Robert Fripp — 14 Jul 2025
Hugh’s Archive Deep Dive - 9. “Exciting to play, thrilling to hear! This new Gibson can produce any sound you’ve ever heard from any guitar.” So said the advertising blurb in the new instrument catalogue for 1962. Gibson catalogue page, 1962. The ES-345 was Robert Fripp’s main guitar from 1963 to 1968. With him during his transition from local Bournemouth musician to London...
Robert Fripp — 12 Jul 2025
Toyah & Robert's latest Upbeat Moments & a vintage Sunday Lunch! Today at 18:00 BST... Tomorrow at 12:00 BST...
King Crimson — 11 Jul 2025
With the internet having apparently lit up with the news of a new King Crimson studio album in the works, after remarks made by Jakko in a recent interview, here is some clarification from Crimson manager, David Singleton: Addressing the idea of some form of studio recording by the last incarnation of King Crimson, Bill Rieflin posed the excellent question “why make a studio album? There are...
King Crimson — 7 Jul 2025
Exciting news for anyone who bought the recent 2015 tour bundle, you are about to get an extra show to enjoy at no added cost. The second night at Aylesbury Waterside Theatre has now been recovered from backed-up files, making a 14 show series from the first leg of 2015 touring, (with only the two Paris concerts remaining unavailable for contractual reasons). If you already have the bundle...
Robert Fripp — 5 Jul 2025
Toyah & Robert's latest Upbeat Moments & vintage Sunday Lunch! Today at 19:00 CEST... Sunday at 13:00 CEST...
Robert Fripp — 3 Jul 2025
GILES GILES & FRIPP - “THE BRONDESBURY TAPES” (1968) We all know that modern popular music appeared as the phenomenal child of ordinary ‘folk’ during the first half of the 20th Century. Then it sprouted into the sunshine of mass appeal and began to grow at an alarming rate, like Japanese knotweed. And over time, the artistic roots of this new supermusic were artfully bonsai’d by A&R...
King Crimson — 1 Jul 2025
Thanks to several of our listeners who wrote in to say that they remembered hearing The Sheltering Sky performed live in 2019. Well, they are not wrong! Contrary to our report on yesterday's Stormy Mundy Selection, it appears the piece did make it onto the setlist, no less than seven times (in Leipzig, Frankfurt, Warsaw, Verona, Torino and Perugia). In fact, it was played at the first three shows...
King Crimson — 30 Jun 2025
For this month’s release, Alex ’Stormy’ Mundy has unearthed a rarity from the rehearsal room. Download The Sheltering Sky Taken from King Crimson’s rehearsals in Millennium Studios in Bedfordshire, in May 2019, ahead of the 50th Anniversary Tour. The Sheltering Sky was included in the setlist for seven of the shows. Not played by a King Crimson lineup since the Double-Trio...
Robert Fripp — 28 Jun 2025
Toyah & Robert's latest Upbeat Moments & a brand new Sunday Lunch! Today at 18:00 BST... Tomorrow at 12:00 BST...