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Having earned lofty status in bass-hero circles, Marcus Miller lent his vocal chops to Hadrien Feraud’s take on Chick Corea’s India Town
By Chris Jisi published
Hadrien Feraud offers a track-by-track guide to his 2015 solo album, Born in the ’80s

Bootsy Collins reflects on James Brown and George Clinton, and what he gets out of playing today
By Andrew Daly published
One of the world’s greatest bassists talks switching from guitar, how LSD helped him become a songwriter and why he’s finally embracing five-string bass

“There was that moment of, ‘My God! I’m recording with David Bowie!’” Bassist Tim Lefebvre on the making of David Bowie's Lazarus
By Chris Jisi published
The session for Bowie’s Blackstar album took place in early 2015 at the Magic Shop in New York

How Joni Mitchell formed an unlikely partnership with Jaco Pastorius
By Nick Wells published
Although much of his fame stems from his time with Weather Report, Jaco’s recordings with Joni Mitchell yielded some of the finest bass playing of his career

Why Prince removed the bassline from When Doves Cry
By Nick Wells published
From the beginning, Prince had an inkling that Purple Rain’s landmark single would be better without bass guitar

Bootsy Collins is one of the all-time bass greats, but he started out on guitar. Here’s the sole reason why he switched
By Janelle Borg published
Before he became ‘the’ Bootsy Collins, William Collins was a young guitarist who desperately wanted to join his brother's band

How Cro-Mags’ Harley Flanagan went from buying a Jaco Pastorius bass on the street to fronting one of hardcore’s most influential bands
By Andrew Daly published
The Cro-Mags founder on the reason he plays Fenders despite loving Rickenbackers, learning from Lemmy and the new documentary about his struggle for survival

Dave Allen, former Gang of Four bassist and post-punk heavyweight, dies aged 69
By Matt Owen published
Allen’s work on Gang of Four’s first two albums would inspire generations and influence the likes of Nirvana, REM, and Flea, who has paid tribute to the late bass icon
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