It’s been a little while since we’ve had a video on the blog, and I’ve not posted a Bass Duo before, so Steve Lawson sorting through his video collection and posting this live improv with Michael Manring turns out to be very timely! Enjoy!

If you are on the UK bass scene, you will undoubtedly have heard of (or encountered!) Steve Lawson (aka solobasssteve in the social media world). If you haven’t, then check out his blog and his music. Steve is an extra-ordinary solo bass player, as anyone who has heard him with his modulus 6 string and his looperlative looper with testify.  If you […]

Finding music you like can be a bit of a hit and miss thing. Us low-end bassist types generally have an unusual and eclectic taste in music – and I mean that in a good way, honest! Check out Last.fm. There are a few different elements to the system. First, the website itself – lots […]

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.

Last night saw a special evening for hard core bass fans in and around London. Yolanda Charles, Steve Lawson and Todd Johnson took to the stage for a spectacular evening of solo bass. Todd was out with the crowd before the show, sharing his passion for bass and showing off his rather nice signature Zon […]