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Watch our Bassist of the Year 2019 final performances
View all of this year's finalists in action
How to play walking basslines
Take your blues bass playing for a wander with this tab and audio-ready lesson
Angra’s Felipe Andreoli: “I’ve never stopped playing the bass, it was very natural for me”
We talk to the Brazilian virtuoso
Styx’s Ricky Phillips: “Breathing at the same time and ebbing and flowing while the drummer is, it’s huge magic”
Ricky Phillips of Styx checks in from across the river
Bobby Vega (Sly & The Family Stone/Santana): "I’m totally blessed"
The Sly & The Family Stone and Santana bassist reflects
Al Cisneros (Sleep/OM): “When I’m stoned it’s readily apparent whether a rhythm has a shelf-life or not”
The Sleep bass man on his new signature Rickenbacker, roots and reggae
Check out Orange's prize package for the Bassist of the Year 2019
A stack of cabs, bass head and more in our huge grand prize
Peter Hook: “I’ve never liked to be hidden, and I don’t like to be patronised. I don’t buy into the idea that the bass player is the quiet one”
The Joy Division and New Order hero looks back on his genre-defining legacy
