An upright or double bass provides the lowest tones in an orchestra, but also can play the rhythmic background to a jazz improvisation or the solid foundation of a bluegrass song. It can be played ...

Kate Davis talked to Art Beat about her attraction to the bass and writing her own songs before a recent performance at Black Rock Center for the Arts in Germantown, Maryland. While she makes playing ...

“People want to come in and play the basses. I hear this over and over, they say 'I've always wanted to come,' or 'this is the shop! I've always imagined what it looked like,'” says Toni Buffa, who ...

The Cincinnati band’s holiday albums were inspired by childhood, ‘Charlie Brown Christmas’ and Vince Guaraldi.

It might have sounded too good to be true, but IK Multimedia’s Modo Bass instrument plugin really did bring convincing electric bass sounds to your DAW using physical modelling rather than samples.

Retro-inspired grooves can mean a lot of things—it depends on how far back one wants to go. On Downright Upright, bassist Brian Bromberg takes a retro tour of the era when Freddie Hubbard and Herbie ...