Under The Influence...
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Thu., Sep 29, 2011
St Vincent has a new album out and is once again causing her to be compared to Robert Fripp, (or Dapper Dan as she refers to Chuckles) in this interview.  

Sound & Vision In Norwich
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Wed., Sep 28, 2011
There's an opportunity to see Slow Electric perform live at this weekend's Sound & Vision event in Norwich. Full details of the event can be found here.  In addition to the new Slow Electric album, there's a rather fine video of the track Towards The Shore which you can see here. Meanwhile here's what a couple of members of the Slow Electric crew got up to on a slow news day...

Maestro Bill Bruford
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Wed., Sep 28, 2011
This just in via BB: The Musicians Union in conjunction with Classic Rock magazine is offering the classic rock 'Maestro Award'. Bill is one of five musicians honoured to be nominated for the award, the others being Don Airey (kbds), Mike Rutherford (gtr), Phil Manzanera (gtr), and Steve Winwood (kbds). He could use your vote! The winner will receive their award at London's Roundhouse on 9 November 2011. You need to be a UK Musicians Union member to participate, and members should log on to www.themu.org for all details. Voting will close at midnight on Sunday, 2nd October 2011. Vote Bill!

Elsewhere you can find Bill in London at The Forge on October 5th at the launch event for Bill's fabbo de luxe limited edition version of his autobiography, and then he's off to America to talk about his life and work at the following venues.

Mon. Oct. 17th---8:00PM Columbus Percussion, 5052 North High St, Columbus OH 43214. Call toll free in the US (800) 775-7372

Tue. Oct. 18th---7:00PM Sweetwater Music, 5501 U.S. Hwy 30 W, Fort Wayne IN 46818. Call toll free in the US (800) 222 4700

Wed. Oct. 19th---7:30PM Drum Center of Lexington, 132 Southland Dr, Lexington KY 40503. Call toll free in the US (800)341 DRUM

Thu. Oct. 20th---7:00PM Explorer’s Percussion, 8050 Wornall Road, Kansas City MO 64114. Call (816) 361-1195

Sat. Oct. 22nd---1.00PM Cascio Interstate Music, 13819 W. National Ave, New Berlin WI 53151. Call toll free in the US (800) 462-2263

Mon. Oct. 24th---6.30PM Daddy's Junky Music, 444 Providence Hwy, Dedham, MA 02026. Call (781) 329-9924

KC's First Date In Japan
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Tue., Sep 27, 2011
King Crimson's first date in Japan has been added to the archive. For those of you who've previously bought that particular tour bundle, a free download of the gig will be sent your way.

Tony Talks
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Mon., Sep 26, 2011
You can read an extensive interview with Tony Levin at Anil Prasad's Innerviews website where Tony talks about the making of the new Levin Torn White album, his approach to recording A Scarcity Of Miracles and lots more.

Steve Wilson's Grace For Drowning
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Sat., Sep 24, 2011
Steven Wilson's new album, Grace For Drowning, is released on Monday.
One track, Raider II has been inspired by Steven's work on the King Crimson back catalogue and in particular, Lizard. You can hear an eight minute edit of the 23 minute piece by checking out the Grace For Drowning website.

I Talk To The Trees
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Sat., Sep 24, 2011
My thanks to Tony Isch for sending me this ad for his local nursery.

The Humans On Tour
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Thu., Sep 22, 2011
In the wake of the announcement of REM disbanding, you can still get to see Bill Rieflin working the stage as a member of The Humans. The band are about to begin a US tour this week and their new album, featuring Robert Fripp, Sugar Rush, is reviewed here. 

John McLaughlin & The Pirates
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Thu., Sep 22, 2011
My thanks to Anil Prasad of the excellent Innerviews website for pointing me in the direction of this update written by John McLaughlin. Anil tweets "John McLaughlin posts an intelligent editorial about piracy to his site, and incredibly, his "fans" attack him for it" Read it here.

Levin Torn White Giveaway
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Tue., Sep 20, 2011
Thanks to those nice people at Lazy Bones Recordings have a copy of the new album by Levin Torn White to giveaway.