King Crimson News

Of The Body Prone is the fifth album from the six year-old Asheville, North Carolina-based power trio Ahleuchatistas.

If there is one group that embodies progressive rock, it is King Crimson. Led by guitar/Mellotron virtuoso Robert Fripp, during its first five years of existence the band stretched both the language and structure of rock into realms of jazz and classical music, all the while avoiding pop and psychedelic sensibilities; the absence of mainstream ...

As a singer and instrumentalist, Greg Lake has had his greatest success and influence in the progressive rock outfit Emerson, Lake & Palmer and, before that, as a founding member of the original King Crimson.

With the realization that there will always be more music coming at him than he can keep up with, AAJ Managing Editor John Kelman wonders why anyone would think that jazz is dead or dying.

With the realization that there will always be more music coming at him than he can keep up with, AAJ Managing Editor John Kelman wonders why anyone would think that jazz is dead or dying.

Genesis started life as a progressive rock band, in the manner of Yes and King Crimson, before a series of membership changes brought about a transformation in their sound, into one of the most successful pop/rock bands of the 1980s and 1990s.

With apologies to the rock group King Crimson, who recorded a song in the late '60s called "21st Century Schizoid Man," I'd like to draw attention to our city's split personality.

Thinking man's music is thought to be either dead or thriving six feet underground.

Genesis started life as a progressive rock band, in the manner of Yes and King Crimson, before a series of membership changes brought about a transformation in their sound, into one of the most successful pop/rock bands of the 1980s and 1990s.

The early '70s marked the heyday of progressive rock -- it seemed like every time you turned around and everywhere you looked, there were top-flight bands like Yes, King Crimson, ELP, Pink Floyd, the Moody Blues, et al., all around, and their emulators and lesser rivals spreading out as far as the eye could see.

Frank Zappa once remarked, "Jazz isn't dead, it just smells funny." I feel the same way about modern pop and rock music.

Adrian Belew has lead something of a charmed existence as a musician for the last thirty years, from his first high-profile gig as a guitarist for Frank Zappa in 1979 to his later work with Talking Heads, Trent Reznor, David Bowie and King Crimson.

Friday, Oct. 16 Community Blood Drive Incline Village residents can donate blood at the fall community blood drive from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Incline Recreation Center.

Forty years ago this week, progressive rock started to take off with the initial releases of two of its biggest acts.

Bill Bruford grew up with jazz. As an amateur drummer in the 1960s, and after a handful of lessons from Lou Pocock of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, he began his professional career in 1968.

Only a fool would label Annie Haslam crazy when she says she once filmed a UFO that was also a man's head in the sky over Brazil.

With the realization that there will always be more music coming at him than he can keep up with, AAJ Managing Editor John Kelman wonders why anyone would think that jazz is dead or dying.

British musician Theo Travis has one of the most varied performing and recording histories to be found among contemporary jazz musicians.

The upcoming 40th anniversary of the debut album release by King Crimson is being commemorated by a unique recording project, The Human Experimente.

One of emo rock's torchbearers, Taking Back Sunday, plays tonight in rejuvenated form, thanks in part to last year's addition of guitarist and backup singer Matt Fazzi.