James Jamerson was the unsung hero of Motown, and his work on "Ain’t No Mountain High Enough" is pure magic. While the ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Getty Images Oh, to be Rancid. Mixing high-energy punk with the infectious, quick-time ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Getty Images In the finale of Donny Hathaway's classic 1972 Live album, Willie Weeks – ...

Even the most dedicated musicians have to put down their instruments sometimes, but on YouTube, you can listen to a bass solo that keeps going and going. Dadabots, which is also behind an endless ...

Wolfgang Van Halen continues to show his mastery of dealing with social media in the lead up to his new music, taking a jab at one troll while delivering some pretty epic fretwork in the process. In ...

Bassists can be a self-deprecating lot, which probably explains why every few days I see some low-end specialist posting that cartoon with two tough guys trying to extract information from a ...

On Instagram earlier this week, Dogstar said that “Breach” was about to arrive and that it would feature “a nasty bass solo by KR.” Now, the song is here, and it does indeed feature a Keanu Reeves ...

If Frank Zappa’s endless guitar solos somehow leave your earbuds craving more, music-hackers Dadabots are here to satisfy your auditory desires. The team of CJ Carr and Zack Zukowski recently used a ...

“I’ll bet you wish you played the piccolo!” Anyone who has played or, more specifically, carried a string bass in public eventually hears this from some exceedingly clever person who thinks himself ...

Seriously? A Pop song with bass solos? John “The Ox” Entwistle was arguably the greatest rock bassist of them all, daring to take the role and sound of the bass guitar and push it out of the murky ...

Writers, scholars, radio hosts and musicians, including the bassist Ron Carter, share songs that shine a light on an instrument that lays the foundation of jazz. By Marcus J. Moore There’s a clip ...