Our friends at Crawdaddy! magazine let us know they have part one of their interview with Adrian Belew now online!
This part of the interview goes over Adrian’s roots and performance history and does reflect a willingness to continue some of his other group efforts, such as the Bears and that other small band we love, King Crimson.
Thanks to Michael for giving us the skinny on the interview!
http://crawdaddy.wolfgangsvault.com/Article/Part-I-King-Crimsons-Adrian-Belew.html
And guess who’s made the list?
http://www.guitarworld.com/article/adam_jones_adam039s_jones
Here’s a hint, King Crimson members are listed in the top 3…
Spotted via Trey Gunn’s Twitter: http://twitter.com/treygunn
We’ve been told that KN needs a new home due to technical issues beyond our control by our hosting provider. This is due to some resource utilization they have unfortunately not been able to track down.
Long story short, expect some oddities as the move begins, but I’d say we should be moved within the next few weeks.
Also, I’d like to apologise for my lack of posts, but trust me, something big and amazing is coming down the pipes. When we started we had a team of 4-6 people assisting in writing posts. At this point nobody is actively writing.
To that end, please send me a note if you feel the urge to volunteer! I’d love to hear from you.
More soon-
Jeff Duke
Legendary, and I mean LEGENDARY, (but you already knew this), drummer with an astonishing pedigree of bands over the last 41 years, including of course, King Crimson, Yes, and Genesis, amongst some 19 other bands and artists plus or minus a few, Bill Bruford doesn’t have anything to prove to this writer, he’s certainly one of the greatest.
And he knows he has nothing to prove, at least performance wise, which is one of the reasons reflected for his retirement from public performance, in an article over at AllAboutJazz where John Kelman interviewed Bruford. The indication is that he will do public speaking engagements, and thankfully he will continue writing and recording music, as well as Summerfold and Winterfold records.
In the near future Bill will be doing some public speaking, (as previously mentioned), where he will be promoting his new book, Bill Bruford: The Autobiography, which is coming out in March.
Krimson News congratulates Bill Bruford on his retirement and we wish him all the best!
For the full deal, check out the article over at All About Jazz!
Today, 40 years ago, King Crimson was born. Marking 40 years since their initial rehearsal as King Crimson, with Robert Fripp, Greg Lake, Michael Giles and Ian McDonald as personnel.
Why not celebrate by listening to your favorite KC album… and feel free to post your selection by making a comment below. Long live the King!
Adrian Belew, Eric Slick, and Julie Slick are smack in the middle of a whirlwind tour of Australia right now in the formation of “The Adrian Belew Power Trio”, and I just noted a review link posted by Owen over at Planet Crimson.
The review was very generous and sports some great photos of Adrian and Co, including Adrian crowdsurfing!
If you are in Australia and haven’t gotten a chance to check em out, you still have a chance through the 11th, as they wrap up the last few dates in New South Wales! Tourdates can be found at Adrian’s Official Site.
Just received an email from our good friends at the Los Gauchos Alemanes which gives the good word on several updates to their site, not the least of which is an updated store which now includes their latest album, Commendatore, and allows for MP3 downloads and samples.
LGA is a fantastic group which has featured several heavies from the world of Guitar Craft and as such has worked along side such groups as the Berlin Guitar Ensemble and The League of Crafty Guitarists.
It goes without saying that a visit to their website certainly should be on the menu for any of our readers out there, so check it out HERE!
Bert Lams and Tom Griesgraber are just beginning a duet tour encompassing the states of Florida, (through November), and California, (through December), and let me tell you, that’ll be fun, but once you’ve gotten off that musical high, here’s another one to loft you back up there… the CGT will be making their rounds beginning in February of 2009!
Make sure to check out the CGT website for more tourdate information HERE, and be sure to check out the CGT on TV, if you are in the Philadelphia area coming up soon on Wednesday, November 19th at 8PM. (That’s just two days from now!)
It’s been a bit of back and forth on the interweb regarding the future possibility of a King Crimson tour in 2009, which has been repeatedly defined as a “West Coast US Tour”, slated for the latter portion of the year. Unfortunately, at this point, it appears that the 2009 KC tour is a no go with some apparent miscommunication from band management regarding scheduling for the individual artists.
Here at KN, we certainly don’t want to place any onus around casually, but we certainly hope that schedules can be fixed up soon!
It certainly would be sad to see the anniversary celebration go on without the mighty Crim!
Wow! This is one talented team! Thanks to Colin for sending this one in!
