Guitarist and singer Jakko Jakszyk talks with rare enthusiasm about King Crimson, but it's to be expected: he'd been a fan for four decades prior to becoming a full-time member in 2013. "It's all too ...

With their third album, Lizard, Fripp augmented a transitional line-up with top-drawer jazz players to create an epic, sprawling, chaotic clash of styles veering from sparse, cinematic moodiness to ...

Unless you’re a fan of English progressive rock of the ‘60s and ‘70s, you may not know Peter Sinfield by name. There is still a good chance you know some of his lyrics. And if you are a devotee of ...

What is a perfect band? Is it one like The Beatles, whose universal influence is nearly matched by their timeless popularity and maintained by their four distinct, iconic and deified personas? Is it ...

Influential bassist Tony Levin speaks with NPR's Eric Deggans about Levin's work with the experimental rock band King Crimson. From Peter Gabriel's 'Sledgehammer' to King Crimson, Tony Levin's bass ...

Like the live adventures from all their other eras, King Crimson have well documented the octet/septet incarnation that, at eight years, ranks as the group's longest-lived lineup. Music Is Our Friend ...

Adrian Belew laughed as he told fans at Beat’s show Sunday night, Oct. 27, at Detroit’s Masonic Cathedral Theatre, that “We had a plan — let’s play the easiest songs we can play. “That plan didn’t ...

You probably know the old adage about assumptions. After seeing the current (slightly fluid) King Crimson lineup twice every time the perennially groundbreaking group made it to North American shores ...