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| :: Posted by Sid Smith on Mon., Nov 19, 2007 |
Ending weeks of speculation in various online communities, Robert Fripp has revealed in his latest online diary that drummer Gavin Harrison (of Porcupine Tree) will be joining King Crimson. The band will be playing a series of live dates in Chicago’s Park West – most recently the venue to RF and the LoCG appearance in the windy city. Fripp notes “Park West is a fave venue, and one I have been working for 27 years. The LCG were here in 1989 & 1990…This is also the venue where, according to our current plans for King Crimson’s return to active-service in 2008, preparatory to the 40th. Anniversary Celebration of 2009, The Beast Of Crim will be playing a 4-night residency in August 2008 with KC’s third double-drumming formation. The first formation: Jamie Muir & Bill Bruford (1972-73);
the second formation: Pat Mastelotto & Bill Bruford (1994-97);
the third formation: Pat Mastelotto & Gavin Harrison. A fourth double-drumming formation, of 1981-84 (Adrian & Billy B), doesn’t quite count as Adrian’s primary focus was in the front line.” Harrison is one of the most respected drummers of his generation, adding a prodigious technique to the work of Porcupine Tree as well collaborating with Jakko Jakszyk on The Bruised Romantic Glee Club, and most recently, Drop – an album with bassist and singer, 05Ric and also featuring contributions from Fripp. Some may recall Drop was featured as a DGMLive giveaway (see my review on the blog), perhaps hinting at Harrison's proposed involvement. Only DGMLive regular, Chocolatefireguard, spotted the listing on King Crimson's myspace site: the top four musicians have been there for a couple of months now.
More details will be announced regarding rehearsal schedules and ticket availability as soon as we get them.
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Universal Streaming With Google
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Wed., May 15, 2013
Google and a couple of the major labels are rumoured to have sealed a deal on providing a music streaming service. More details here.
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Johnny's Rock And Roll Show
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Tue., May 14, 2013
Aylesbury has long association with progressive rock dating all the way back to 1969 and the famous Friars Club. Last week John Wetton and Jakko Jakszyk performed at the town's Waterside Theatre as part of Steve Hackett's Genesis Revisited tour. Next month there's a special fund-raising concert taking place in the same venue. You can find out more here.
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Vicar Dolby Launch
:: Posted by David S on Mon., May 13, 2013
It has taken a while for news of the Vicar launch at Dolby HQ in London to find it’s way onto these pages - a mixture of the absence of The Voice that is Sidney Smith and my own ineptitude. A fabulous event - Dolby were kind enough to announce The Vicar Songbook as a perfect example of true HD surround sound and will be using it as their demonstration music. It certainly sounded wondrous in their Ray Dolby Theatre. Thanks to Jonathan Jowitt (JJ) at Dolby, Neil Wilkes at Opus Productions and all who attended, including David Revelle, the worthy winner from DGMLive... And a certain Robert Fripp, seen here with the two mighty men from IE music, David Enthoven and...um...Tim Clark (it is possible that he sent someone more beautiful in his place).
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Mister Stormy's Monday Selection
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Mon., May 13, 2013
By way of a curtain-raiser to the reissue of Beat later this year, Mister Stormy has blown the cobwebs of Bill and Tony whipping up a mutant space-jazz storm that is Requiem.
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Bowie & Fripp
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Mon., May 13, 2013
Media hussy that he is, Robert Fripp is once again set to appear on prime time TV. This time he’s going to be one of the talking heads that will be popping up in BBC TV’s David Bowie documentary, Five Years which airs on Saturday 25th May. Diary readers will recall RF mentioning filming taking place on 15th March 2013. TV reviewer Boyd Hilton tweeted at the weekend: David Bowie: Five Years on BBC2, Sat, May 25 is not to be missed. The
best Bowie documentary ever. Best contributions: Robert Fripp #Bowie
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Defining Fripp Is Difficult
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Fri., May 10, 2013
That line is drawn from a preview of Robert Fripp & the Orchestra of Crafty Guitarists VII forthcoming performance in Cambridge Massachusetts. Clearly the writer of that line anticipates the sight of RF appearing on Mr & Mrs!
RF and the team are playing three concerts at the end of this month.
Friday May 24
First Church in Cambridge
11 Garden St
Cambridge, MA 02138
Doors: 7pm
Showtime: 8pm
All performances general admission.
Tickets on sale here
Saturday May 25
Wesley United Methodist Church
98 North Maple St.
Hadley, MA 01035
Doors: 7pm
Showtime: 8pm
All performances general admission.
Tickets on sale here
Sunday May 26
Saint Marks Church in-the-Bowery (View)
131 East 10th Street
New York, NY 10003
Doors: 3pm
Showtime: 4pm
All performances general admission.
Tickets on sale here
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Thomas De Hartmann Project 2013
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Thu., May 9, 2013
There's an opportunity for people to support a recording project previously mentioned in RF diaries - the Thomas De Hartmann Project with pianist Elan Sicroff. You can find out more about the Kickstarter project page.
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Caption Competition
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Thu., May 9, 2013
Robert Fripp appeared on a celebrity edition of ITV's prime time show Mr & Mrs alongside his wife Toyah Willcox. You can watch the whole thing on the ITV player (for UK residents only) but in the meantime, get your wit around this pic and provide us with a winning caption. ONE entry per person so make it count!
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Eno In NYC
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Wed., May 8, 2013
As one half of Fripp and Eno appears on Mr & Mrs, the other half can be heard in conversation in New York.
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