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Musicians can adjust the strings, bridge, sound post, and tailpiece to give their bass a sound makeover.

Alli Rogers bounced back nicely from what might have thrown a lesser artist: a talent competition win led to her being signed to Word Records. Sounds good, right?

Been listening to Dave Barnes' "Chasing Mississippi" all day. I think the grin on my face is starting to scare my dogs. There's just somethin' about these sly folk-blues.

I knew I liked the title: "A Rustic Soul Christmas." So I was eager to see if the new Christmas EP from Jason Eskridge lived up to my expectations.

Korn singer Jonathan Davis has announced that a number of dates on his Alone I Play tour have been cancelled, including most of the UK tour scheduled for June.

Michael Gungor's "Bigger Than My Imagination" was sublime as was the progressive "Ancient Skies." "All I Need Is Here" continues the upward trend.

Mr. Bass Man, you set the music thumpin' So the song goes - but it wasn't until Leo Fender invented the Fender electric bass that the really serious thumpin' began....

The iconic Tom Waits brought his irreverent performance style to Knoxville, Tennessee's Civic Auditorium & Coliseum Sunday, June 29.

Ivan Neville, Papa Grows Funk, The Radiators, these are but three of the big names on ASAP Productions first children's disk.

Following a successful European tour with nu-metal behemoths Korn, Jonathan Davis' solo tour, Alone I Play, is scheduled for dates in the UK and mainland Europe.

Mahavishnu Orchestra had achieved notice with their debut album, The Inner Mounting Flame, and followed the record with an intense, successful and extensive tour cycle.

With pessimistic lyrics, mandolins, and acoustic guitars, Andrew Jackson Jihad has four LP records, multiple EPs, and influences in anti-folk, punk, and indie rock.

Anyone who thinks 50 is over the hill didn't catch Prince's appearance on last night's Tonight Show with Jay Leno. Leno packs it in tonight after 17 years.

Rook, like its predecessors, shows Shearwater's penchant for extremes and why it's one of the best new indie bands in years.

In Afro Cuban music, fundamental as it is, clave is only part of the equation. The clave is often partnered with an alternating pitch pattern known as a tumbao.

What's more inspiring for musicians than a personalized room surrounding them with the things they enjoy? Here are tips for designing the perfect music retreat.

Halfway through her first nationwide tour, Black, along with Societe Eclairee, land in the Midwest for a late show promoting Black's debut album "Too Much and Too Lovely"

Omar Sosa, jazz player? Too constricting and passive. Omar Sosa, jazz musician? More like it. This Cuban-born artist uses jazz as a philosophy to include global music.

Suite101 explores some of the classic comic songs about trains. Get your ticket ready, and watch your step.