The May issue of Bass Player magazine has an interview with one third of the Adrian Belew Power Trio, Julie Slick. In it she discusses playing King Crimson bass lines with Adrian and her experiences at Paul Green’s School of Rock. You can read the interview here.
I also found an archived Bass Player interview with [...]

The King is back, and they’ve released the photos to prove it!
Over at DGMLive.com we find several photos from the recent rehearsals that took place in Nashville in preparation for touring this August.
Check out DGM’s website for all of the photos!
(Thanks to commenter Ela, who gives us the news regarding an audio sample from the [...]

Today we find some very cool info from our friends at DGM…
As has become almost a sort of tradition, Nashville will be the public warmup location of choice for this August’s Crim tour.  You’ll find a pair of dates, August 2nd, and 3rd at the Belcourt where the mighty Crim will once again awaken from [...]

It’s been on Youtube since December, but somehow, I managed to miss it. Don’t you hate it when real life gets in the way of Krimson News?
Anyways, Jeremy Frindel directed this music video of the song, “Speedbump”, from the Stickman CD which came out late last year.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fuQBmi6Ca4[/youtube]
Speedbump by Tony Levin
 

Color me shocked and amazed, yes, that’s right, LTE is back together for a few cross country US dates.  Consisting of Mike Portnoy on drums, John Petrucci on guitar, Jordan Rudess on keyboards, and “Papabear” Tony Levin on bass, LTE currently has 6 shows at 5 locations, in 5 days, doing two shows at BB [...]

It’s earlier than I had figured, but I’m not going to complain, I’ve been itching for some live KC for quite some time now.
Reported over at the DGMLive.com website Crim’s first date will be opening a three day stint at Park West, Chicago, August 6th, 2008 before storming out to Keswick Theater in Philadelphia for [...]

Tony Levin will be releasing his new CD Stick Man in two weeks on September 24th. This all new music will be heavy with Tony’s virtuoso Chapman Stick playing and features Pat Mastelotto on drums. The first 1,000 CDs ordered from Tony’s own Papa Bear Records will be autographed and can be purchased here. For [...]

The aptly named forthcoming release, “Stickman” by Tony Levin, which features Papabear’s NS Stick prowess is scheduled for a September release date, per Tony’s Myspace page.
To whet your appetites, he also has a couple of free excerpt tracks available for preview there, with an opportunity to do purchase of said sample’s full tracks.  These tracks [...]

News that some of you may have heard, some not:
Adrian Belew’s Power Trio (Featuring Eric and Julie Slick!)
Aug 19: Stella Blue Asheville, NC
Aug 21: Cat’s Cradle Carrboro, NC
Aug 22: Smith’s Olde Bar Atlanta, GA
Aug 23: Jack Rabbits Jacksonville, FL
Aug 24: State Theatre St. Petersburg, FL
Aug 25: The Theatre West Palm Beach, FL
Sept 08: Teatro Diana Guadalajara, [...]

Boy has Tony been busy!
Just after wrapping up a tour with Todd Rundgren, a date with Artie Traum, Papabear is gearing up now for a relaxing two day tour in Hawaii with Joe Caro, Randy Brecker and Steve Ferrone, following that up with 3 days in Rochester with Chuck Mangione & Orchestra, Papabear has filled [...]