Bass" is often misspelled as base" but the meaning is very similar in music, that of foundation." In early jazz bands, bassists played the bass fiddle, the tuba, or the bass saxophone. The typical ...

Double bass player Gary Karr has traveled the world with his huge musical instrument. In a piece for our occasional series "Musicians at Work," we hear about Karr's adventures and misadventures at ...

Fiddle music filled the “musician’s living room” Thursday night as two acts took to the Cafe Nine stage to offer an evening full of love, joy, and veneration. The show featured Jake Blount. the ...

Any Southern native, or transplant for that matter, has a general idea of what a fiddle is. You've no doubt heard your mama or your neighbor remark that they're feeling "fit as a fiddle." Zenas ...