Michael Manring has been played on NTS in shows including The Early Bird Show w/ Spirit Blue, featured first on 8 March 2021. Songs played include Ancient Shores, Unusual Weather and Blue Orleans.

Michael Manring (born 1960 in Washington, D.C.) is an electric bassist from the San Francisco Bay Area (Northern California). In addition to a tenure as the in-house bassist for Windham Hill Records, Manring has recorded with Michael Hedges, Alex Skolnick (in the bands Skol-Patrol and Attention Deficit, also featuring Tim Alexander from Primus), Larry Kassin, Tom Darter, Steve Morse, David Cullen, and many other noted musicians. He has been a member of…