King Crimson
Royal Albert Hall, London Tuesday 18th June 2019 (first of a three-night run) So hands up who thought back in, say, 2012 that Robert Fripp would resuscitate King Crimson and that the new improved beast would be around to celebrate…
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King Crimson
Symphony Hall, Birmingham Tuesday, 6th November 2018 This will only be a short piece, as my esteemed colleague Jez Rowden has already said all there is to say on the emotional and musical impact of this revered combo in his…
King Crimson
St. David’s Hall, Cardiff Wednesday, 31st October 2018 “Welcome back my friends to the show that sporadically ends…” There are loads of great bands out there, and then there is King Crimson; from their earliest incarnation a method of approaching…
THRAK by King Crimson – The Complete Scores
Former King Crimson member Trey Gunn has partnered with Gabriel Riccio to create a set of full-band transcriptions of the band’s 1995 release THRAK. They do a good job not only of transferring those recorded performances into written form (working…
King Crimson
Waterside Theatre, Aylesbury Monday 5th September 2016 The second of only two dates in their home country on the latest outing for King Crimson (Mk8.1) sees the band that forced what became known as progressive rock, pink of face and…
King Crimson
Birmingham Symphony Hall 14th September 2015 “King Crimson” is not so much a band, but more of an idea or even an ideology, the tenets of which are intermittently given form by its guardian Robert Fripp. Legend has it that…
King Crimson – The Elements 2015 Tour Box
High on my list of things to do at the recent KC live shows was “Pick up a copy of the 2015 Tour Box”. After much post-gig queueing – with not a little consternation that it might in fact sell…
King Crimson
Thirty-three years ago, King Crimson played in Oxford, Guildford, Cromer, Dunstable and Poole. You would have to go back to 1972 to find the band performing in cities such as Cardiff, Brighton and Birmingham. Almost unbelievably, King Crimson have now…
King Crimson – Live At The Orpheum
OK, before we start, cards on the table – whenever a negative review is published, no matter how constructive the criticism, it doesn’t take long before the fanboys and girls start to accuse the writer of having “an agenda”, whatever…
John Boegehold – Pattern-Seeking Animals
Not only is John Boegehold of Pattern-Seeking Animals one of the more prolific artists working in any genre today, he is one of the warmest, most gregarious persons you could hope to meet. The following is an edited (no, really)…