Robert Fripp famously retired from the music business in 2012, calling the entire enterprise "an exercise in futility." Then, just barely one year later, he returned with his most unorthodox move to ...

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 ...

The pantheon of progressive rock bands is not all that large, and any discussion of the genre almost certainly evokes a mention of King Crimson. Other bands, like Yes, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Jethro ...

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 ...

Failure to Fracture: Learning King Crimson's Impossible Song. It's as clear a mission statement as might be found anywhere. But musician, guitarist, husband, father, son and high tech professional ...

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 ...

In this conversation, Levin shares the first words John Lennon said to him ("They tell me you're good; just don't play too many notes") and breaks down how he wrote iconic bass line for the likes of ...

Tony Levin has appeared on hits by David Bowie, Seal and Peter Gabriel. But the bassist also has an experimental side, which fans have heard in his work with King Crimson. He has just finished a ...