Last night I got an invite to see Leonard Cohen at the O2 arena in London. He might be in his mid 70’s, but he still gave a performance with more standing ovations than I could count. He had a great band behind him, but obviously I was watching the bassist carefully.

Not literally you understand, but in the metaphorical sense! US Bass readers may have noticed something missing – its Seth, he’s run over to the UK. If you haven’t come across Seth before, checking out his music is a definite must for any bass player (Seth here on reverbnation – click to listen), he is [...]

I had the opportunity to see Lightspeed Champion last week, at KoKo in London, as part of the iTunes festival. I’ve bee a long time fan, since bumping into them (well, lead Dev Hynes) on a plane last year. However, this was the first time I’d seem them live.

It was a great set (and a good [...]

Premier UK solobassist Steve Lawson pulled together an excellent evening at Darbucka in London. First up, hello to all of you who were at the gig – it turned out to be a bit of a social media fest, with a major part of the on-line UK Bass and social media community there. Sharing the [...]

For anyone who went along to London Solo Bass Night or who missed it and wished they were there, you’ll want to that Steve and Lobelia will be performing as a duo (congratulations Mr and Mrs Lawson!) – you can get a taster of the material in Steve and Lobelia’s YouTube videos.