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King Crimson and Foreigner multi-instrumentalist Ian McDonald dies aged 75
By Matt Parker published
The talented saxophonist, guitarist and multi-instrumentalist has passed away following a cancer diagnosis

Watch the trailer for In the Court of the Crimson King, a new documentary on the history of King Crimson
By Jackson Maxwell published
Directed by Toby Amies, the film will make its world premiere at the 2022 SXSW film festival in Austin

Tony Levin on his best bass albums
By Bass Player Staff published
The bass player for David Bowie, Robert Fripp, Peter Gabriel and more revisits his back catalog

Robert Fripp and Toyah Wilcox take it up a level with a high-octane cover of Aerosmith’s Love in An Elevator
By James Turner published
The couple continued their Sunday Lunch series of covers with a rip-roaring rendition of the Aerosmith classic

A guitarist spent 22 years learning to play King Crimson’s Fracture, and wrote a book about it
By Richard Bienstock published
Anthony Garone chronicles his very long journey to conquer Robert Fripp’s 1974 “moto perpetuo” masterpiece

King Crimson legend Robert Fripp and Toyah Wilcox take on Iron Maiden’s The Number of the Beast for Easter Sunday
By Richard Bienstock published
But who’s the guy in the devil getup?

Jakko Jakszyk on his greatest gear finds – including a Gibson ES-150D that piqued Robert Fripp's interest
By David Mead published
The King Crimson guitarist walks through the guitars and amps he's loved and lost

Robert Fripp covered Mötley Crüe, Metallica and was “blown away” by the guitar playing
By Richard Bienstock published
“The originators of the riffs are phenomenal players,” the King Crimson guitarist and lockdown video legend says
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