stevo Rood This past weekend, Connecticut-bred improvisational masterminds Goose pulled into the Andrew J Brady Music Center ...

The guitar and piano parts have a suspended ... My friend Mark Edgar Stuart, who plays bass on the record and helped produce ...

A lilting, sunny swirl of honeyed Americana tones, its sweet harmonies, Carole King-infused piano and guitar solos flowing in heart-lifting ... comeback record Onism opens on a dark, slinky note ...