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| :: Posted by Sid Smith on Tue., Feb 14, 2012 |
My thanks to Brian Thomson for sending me the news that Ian McDonald will be providing the music at an all-star benefit reading of Hamlet in New York this month.
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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.
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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.
Containing two full length albums, it features guest appearances from Tony Levin, Pat Mastelotto and Trey Gunn from KC. Theo Travis, Markus Reuter and many other top names also make significant contributions to the release. You can check out my take on the album over on the blog.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
All you need to do to answer the question is tell me: who produced the new album? If you don’t know you can find a clue by taking a peek here. Once you’ve got your answer send it to competitions@dgmlive.com marked LEVIN.
One lucky winner will have his or her name picked out of the fickle fedora of fate and be announced on Tuesday 27th September. You can hear an extensive interview with Tony talking about this album and his work with other artists in episode 35 of the SMI Radio podcast and you can read my take on the record over on the blog.
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2 Of A Perfect Trio In Atlanta
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Tue., Sep 20, 2011
My thanks to Lee Landenberger for sending me this account of the first night of the 2 of a Perfect Trio tour.
"Opening night of the Two of a Perfect Trio tour featuring the Adrian
Belew Power Trio and Tony Levin's Stick Men was pretty much like the
name implies -- perfect.
Stick Men stormed through a 45-minute set that included Super Collider
and a slice of Stravinsky's Firebird Suite, nimbly handling some tricky material with plenty of joy and no visible jitters.
A 10-minute break later found the Power Trio thundering across some older songs like Young Lions and some newer ground like e. After a 15-minute
break, both bands returned and morphed into a double trio that meshed perfectly as they stonked through King Crimson favorites such as Sleepless, Indiscipline, and Thela Hun Ginjeet.
photo by Lee Landenberger
It's miraculous that on an opening night both bands handled such difficult material with such seeming ease. When they took their final bow of the evening, it was smiles all around. The first night was done and well dusted. Nearly two and a half hours of great prog rock had gone off loudly, smoothly, and perfectly.
Sure, the spirit of Robert Fripp hung over the entire evening. It would have been great if he'd been there, but it wasn't necessary.
By the way, the Variety Theater here in Atlanta wasn't quite sold out. It's not a beautiful place, but Adrian Belew and King Crimson have played there many times. The acoustics are fabulous in there. No wonder they keep coming back."
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Fripp All Over The World
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Mon., Sep 19, 2011
Today Mister Stormy has come up with part of an interview Robert gave back in 1991 which talks about the background to the formation of 80s Crimso (amongst other things).
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Pictures Of A Lounge...
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Mon., Sep 19, 2011
My thanks to Antonion for spotting this video of Pictures Of A City being performed in a lounge jazz stylee incorporating a quote from Charlie Mingus no less.
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