When is a bass player not a bass player? When she's a ‘female bass player’, a term which makes great bassists like Tina Weymouth, Melissa Auf Der Maur, Kim Deal, Kim Gordon, Gail Ann Dorsey, and ...

NEW YORK (WABC) -- Now an update to a story we first brought you in 2020 about a young musician who persevered during the pandemic. Karina Rykman is one of the few female, rock bass players, and after ...

NEW YORK -- When the coronavirus pandemic hit, the live concert business shut down to the tune of almost $30 billion in lost revenue -- but that doesn't mean musicians had to stop playing. For those ...

Before she decided to become a professional musician, the acclaimed Marin bassist Angeline Saris was a pre-law student at the University of California, Berkeley, with a focus on women’s rights in the ...

Tina Weymouth, bassist of Talking Heads, had played guitar before she switched over to bass, and she figured two less strings on an instrument would be no problem, despite having no prior experience.

The bass is crucial. In many ways, it leads the band. Talk to any bass player and they’ll tell you, if he or she changes up the bass line or rhythm, the group will follow along almost hypnotically, ...