And The Winner Is...
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Thu., Feb 14, 2013
Three names were pulled out of the hat today. Step forward Steven Leak of Ontario, Carlos Romeo of Madrid and Errol Tout of Western Australia. They each get a copy of the Guitar Circle of Europe album because a) they were plucked from the fickle fedora of fate and b) they were able to tell me that director of the GCE is Hernan Nunez. Thanks to everyone who took part and stayed tuned for another great giveaway soon. 

Double Trio Bundle Goes Live
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Mon., Feb 11, 2013
There are 28 shows available to download either as single gigs or as a budget-beating bundle from King Crimson’s North American tour in October and November 1995. The shows go from October 20th in Berkeley through to the 28th November 1995 at the Rosemont in Illinois. Please note that the show Crimso played on the 4th November at New Orleans is unavailable - the ADAT was chewed and the DAT source is unavailable. If you’ve already purchased all four shows from this tour that were previously available (November 1st, 2nd, 11th & 12th) but still want to buy the bundle, you’ll be eligible for a free download of your choice. 

Adrian Talks & Plays
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Sun., Feb 10, 2013
Here's a fascinating talk given by Adrian last year at the Chicago Humanities Festival. 

Trey Talks & Plays
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Sun., Feb 10, 2013
We've ran this one before but in case you missed it, take some time to listen and watch Trey Gunn talk about how the importance of finding your original voice as an artist. You can watch it here. Trey will also be appearing in New York this tomorrow (Monday) as part of the Security project, playing Peter Gabriel's music. Check out the details here. 

Crimson Guitars Blog
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Sun., Feb 10, 2013
If you ever wondered what it takes to make a guitar then take a look at the latest blog from Ben over at Crimson Guitars website. 

Court In The Act Of Production
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Sat., Feb 9, 2013
King Crimson were mentioned in dispatches during BBC 4’s documentary When Albums Ruled The World (broadcast on Friday evening). At around 28.00minutes 21CSM is played to a montage of 1969 releases (including Court itself). Later in the show Court is once again featured during a shot of a vinyl album being made in the factory. My thanks go to eagle-eyed viewer Adrian Holmes who spotted that the album in question was the Panegyric reissue of ITCOTCK. If you have access to the BBC’s iPlayer you can witness the album being pressed at 1:29minutes, just near the end of the show. 

Guitar Circle Of Europe Giveaway!
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Fri., Feb 8, 2013
We have a couple of copies of the very latest album by The Guitar Circle Of Europe to give away to good homes. Alongside original compositions by GCE members, there are cover versions of KC repertoire such as The Great Deceiver, LTIA I & II, Discipline, Red and 21CSM.

Shallal Fundraiser
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Thu., Feb 7, 2013
The Shallal Dance Theatre (of which RF is a patron) is holding a fundraising event next week. They write:

Belew's Secret Project
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Wed., Feb 6, 2013
There's speculation on the internet that Adrian Belew will be playing with Trent Reznor's Nine Inch Nails later this year. Speaking at the NAMM show where Adrian was launching his Impossible Pedal app, he mentioned in an interview a secret project. Now read on...

King Crimson On Great Album Showdown
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Wed., Feb 6, 2013
King Crimson's debut was one of three albums given pride of place during BBC4 Danny Baker's Great Album Showdown programme last night. After picking We're Only In It For The Money by The Mothers Of Invention and Joni Mitchell's The Hissing Of Summer Lawns, Baker proudly held aloft his worn copy of ITCOTCK (signed by Greg Lake) and declared "Some groups arrive fully formed and have you, well me certainly saying 'I don't know they've done that'...This extraordinary piece of music which has had to weather its critics over the years, 21st Century Schizoid Man, which is as angular a listen as you're like to hear, to the wonderful Court of the Crimson King itself, an observation by King Crimson." UK viewers can tune into the whole 60 minute show by going to the BBC iPlayer. The short segment on Crimso starts at a gnat's whisker after the 48 minute mark.