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| :: Posted by Sid Smith on Fri., Mar 30, 2012 |
Guitar World want to know who is the greatest guitarist of all time and the play off today is between Tom Morello of Rage Against The Machine and Boppin' Bobby of Dorset. Stifle your yawns and point your browser here!
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The Wine Of Silence
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Thu., Apr 19, 2012
The latest edition of Prog magazine has some words of praise for the forthcoming The Wine Of Silence release. Occupying a half-page column in the reviews section of the magazine, journalist Rob Hughes asks “...is it any good? The answer, resoundingly, is yes. Taking its title from a typically gnomic Frippicism dating back to 1980, The Wine Of Silence is a stirringly emotive set that takes his original improvisations for guitar (which Fripp would then feed through a digital delay unit to build said Soundscapery) and transmutes them into the classical realm. It might all appear a bit arty on paper, but the reality is often very beautiful and moving.
Nothing quite illustrates this better than Miserere Mei, which amounts to 15 minutes of sombre, string-soaked majesty, complete with Gorecki harmonies and monastic incantations. Likewise the similarly sized Requiescat is a stately procession of violins and cellos, rolling out over the ether and lofted heavenward by subtle fanfares of brass and a sumptuous choral arrangement...
Sometimes, as on Black Light or Miserere Mei, it can get eerily disquieting and ominous. At others there’s a sense of gradual and sustained uplift. Gorgeous, in a word."
You can order the album at Inner Knot and at Burning Shed.
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Keith Jarrett & Snapping
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Wed., Apr 18, 2012
"It's not that I don't like my picture taken. It has
absolutely nothing to do with that. It's a process here. It's not something
photographable. When people take whatever they take home with them, it's
meaningless. BUT IT SCREWS WITH US." Thanks to Bijouboy for the heads-up on this article about Keith Jarrett.
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Meet The New Boss, Worse Than The Old Boss?
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Wed., Apr 18, 2012
I'm grateful to emperornobody for sending in this link to the full text of a talk by David Lowery (Camper van Beethoven, Cracker) to the SF Music Tech Summit. Emp writes "it’s a fascinating perspective on the evolving industry models and what they mean (and don’t mean) for artists."
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PJ Crook Exhibition
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Tue., Apr 17, 2012
There's an up and coming exhibition which will be of interest to fans of PJ Crook. From the blurb: In 2006, to coincide with the Queen’s first visit to the Baltic States, the Estonian Embassy in London organised an exhibition in Tallinn bringing together Estonia’s foremost painter and printmaker Juri Arrak and British artist PJ Crook. Now the honour is returned and Juri joins Gloucestershire artist PJ in exhibiting at Gloucester City Museum. Although both artists are quintessentially of their own nationalities they have in common the human figure at the centre of all their works and the spirituality that imbues them. This exhibition runs from 12th May to 30th June.
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A Winner Writes...
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Sun., Apr 15, 2012
Rick Mascarini was the winner of our recent Pat Mastelotto Recidivate competition and here he is with his prize...
Rick writes "I arrived home yesterday (Friday 13th of April) from another long business excursion to find my "prize" having arrived while I was on the road. The picture was taken w/ my now trusty iPad 2 along with the P@ music playing from the same said device. Wonderful that I can travel and have these gems playing on headphones while sitting in airplanes. Thanks again for the contests and I'm very proud to be a lucky winner!"
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Crimson Project
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Sat., Apr 14, 2012
The Adrian Belew Power Trio and Stick Men are combining forces to become Crimson Projekct when they support Dream Theater in June. You can find out all the tour details here
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Robert Fripp 1997 Soundscapes
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Thu., Apr 12, 2012
Robert Fripp's three hour set performed at Newlyn is now available for download.
Containing soundscape material that would later surface King Crimson's The Power To Believe, you can grab the gig here.
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King Crimson In A Bottle
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Thu., Apr 12, 2012
Drink up with King Crimson!
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Pat's Recidivate Reviewed
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Thu., Apr 12, 2012
Pat Mastelotto's 2-disc retrospective, Recidivate, gets some glowing words of praise here and here. Don't forget you can find out more and nab your own copy here and you can also read my take over on the blog.
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