Post Tagged with: "Keith Emerson"

by / on May 18, 2013 at 10:23 am / in Progressive rock, Rock Music

‘Keith actually hurt himself doing it’: Inside Emerson Lake and Palmer’s amazing rotating piano stunt

Greg Lake takes fans inside one of Emerson Lake and Palmer’s most spectacular 1970s-era concert stunts — when Keith Emerson would rise above the crowd playing a grand piano and turn 360 degrees.

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by / on April 2, 2013 at 8:48 am / in Progressive rock, Rock Music

‘I don’t get the same buzz’: Keith Emerson doesn’t miss Emerson Lake and Palmer’s 1970s-era mega-concerts

Keith Emerson remembers Emerson Lake and Palmer playing before crowds that would swell into the 10s, even 100s of thousands, then buzzing off by plane to play before another. Though, he admits, he doesn’t remember it very fondly.

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by / on December 8, 2012 at 8:56 am / in Concerts, Progressive rock, Rock Music, Uncategorized

Emerson Lake and Palmer – Live in California (2012)

There’s a reason this April 6, 1974 concert, held during the sprawling California Jam at the Ontario Motor Speedway, has for so long been a favorite among bootleggers.

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by / on November 27, 2012 at 4:15 pm / in Progressive rock, Rock Music

‘Why should your name come first?’: Keith Emerson on the beginnings of Emerson Lake and Palmer

Keith Emerson, who has just released a stirring orchestral-rock album called Three Fates Project, returns to the earliest days of his star-making stint with Emerson Lake and Palmer in a new interview.

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by / on October 29, 2012 at 9:44 am / in New Music Monday, Uncategorized

New Music Monday: Black Country Communion, Neil Young, Andrew Bird, Keith Emerson, Manu Katche

Neil Young returns with original music with Crazy Horse. Keith Emerson returns to the prog-rock glories of his time with Emerson Lake and Palmer. Black Country Communion, however, is busting up — but they left one last terrific album.

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by / on October 24, 2012 at 9:01 am / in Progressive rock, Something Else! Interviews, Uncategorized

Something Else! Interview: Marc Bonilla, of the Keith Emerson Band

Despite having collaborated with him for years, in some ways Marc Bonilla is still that kid watching as Keith Emerson took the stage in Oakland for 1974′s Brain Salad Surgery tour with Emerson Lake and Palmer.

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by / on October 7, 2012 at 7:46 am / in Classical Music, Progressive rock, Rock Music, Uncategorized

Keith Emerson – Three Fates Project (2012)

There is a visceral power in these recordings, as the Keith Emerson Band performs within this orchestral torrent — blending the keyboardist’s long-held passions for rock and classical, finally, in the most complete of ways.

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by / on February 21, 2012 at 7:19 pm / in Progressive rock, Rock Music

Razor and Tie plans sweeping reissue series focused on Emerson Lake and Palmer

A sweeping reissue campaign will follow Razor and Tie’s new signing of Emerson Lake and Palmer to an exclusive multi-year licensing deal for North America.

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by / on January 5, 2012 at 8:58 am / in One Track Mind, Progressive rock

One Track Mind: Greg Lake on "Lucky Man," "Court of the Crimson King," others

On this special edition of Something Else! Reviews’ One Track Mind, we hand the reins over to prog-rock legend Greg Lake

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by / on January 4, 2012 at 9:18 am / in Progressive rock, Rock Music, Something Else! Interviews, Uncategorized

Something Else! Interview: King Crimson/ Emerson Lake & Palmer cofounder Greg Lake

Greg Lake is going it alone on an upcoming U.S. tour – playing songs and sharing stories of his time with King Crimson, Emerson Lake and Palmer and as a solo artist.

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