Try as I might, I was totally unable to make the KC show in Nashville, however, I was able to get a first hand report from a friend of mine who went, which is, as follows:
Man, you really missed out on a great show. This one complete surpassed my expectations. The second drummer was AMAZING and Tony Levin was just awesome to see. This may be the best KC lineup ever. Wow!
And this is the first time I’ve seen them when they really just played all their best old material, and I for one, really enjoyed that…
AND
…It was one of the best shows I’ve ever seen. If these guys do a larger tour I will definitely be catching them again.
And here’s the setlist from Mike Goldman:
Drums Duo
ConstruKction Of Light
Level Five
Neurotica Three of a Perfect Pair
Indiscipline
Frame By Frame
Dinosaur
One Time
Sex Sleep Eat Drink Dream
B’boom Elephant Talk
Red
Drum Duo Thela Hun Ginjeet
The Talking Drum
Larks’ Tongues In Aspic II
Sleepless
VROOOM/Coda: Marine 475
Be sure to submit your reviews of the show(s), and feel free to do so in this thread!
With King Crimson’s official return to active duty behind them, DGMLive’s Sid Smith brought the video camera out with him to get first hand word from the street:
Be sure to check out the DGMLive website for several more videos, and the latest from the tour, as it progresses!
The May issue of Bass Player magazine has an interview with one third of the Adrian Belew Power Trio, Julie Slick. In it she discusses playing King Crimson bass lines with Adrian and her experiences at Paul Green’s School of Rock. You can read the interview here.
I also found an archived Bass Player interview with Tony Levin made around the time ‘Thrak’ was released. This extensive Q&A covers quite a bit of ground on Tony’s career and can be read here.
The June issue of Guitar Player magazine has an interview with Adrian Belew in which he talks about the power trio and upcoming shows with King Crimson. You can access Barry Cleveland’s interview here and also read some web only content not in the print edition.
The July issue of Guitar Player also features Adrian in their ‘Oeuvre Easy’ column which looks at his career and classifies some of his music as inspired/required/and tired. This issue is on newstands now, but unfortunately Guitar Player doesn’t post web links to its articles until about a month after subscribers get their issue. Look for a link here in 30 days or so.
The California Guitar Trio has advance copies of their new album, Echoes. Be sure to put in your order over at CGTrio.com today!
Here’s the writeup:
Advance copies now available. This new California Guitar Trio CD features arrangements of an eclectic variety of CGT favorites, and includes a never before released studio version of Bohemian Rhapsody. Produced by CGT sound man Tyler Trotter. Featuring guests appearances by Bonnie “Prince” Billy, Tony Levin, Pat Mastelotto, Tom Griesgraber, Jamie Masefield, Pamelia Kursten, Tyler Trotter and more. The Louisville Weekly says: “The Trio’s 12:20 version of Pink Floyd’s Echoes will redefine what it means to play guitar.”
01. The Cruel Sea
02. Music for a Found Harmonium
03. Unmei
04. Echoes
05. Tubular Bells
06. Pastorale
07. Bohemian Rhapsody
08. And I Know
09. Freebird
Well, that is my only assumption based upon the events of today.
Please accept my apologies for downtime experienced today and for the trash that was displayed at this space during that time.
We’ve taken some serious steps in buttoning things down a bit and we feel that at this time we are relatively secure, as secure as the internet allows in any case.
Again, please accept our sincerest apologies.
I’m sure you all share similar feelings towards those who caused the nuisance earlier today.
Today we find some very cool info from our friends at DGM…
As has become almost a sort of tradition, Nashville will be the public warmup location of choice for this August’s Crim tour. You’ll find a pair of dates, August 2nd, and 3rd at the Belcourt where the mighty Crim will once again awaken from its slumber.
Belcourt is not a terribly huge venue, (about 334 seats or so), so expect these to go fast!
The excellent band no-man whose core members consist of Steven Wilson on instrumentation and Tim Bowness’ amazing voice is set to release their next studio album entitled “Schoolyard Ghosts” on May 12th.
What gives this a Crim spin is that this album features some guest appearances from Pat Mastelotto and Gavin Harrison amongst many others, in fact, here’s a snippet of the writeup:
A distinctive combination of beautifully detailed songwriting, haunting melodies and inventively cinematic production, ‘Schoolyard Ghosts’ sees Tim and Steven expanding the band’s sonic palette yet again by collaborating with (amongst others) Californian pedal steel guitar ace Bruce Kaphan (American Music Club, Red House Painters), drummers Pat Mastelotto(King Crimson, Mastica) and Gavin Harrison (Porcupine Tree, King Crimson), saxophonist/flautist Theo Travis, and the London Session Orchestra arranged by Dave Stewart(Hatfield & The North, Egg, Stewart & Gaskin etc).
A new no-man album by itself it’s pretty exciting, but add in these other elements, and you’ve certainly piqued my interest! Further details are available at no-man’s site linked above or check out the album’s minisite HERE and be sure to check out the haunting video!
The California Guitar Trio has advance copies of their new album, Echoes. Be sure to put in your order over at 
The excellent band 
