Latest articles by Bass Player Staff
Marcus Miller's The Sun Don't Lie: the moment Miller proved he was more than just a slap monster
Glass-like fretless tone. Thumb-thumping passages. Tributes to Jaco: 1993's The Sun Don't Lie served notice that Marcus MIller was more than a sideman
Paul Simon's Graceland: Fretless bass playing would never be the same again
1986's hit album that opened people's ears to African music and the free-flowing fretless lines of Bakithi Kumalo
The Lowlist: Primus' Sailing The Seas Of Cheese – a weird mix of twisted basslines, warped lyrics and general weirdness
For the second Primus album, Les Claypool decided that he was bored with the 4-string and his playing needed something to "blow it wide open". Cue 6 string fretless mania…
Shinedown’s Eric Bass looks back at the band's top five bass albums
On the eve of Shinedown’s Planet Zero Tour, Eric Bass revisits five of the band’s classic LPs
Joela Bassista: “The best advice I’ve ever gotten about bass was to stay in the pocket. Groove and feel are so important to every song”
In her own words, session bass ace Joela Bassista reveals the tools of her trade, and the inspirations who guided her on her bass journey
Obscura's Jeroen Paul Thesseling on his 5 best bass albums
Thesseling’s story is one of experimental fretless meets metal, breaking new ground with progressive Dutch death-thrashers Pestilence and advancing technical death metal with Obscura
The Knack’s Prescott Niles looks back on 5 of his best albums
A self-confessed bass addict, Prescott offers us the low-end perspective on the basslines behind of the catchiest hits in rock and new wave – and the catchiest bar none
Michael Manring heads up unique fundraiser on August 28
The acclaimed experimentalist will be raising funds for his fellow bass wizard Steve Lawson
Gustaf’s Tine Hill: “Bass is one of those instruments that chooses you”
Never give up the hunt for the perfect tones says the bassist with the Brooklyn art-punks
Bass Player magazine to close, as brand moves fully online
Bass Player print mag is dead. Long live Bass Player online!
Norm Stockton: “I’ve always strived to make my music something that speaks to the heart”
Few bass players have covered as much territory as the great Norm Stockton. Here, he looks back on five key releases that chart his progression as a musician
5 albums you need to hear by bebop trailblazer Oscar Pettiford
A legend of upright bass who died far too young, Pettiford’s influence can still be heard across jazz and popular music. Here we revisit his finest moments on record
Volbeat’s Kaspar Larsen: “We go from pop-punk to rockabilly to Black Sabbath on this album, and the bass is a big part of the sound”
The art of writing bass parts that are neither too experimental nor too boring, explained by Kaspar Larsen of Denmark’s premier rock exports, Volbeat
Nashville Pussy’s Bonnie Buitrago talks live albums, Larry Taylor’s influence, and playing through Kyuss’s Welcome to Sky Valley Ampeg SVT
Nashville Pussy’s bass powerhouse checks in for a roll call of bass amps she’s destroyed and how she swapped bedroom thrash for a life of punk rock
Cannibal Corpse bassist Alex Webster on his 5 best bass albums
Death metal’s low-end master takes us on a bloody tour of the totally NSFW Cannibal catalog
Stuart Hamm on 5 of his best bass albums
The unique solo and session star looks back on a fistful of career-defining recordings, from the fast to the frenzied
Joshua Crumbly talks playing with Kamasi Washington and Leon Bridges, and gigging jazz standards at 10 years old
The broad-horizoned bassist on making his new solo bass album, ForEver, and how advice from Marcus Miller began a lifelong obsession with the instrument
Cliff Burton Museum set to open in Ljungby, Sweden
The tribute to the late Metallica bassist is located near the site of his fatal coach crash
Thunder’s Chris Childs on his 5 best bass albums
From his improvisational collaboration with Mick Cox to Thunder’s latest, All the Right Noises, Childs talks through some of the most memorable moments in his discography
Freekbass on his 5 best bass albums
The funk bass master and Bootsy Collins protégé talks us through five career high points
Peter Hook on his 5 best bass albums
The Joy Division and New Order co-founder looks back through his back catalog and reflects on the tragedy and triumph of New Order, and the recording of a true survival record
Charles Berthoud: “I want my music to appeal to people who don’t know anything about bass. That can be a difficult balancing act”
The YouTube star and winner of Bass Player's inaugural Rising Star award explains how a little humor and imagination can make people fall in love with the bass guitar
Gail Ann Dorsey: “It was so much fun to work with David Bowie – he was always open to exploration of his material”
David Bowie, Lenny Kravitz, Gang of Four: the great Gail Ann Dorsey has earned Bass Player's Lifetime Achievement award many times over
John Taylor: “The energy is my department – it gets laid down by the bass and drums. It’s my job to bring as much energy to that mood as possible”
The Duran Duran bassist and recipient of Bass Player’s Lifetime Achievement Award on gear, technique and songwriting for a multiplatinum pop institution
