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 ...

Banjo player Bela Fleck and bassist Edgar Myer are two important current figures in American music. They got together in the NPR studios to play some of the banjo and bass music they take out on tour.

WEST CALN — About 5,000 bluegrass, folk, Americana, and other types of music lovers met Saturday at Hibernia Park for the 96th annual Old Fiddler’s Picnic. The twang of standup bass, fiddle, guitars, ...