Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Portrait of Danish musician Ida Nielsen. Mark King, lead singer and bassist of the band Level 42. Photo of Victor WOOTEN. American ...

The off-kilter riff that opens the track shouldn't work but it really does. Then Tim Commerford digs into the verse groove replete with cheeky runs up the fretboard. Slap bass was never a huge part of ...

Everybody loves bass, right? Low frequencies don't just move a substantial mass of air, they're also crucial when it comes to music moving you both emotionally and even physically. Nothing makes you ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The American bassist’s recent bandleader appearances in the UK stretch from a barnstorming big band at the ...