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King Crimson at Budweiser Stage & Théâtre St-Denis

by John Kelman
September 28, 2019

King Crimson 2019 Celebration Tour Budweiser Stage, Toronto, Canada Théâtre St-Denis, Montréal, Canada September 14 & 17, 2019 After covering six shows including two 2014 dates in San Francisco, another two 2015 shows in Montréal, and single, back-to-back 2017 performances in Montréal and Toronto, perhaps the biggest question is: Why return to Toronto and Montréal in 2019 for two live concerts during King Crimson's 50th Anniversary, globe-trotting, 2019 Celebration Tour that will, ...

Live Review

King Crimson at Paramount Theatre

by Geoff Anderson
September 21, 2019

King Crimson Paramount Theatre Denver, CO September 8, 2019 Every band should have three drummers. No, wait, every band needs three drummers. King Crimson proved that Sunday night with, not just three drummers, but three drummers right up front. Well, maybe two and half drummers; drummer Jeremy Stacey spent half his time on keyboards including the all important mellotron. But, no matter how you cut it, all that percussion right up front created ...

Live Review

Umbria Jazz 2019 - Prima parte

by Libero Farnè
July 29, 2019

Umbria Jazz 2019 Perugia, varie sedi 12-21.7.2019 “Numeri da record assoluto quelli di UJ19: oltre 40.000 paganti con un incasso che ha superato 1 milione e 600mila euro." Con queste parole di evidente soddisfazione si apre il comunicato diramato nella conferenza stampa conclusiva del festival umbro. Indubbiamente a Perugia il palinsesto era talmente ricco di eventi, concerti e iniziative collaterali che era praticamente impossibile seguire tutto; anzi rimane il rammarico di non essere riusciti ...

Extended Analysis

Heaven & Earth: Live and in the Studio 1997-2008

by John Kelman
June 8, 2019

Yet another year, yet another characteristically detailed and chronologically contextualized King Crimson mega-box set. Except that 2019 is no typical year. And Heaven & Earth is no typical King Crimson box set. While Heaven & Earth: Live and in the Studio 1997-2008 completes (well, almost) the series of box sets documenting King Crimson's original commercial recordings (and so much more), it's far from the group's first (or only) release to go along with the current three-drummer ...

Album Review

King Crimson: Live in Newcastle, December 8, 1972

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by John Kelman
April 19, 2019

"Never say never," or so the old adage goes. When it comes to music, there are two more that should be added: “farewell tour" and, most certainly as it relates to King Crimson's Live in Newcastle, December 8, 1972, “the complete recordings." This, the 48th in the veteran group's King Crimson Collector's Club series of archival releases, turns out not just to be an unexpected addition to the group's Larks' Tongues in Aspic (Panegyric), but belies that fifteen-disc, 2012 40th ...

Album Review

King Crimson: Meltdown (Live in Mexico City)

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by John Kelman
October 13, 2018

Something happened to King Crimson between June 28, 2017 in Chicago, IL and the band's five-night run from July 14 to 19 (with a night off on the 17th), that same year, in Mexico City. Both engagements were exceptional, with the Chicago performance captured on Official Bootleg: Live In Chicago, June 28th, 2017 (DGM Live, 2017), and now, with Meltdown (Live in Mexico City) serving as an audio and video document of the best performances from those five Mexican nights ...

Live Review

King Crimson alla Cavea dell'Auditorium, Roma

by Mario Calvitti
August 22, 2018

King Crimson Cavea dell'Auditorium Roma 22.07.2018 Pochi gruppi nella storia della musica rock sono stati importanti quanto i King Crimson. Nei quasi 50 anni trascorsi dalla loro prima apparizione risalente al 1969 hanno sempre rappresentato un punto di riferimento avanzato per il rock progressivo (anche se la definizione non è mai piaciuta al loro leader Robert Fripp, che ha sempre rivendicato l'unicità della loro musica) attraverso le loro numerose incarnazioni, che pur attraversanco molti ...