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Vickie Vaughn holding a yellow bass. Photo by Laura Schneider
Artist Profiles

Bass-ically Brilliant: Vickie Vaughn’s Remarkable Journey as a Vocalist and Bassist

Angel Romero March 26, 2025 No Comments bassBluegrassVickie Vaughnworld music

(headline image: Vickie Vaughn -. Photo by Laura Schneider) Vickie Vaughn, a bassist and singer-songwriter from Paducah, Kentucky, built her musical foundation in church and…

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Maddie Dalton holding her bass
Awards

Sister Sadie’s Maddie Dalton wins IBMA’s Momentum Instrumentalist of the Year award

World Music Central News Room October 8, 2023 No Comments bassBluegrassMaddie DaltonSister Sadieworld music

Maddie Dalton, the bassist from the heartland of Missouri, and a recent addition to the Sister Sadie band, was honored as one of the International…

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Jason Moore
Awards

Sideline’s Jason Moore, Awarded Bass Player of the Year at IBMA Awards

World Music Central News Room October 6, 2022 No Comments bassBluegrassJason Mooreworld music

Jason Moore, the highly respected bassist for acclaimed bluegrass band Sideline who passed away last fall, was named Bass Player of The Year at the…

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Robbie Shakespeare at a concert with Sly Dunbar and Nils Petter Molvær at TFF Rudolstadt in Germany, 2015. Photo by Schorle - Own work
Obituaries

Influential Reggae Bassist Robbie Shakespeare of Sly & Robbie, Dies at 68

World Music Central News Room December 10, 2021 No Comments bassReggaeRobbie ShakespeareSly & Robbie

Award-winning Jamaican bassist and producer Robbie Shakespeare, co-founder of Sly & Robbie passed way in Florida, USA on December 8, 2021. Robbie Shakespeare was a…

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Interviews

Just the Basics, An Interview with Mike Richmond

Music of the World October 27, 2021 No Comments bassMike Richmondworld jazz

Richard Klecka interviewed bassist Mike Richmond in the late 1990s. Q. What made you want to pick up a bass? That story has nothing to…

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Album reviews

Captivating Senegalese Rhythms from a Bassist Perspective

Angel Romero March 13, 2021 No Comments AfrojazzAlune WadebassSenegalese music

Alune Wade – African Fast Food (10H10, 2018) African Fast Food is an album released in 2018 by Senegalese bassist, singer and composer Alune Wade.…

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Obituaries

Latin Jazz Bassist Andy González Dies in the Bronx

Les Moncada April 11, 2020 1 Comment Andy GonzálezbassLatin jazz

Andy González, Latin legend of the double bass, died in New York City on Thursday, April 9, 2020 from complications of a pre-existing disease. González…

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Artist Profiles

Artist Profiles: Cachao

Angel Romero September 8, 2019 No Comments bassCachaoCubaCuban music

Bassist and composer Israel López Valdés, better known as Cachao, was born on September 14, 1918. At the age of 12, Cachao had made his…

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Artist Profiles

Artist Profiles: Carles Benavent

Angel Romero January 19, 2019 No Comments bassCarles BenaventFlamencofusion

Bass player, Carles Benavent, was born in the Pueblo Seco (Poble Sec) neighborhood in Barcelona, Spain. His earliest days playing music were in blues and…

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Artist Profiles

Artist Profiles: Tomasz Lato

Angel Romero November 24, 2018 No Comments bassKrokePolandPolish musicTomasz Latoworld fusionworld music

Bassist Tomasz Lato was born in Cracow in 1968. Both his parents were musicians, and so he started playing the piano as a child. At…

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