Chrysta Bell & Mastelotto In The UK
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Thu., May 23, 2013
Pat Mastelotto is on tour in the UK this week with Chrysta Bell. Check out the dates in Manchester, Leicester, Bath and Ireland here. 

Keeling's Condensed KC
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Thu., May 23, 2013
Andrew Keeling has a new book of musical analysis due out for June 1st. The Concise Musical Guide to King Crimson and Robert Fripp (1969 - 1984) is available from Burning Shed and direct from the publisher Spaceward where you can also nab it as an ebook.

Crimson ProjeKct Live In Tokyo
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Wed., May 22, 2013
Following on from their official bootleg release, you can grab a new album taken from the Crimson ProjeKct's Japanese jaunt in March right here. 

The TransKcription Of Light
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Tue., May 21, 2013
Ever wanted to see what the track The ConstruKction Of Light transcribed with all the parts written out and then put into a midi file? Gabriel Lucas Gitin Riccio did and set about spending time doing just that.

Trey Gunn linked to the video on his Facebook page commenting "King Crimson's "The ConstruKction of Light" fully transcribed (ALL parts) and re-realized via midi. Unfortunate choices for the drum sounds, and I haven't checked all the notes, but my immediate impression is: "Holy crap! This person really put in the work on this one."

He even has all the double-stops in my right hand part. That is not easy to hear from the recording. And, even I had to put in a ton of work to get my hands back into it for each subsequent tour."

You can see the whole thing here.

And The Winner Is...
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Tue., May 21, 2013
Congratulations to Syd Blair of Belfast. He was able to tell me that Tim Bowness's regular musical partner in No-Man is Steven Wilson. For that display of in-depth musical knowledge he wins himself a copy of the latest Henry Fool album, Men Singing. Stay tuned for another splendid giveaway later this week. 

Lost In The Middle
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Tue., May 21, 2013
My thanks to emmapeelfanclub for this article on labels and why they sometimes won't release an artist's music. 

Dyble Discussion
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Sun., May 19, 2013
Judy Dyble, ex Fairport Convention and one-time member of GG&F, has been discussing her collaboration with Alistair Murphy and their work on a new album. Read it here. 

Happy Birthday BB
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Fri., May 17, 2013
Birthday greetings and a bottle of wine to Bill Bruford who is 64 years young this very day.

Meanwhile In The Real World
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Fri., May 17, 2013
Ebay contains an auction for a mixing desk that isn't currently working but which may have been used in the making of Thrak. Buyer collects!

Many Happy Returns!
:: Posted by Happy Birthday Robert Fripp on Thu., May 16, 2013
The very best of birthday wishes to the Old Goat himself pictured here as, in his own words, mutton dressed as lamb...

As you can see the picture is taken by Robert's wife Toyah and today is also their 27th wedding anniversary. Congratulations to both of them.