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Luckless UK’s Underrated ‘Danger Money’ Arrived Just as Prog Fell Apart

Luckless UK’s Underrated ‘Danger Money’ Arrived Just as Prog Fell Apart

Released 45 years ago this month, UK’s trio-led sophomore effort ‘Danger Money’ is past due for a reevaluation.

John Wetton, Jonny Greenwood, Downes Braide Association + Others: Five for the Road

John Wetton, Jonny Greenwood, Downes Braide Association + Others: Five for the Road

John Wetton, Jonny Greenwood and Downes Braide Association headline this edition of Five for the Road, an occasional look at music that’s been in my car lately.

John Wetton, Imagine Dragons, John Barry + Others: Five Songs That Cut Me to the Core

John Wetton, Imagine Dragons, John Barry + Others: Five Songs That Cut Me to the Core

Here’s a look back at songs by John Barry, Imagine Dragons and John Wetton – both with King Crimson and as a solo artist – that stir my emotions.

The Prog Collective – ‘Worlds On Hold’ (2021)

The Prog Collective – ‘Worlds On Hold’ (2021)

The questions about Billy Sherwood’s latest Prog Collective album are really twofold: Does it work? And what do the guests bring to the party?

John Wetton’s complex relationship with a signature Asia tune: ‘American guys went: Yes!’

John Wetton’s complex relationship with a signature Asia tune: ‘American guys went: Yes!’

John Wetton admits that ‘Alpha,’ released on July 26, 1983, contained “one of the most identifiable Asia songs.” But he struggles with its message today.

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John Wetton, Geoff Downes say success nearly killed Asia: ‘The pressure got to some of us’

Released this week in 1982, ‘Asia’ heralded a sure-fire supergroup. By 1983, they’d split. John Wetton and Geoff Downes tell us what went wrong.

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John Wetton + Robert Fripp, “Raised in Captivity” from Studio Recordings Anthology (2015)

John Wetton’s reunion with former King Crimson bandmate Robert Fripp was bound to stand out on a new ‘Studio Recordings Anthology.’

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Billy Sherwood’s new all-star tribute to the Beatles: Something Else! sneak peek

Listen in as Ann Wilson of Heart takes on “Across the Universe” from ‘Let It Be.’

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John Wetton Still Loves One of King Crimson’s Most Misunderstood Albums: ‘I Don’t Regret What Happened’

Robert Fripp unceremoniously ended King Crimson before this project even appeared on store shelves.

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John Wetton and Richard Palmer-James – Jack-Knife/Monkey Business (2014)

Remastered King Crimson-era demos find John Wetton working with Bill Bruford again.