In this video, I challenge myself to make the piano sound like there's a bass player right beside me—when there isn't. With the metronome set at 160, I explore rhythmic and harmonic techniques ...

For more on Macca’s relationship with the violin bass, check out our history of Paul McCartney and the Höfner 500/1 bass guitar.

Longtime bedrock of the Who, Entwistle earned the title by changing radically the role of the bass in the music and attacking the instrument with a skill still unmatched in the 35 years since he ...

For many, Flea’s wildly energetic slap bass antics and funk-sharpened attack make him one of the greatest bass players in the world. But now the Red Hot Chili Peppers maestro has named the ...

So, for a younger bass player, getting praise from him has to be a sort of dream-come-true moment. Now, Thundercat has had that pleasure, as he is apparently Flea’s favorite modern bass player.

Billy Sheehan is one of the more celebrated modern bassists, but who does he think is the greatest bassist of all-time? While appearing on the Mistress Carrie Podcast (heard below), Sheehan ...

Phil Lesh, the bass player who co-founded the legendary rock band Grateful Dead, died on Friday. He was 84. Lesh’s death was announced in a statement posted on his official Instagram account.

Dave Allen, the bass player for postpunk band Gang of Four whose playing style was one of the group’s signatures, has died. Allen died Saturday, April 5 at the age of 69, former bandmates Jon ...

Music will soon be returning to Red Rocks Amphitheatre and we recently chatted with Lotus, the band that will be the first to take the stage later this month.

Donald “Duck” Dunn, bass player for the influential studio band Booker T. and the MGs, died this morning at the age of 70. Dunn was in Japan at the time, playing a series of shows at the Blue ...