Under The Influence...
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Tue., Oct 25, 2011
Her name is Charlene Soraia and her debut album out next month is called Moonchild. According to this piece she cites Robert Fripp as one of her influences and, if you read on, she apparently experiences cyclothymic moods! 

Saluting King Crimson At The Crescent
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Tue., Oct 25, 2011
Check out this review of the 2OAPT turn in Phoenix. 

1981 Frippetronics Tour Bundle Available
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Mon., Oct 24, 2011
There are 10 Frippertronic gigs bundled together for just $45 Flac or $35 MP3. These consist of Fripp's residency at the Washington Square Church and Inroads, both in New York during 1981. The bundle starts on 27th July and ends with 7th August.

Bowness Blogs!
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Mon., Oct 24, 2011
Tim Bowness offers his thoughts about the recent No-Man gig and the new Slow Electric album (amongst other subjects) over on his blog. 

Streaming & Dreaming
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Mon., Oct 24, 2011
My thanks to Anil Prasad of Innerviews website for alerting me to this interesting article about streaming site and musicians. 

Jakko & Trey
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Sun., Oct 23, 2011
Jakko Jakszyk and Trey Gunn are just two of the musicians who'll be playing together at next week's IB Expo in Halmstad, Sweden next Saturday. Check out the IB site for further details and ticket information.You can also check out their facebook page.

21st Century Skizoid Beer
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Fri., Oct 21, 2011
My thanks to Enzo Lamberti for sending me this link to an oddly named Italian beer. 

A Universal Problem?
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Thu., Oct 20, 2011
Zoe Keating's experience with her royalties going astray will sound depressingly familiar to RF diary readers. 

Is Grooveshark Purposely Screwing Over Musicians?
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Thu., Oct 20, 2011
That’s the not unreasonable question Flavourwire are asking given that Grooveshark keeps putting up King Crimson and Robert Fripp material to which it does not have the rights. Check out the comments section.  

Grooveshark - A Scarcity Of Ethics?
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Wed., Oct 19, 2011
Jakko Jakszyk has weighed into the the debate at Digital Music News about Grooveshark’s ethics and business practice. Scroll down to the bottom of the page for Jakko's comment.