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New Wetton CD

progfetish — Sun, 10 Jul 2011 20:33:24 +0000

John Wetton has announced the release of his new studio album, RAISED IN CAPTIVITY, which is available here.

Wetton Radio Interview

progfetish — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 06:00:07 +0000

John Wetton will be interviewed on UK radio (KCR FM) tonight, February 17. The interview is scheduled for around 21:30 GMT. KCR FM can be found online here.

Tony Levin NAMM Photos

progfetish — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 08:36:01 +0000

More NAMM news… The “Stickman” has posted lots of great photos from his trip to this year’s NAMM in Anaheim, California.

Fripp on Touring

progfetish — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 17:29:01 +0000

Robert Fripp, in his online diary, explaines the “professional realities” of touring. This in response to a forum post asking why Crimson won’t be playing Europe.

Crimson Makes Guitar Player’s ‘Essential’ DVD List

progfetish — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 16:28:24 +0000

By way of Krimson-News.com, comes word that Guitar Player magazine has chosen King Crimson’s Neal and Jack and Me as one the “50 essential guitar DVDs”. The DVD features two KC concerts: Three of a Perfect Pair-Live in Japan 1984 and The Noise-Live in Frejus 1982.

Crimson’s Cross on MySpace

progfetish — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 13:51:05 +0000

Former King Crimson violinist David Cross and composer Andrew Keeling have launched a MySpace page. Both musicians met in London in 2006 and began collaborating on “electric chamber music”.

Bruford and Borstlap to Tour Europe in 2008

progfetish — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 12:38:16 +0000

Bill Bruford and Michiel Borstlap will be “doing selected European and UK dates in late spring/ early summer 2008″ – so says the official Bruford website. Monitor Bill’s schedule for the forthcoming dates.

Wetton New Year’s Party Pix

progfetish — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 10:41:43 +0000

This is hilarious – drop what you’re doing and head over to John’s website to view his New Year’s Eve party photos.

New Tony Levin Video

progfetish — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 23:20:00 +0000

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Tony’s new video for “Speedbump” is now on YouTube. This track is from his latest CD, Stick Man, available here.

Holiday Greetings from John Wetton

progfetish — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 09:46:30 +0000

John Wetton has posted an “early holiday gift” for everyone over at his website – we won’t spoil the surprise here.

Tony Levin Posts New Tour Photos

progfetish — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 19:12:58 +0000

Tony Levin has added new ‘behind-the-scenes’ photos to his gallery – including pix from recent Peter Gabriel concerts in Johannesburg and Moscow. View the photos at TonyLevin.com.

Excellent TU Concert Photos

progfetish — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 18:07:44 +0000

PlanetCrimson.net has posted a really nice series of photos from TU’s recent opener for Tool at Portland’s Memorial Coliseum – all beautifully captured by photographer Mark Colman. Thanks to DGMLive for the tip.

Visit MarkColman.com/Music to view more of his excellent work, including Ian Anderson, Porcupine Tree and Adrian Belew.

Wetton is Keynote Speaker

progfetish — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 12:19:16 +0000

From John Wetton’s website: John Wetton will be one of the keynote speakers at Sun, Sea & Sound 2007, an official music industry event for Bournemouth and Poole, UK. John will discuss “From Bournemouth to Asia” on December 7th at 2:00PM at the B.I.C. Visit the official events website for more info.

Bruford on Cover of Drumhead Magazine

progfetish — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 08:59:47 +0000

Bill Bruford is the cover feature on the December issue of Drumhead Magazine.

Bruford in The Times

progfetish — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 11:52:28 +0000

The Times Online’s Arts-n-Entertainment section has a nice article on Bill Bruford today.

If you survive in this industry for 40 years without too many cuts and bruises, still sober and still getting excited by the smell of a drum set, then you get reflective,â€ he says. â€œPeople think this is a glamourous industry, but it comes with a lot of rough edges. Even though people see Iâ€™m obviously enjoying playing, the rest of the stuff can be hard.