Interview with Tony Levin from 2017

Stick Men is a unique power trio. Founded by legendary and still cutting edge bassist / Chapman Stick artist, Tony Levin, Stick Men continues to expand the horizons of modern progressive music.

This single from Anderson, Bruford Wakeman and Howe is out of print, of course, but these days, it’s not that hard (or sometimes expensive) to get your hands on something like this.

This new five-CD collection is pretty amazing. I've said before, and will repeat it here, that this new version of King Crimson might well be the best lineup they've had, particularly in terms of live shows.

Fans of the So album will especially want to pick this up.

Old school prog fans should find plenty to like here. That said, modern progressive rock aficionados will probably like it, too. .

This single from Anderson, Bruford Wakeman and Howe is out of print, of course, but these days, it’s not that hard (or sometimes expensive) to get your hands on something like this.

Steve Thorne is one of the great unsung British prog heroes, a veritable one man band who has released a series of consistently well-crafted and thought-provoking solo albums, Crimes & Reasons being his fourth.

This is an EP that’s tied to a graphic novel.

On the one hand, Nick D'Virgilio has been out of Spock's Beard for a while now. That means that perhaps the mentions of the band and comparisons aren't entirely appropriate.

In the early parts of 2013 I was kind of under-impressed with the music coming out.

There is certainly something to be said for truth in advertising. Looking at the group name and the album title, really sets the stage for the music within.

I saw Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman and Howe on this tour and it was purely magical.

I had never seen the mighty King Crimson play live before - not surprising, as I was only ten years old when the band last played my home town in 1974!

The excellent “Two of a Perfect Trio” tour was a well-publicized and equally well received series of concerts featuring the bands of King Crimson legends Tony Levin and Adrian Belew.

King Crimson has one of the most interesting and complicated histories in all of progressive rock. The lineup is one of the most dynamic, too.

Downey, California is best remembered for the spacecrafts, fighter jets and B-1 bombers built there over the past three or four decades.

More (and larger) photos from this concert are available in our members' area.

This is truly an amazing set. Looking at just the product itself, without even considering the performances will tell you that.

Anyone who has heard anything from Stick men will know what to expect here.

This double CD compilation is an interesting and unique collage of multiple percussive styles given to a wide palette of genres and colors therein.

So many people these days give lip service to this charity or that, but you really have to admire the people who put their money (literally) where their mouth is. Such is the case with Simon Apple as they are donating a portion of the sale of each CD to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.

It used to be a rule at MSJ that if something was out of print we didn’t cover it.

I am a big fan of pretty much anything Billy Sherwood is involved with and I love Supertramp, so when I heard Sherwood was in charge of assembling an all star tribute to Supertramp, I was excited.

This is a double disc set. I believe that it was also released at one point in time as two single disc sets.

While this is released under Xavi Reija's name, the full lineup here is full of exceptional musicians. Reija handles the drums while Tony Levin delivers bass, standup bass and Stick.

When King Crimson reformed after the 80s period, there were definitely elements of that period still present in their sound. 

This live album is pretty great. .

Vantomme is named for its founder Dominique Vantomme. He is a keyboardist, producer and more.

This album is fully instrumental. It’s a great disc, too. Some of the music here has appeared elsewhere (although most of the time in different arrangements)

I’ve placed this one in the progressive rock section of Music Street Journal.