Mr Yeo Wee Chong, 36, plays the bass clarinet in a concert band, but his late onset of Pompe disease affected his breathing and hence his performance. SINGAPORE – Mr Yeo Wee Chong, 36, used to play ...

She’s wearing a pink babydoll dress, playing her white Fender Mustang bass and sitting on her amp—just like she once did at an elementary school performance. Back then she was smaller than her bass.

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 ...

His former bandmates announced his death on social media. By Rick Porter Television Business Editor Dave Allen, the bass player for postpunk band Gang of Four whose playing style was one of the ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Getty Images/Anthony Pidgeon/Ginny Winn Alongside Frank Zappa, Scott Thunes became a ...

If you ask both members of Rage Against The Machine’s rhythm section about the band’s future, you’ll get two different answers. Rage haven’t done anything as a band since 2022, when they wrapped up ...

Andy Rourke, the bass guitar player for influential British band The Smiths, has died at 59, according to his representatives and former bandmate Johnny Marr. Rourke died from pancreatic cancer after ...

Alongside Frank Zappa, Scott Thunes became a vital part of the genius innovator’s greatest work but has always kept the value and ‘art’ of his contribution at a distinct arms-length. in an interview ...

Tim Feerick, the bass player for the experimental rock band Dance Gavin Dance, died Wednesday. The California band announced the 34-year-old’s death in a Thursday social media post. “We are absolutely ...

Billy Sheehan is one of the more celebrated modern bassists, but who does he think is the greatest bassist of all-time? While appearing on the Mistress Carrie Podcast (heard below), Sheehan championed ...

Since the end of the big band era, the clarinet has taken a backseat to its sexier woodwind cousin, the saxophone. But in the Bay Area, thanks to a fertile environment of classically trained ...