King Crimson — 21 Nov 2024
Bill Bruford has returned to live performance as a member of the Pete Roth Trio. The line-up is Pete Roth (guitar), Mike Pratt (bass) and Bill. The trio's music has been described as taking a "freewheeling approach to jazz which takes decades of tradition seriously, but still wishes to do something adventurous with it." You can read the full review of a recent show here. The trio is playing this...
King Crimson — 15 Nov 2024
Peter Sinfield, King Crimson’s original roadie, lyricist, lights operator and live sound engineer passed away yesterday on the 14th of November 2024 aged 80. Sinfield was responsible for naming the group, finding their first rehearsal space in the basement of the cafe on the Fulham Palace Road, and perhaps most significantly sourcing the artwork by his friend Barry Godber gracing the cover of...
King Crimson — 28 May 2024
Birthday greetings to Gavin Harrison who is 61 today. The drummer, who joined King Crimson in 2008, is still best known for his work with Porcupine Tree and more recently The Pineapple Thief. Also a prolific collaborator, he has announced the forthcoming release of Perpetual Mutations, his second album with bassist Antoine Fafard. Click here for more details Here's a recent interview with...
King Crimson — 27 May 2024
The latest edition of Mr. Stormy's Monday Selection is a brilliant ear-view of Michael Giles and Greg Lake's isolated drums and bass from Take 1 of 21st Century Schizoid Man. You can download the whole piece here. . . CliKc here to download or listen to an excerpt here...
King Crimson — 24 May 2024
Robert Fripp, Bill Bruford and David Cross are all featured interviewees in Prog magazine's 12-page feature on the making and legacy of King Crimson's Red. There are also interviews with Mel Collins, Jakko Jakszyk and Pat Mastelotto in the piece written by King Crimson biographer, Sid Smith. Elsewhere in the magazine, Adrian Belew and Tony Levin talk about their latest venture together,. . ....
King Crimson — 22 May 2024
Jakko Jakszyk and Tony Levin appear on singer-songwriter Louise Patricia Crane's cinematic new single 'Celestial Dust', released today. A nostalgic shimmering epic, Celestial Dust draws upon the traditional Irish music of Louise's heritage and is co-written and co-produced by Jakko Jakszyk. The song features Tony Levin on bass, Gary Husband on drums, with Jakko this time providing an instantly...
King Crimson — 1 May 2024
Singer-songwriter Louise Patricia Crane, who recently released a single featuring her take on KC's Ladies Of The Road. Entitled Tiny Bard, it features Jakko Jakszyk and Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson. Tiny Bard comes from Louise Patricia Crane’s forthcoming album 'Netherworld', co-produced by and featuring Jakko Jakszyk on acoustic guitar and backing vocals, and Jethro Tull legend Ian Anderson...
King Crimson — 29 Apr 2024
Alex Mundy has been doing his regular rummage around the archives and has devised a new version of The Sheltering Sky without Bill Bruford's slit drum part. You can download the whole track here... CliKc here for more information and download or listen to an extract. . .
King Crimson — 24 Apr 2024
David Cross celebrated his 75th birthday yesterday. The ex-KC violinist is touring with his band performing music from Larks' Tongues In Aspic and other items from the KC repertoire with their next performance at the Gouveia Art Rock Festival in Portugal. Click here for festival details David was recently interviewed about his latest album, Ice Blue, Silver Sky