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Between Space and the Highway, Phil Lesh: 1940–2024
Bassists

Phil Lesh: 1940—2024

Lesh, whose bass effortlessly integrated the celestial, extrasensory, and deeply earthy within the Grateful Dead’s music, transcended many of his peers by fusing a classical upbringing, avant urges, and a boundless sense of irreverence and adventure.

“Practice Loud”! How Duane Denison Preps for a New Jesus Lizard Record
Artist Features

“Practice Loud”! How Duane Denison Preps for a New Jesus Lizard Record

After 26 years, the seminal noisy rockers return to the studio to create Rack, a master class of pummeling, machine-like grooves, raving vocals, and knotty, dissonant, and incisive guitar mayhem.

How to Get Real with Bassist Sebastian Steinberg
The Lowdown

How to Get Real with Bassist Sebastian Steinberg

The low-end groove-master—who’s worked with Soul Coughing, Fiona Apple, and Iron & Wine—shares some doses of wisdom.

Remembering Reggae Bassist Aston “Family Man” Barrett
The Root of It All

Remembering Reggae Bassist Aston “Family Man” Barrett

As a member of Bob Marley and the Wailers, he was one of reggae’s original creators.