KING CRIMSON

King Crimson has been releasing concerts.
On CD.
At an incredible speed.

The most recent ones focus on the 2015 Tokyo shows.
Two times 6 CDs.

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ALBERT MARCOEUR, PLONK & REPLONK

• Albert Marcoeur, Plonk & Replonk: Mais Monsieur Marcoeur
      (2014, book, France, label frères)

Next to his impressive audio output, Albert Marcoeur also released a book.
It was a collaboration with Plonk & Replonk.
Biographical stories.
Sort of.

SUN RA ARKESTRA SCHEDULED TO PERFORM AT GHENT JAZZ FESTIVAL

 Thursday, July 2, 2026, the Sun Ra Arkestra is scheduled to perform at the Ghent Jazz Festival.

https://www.gentjazz.com/line-up/sun-ra-arkestra

-- info: Dirk Verschaeve

ANCORE D'ARIA - TEPTALIDUM!

• Ancora d’Aria: TepTaliDum!
      (2009, cd, Italy, private release)

Under the direction of Oskar Boldre, Italian polyphonic and experimental choir Ancora d’Aria reinterpretes etno/jazz, progressive rock, crossover and minimal music.
The ensemble released several CDs.

Their “Teptalidum!’ album included three pieces by King Crimson, next to a reworked version of FZ’s ‘City Of Tiny Lites’.

This is brilliant, and I'm not necessarily talking about 'City Of Tiny Lites'.
The entire album is one great surprise / adventure.

Released in 2009. What a fine discovery.

Here's a short introduction:

ANDREA BRAIDO - LE BIZZARRE AVVENTURE DEL DOTTOR KRANIUS

• Andrea Braido: Le Bizzarre Avventure Del Dottor Kranius
      (1996, cd, Italy, srazz records)

Italian guitarist and composer Andrea released a Frank Zappa tribute on his “Le Bizzarre Avventure Del Dottor Kranius” album.
Instrumental guitar-oriented rock: guitar, bass and drums, with a lot of guitar wizardry going on.

Track eleven is entitled ‘Libertá Accordata (alla memoria del grande Frank Zappa)'.

A fine album, and the (inspired) FZ tribute is excellent.
The disc got released in 1996. That's 30 years ago. (But I only learned about it a couple of weeks ago...)
Here's 'Libertá Accordata (alla memoria del grande Frank Zappa)'

JAZZ HICCUPS PLAYS FRANK ZAPPA

Jazz Hiccups
celebrating Frank Zappa's 85th birthday 

Recorded @ Waldorf School Ljubljana, 20. 12. 2025

THE HEARTBREAKERS - EVERYTIME I SEE YOU / CRADDLE ROCK

I'm still lacking several of these old Cucamonga-era singles, but it's fun to add one to the collection every once in a while.
In the meantime, I keep on searching.

DEWA BUDJANA & CZECH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA - PRAGUENAYAMA

• Dewa Budjana & Czech Symphony Orchestra: Praguenayama
      (2026, download / streaming, --, bandcamp / moonjune records)
      (2026, cd, --, moonjune records mjr143)
      (2026, lp, --, moonjune records mjr143)

I have this weak spot for guitarists that perform with an orchestra or a larger ensemble. Most probably because I've seen and heard a few that rank in my top 5 concerts or albums of all time.

It's a balanced exercise, of course. You need the compositions to start with, plus the orchestration, and the guitar has to add that extra flavour.
"Praguenayama" (Prague Mountain), the collaboration between Indonesian guitarist and composer Dewa Budjana and the Czech Symphony Orchestra ticks all these boxes.

Beautiful.

Released on the MoonJune Records label.
Available as a download / streaming album through bandcamp, but also out on CD and on LP.

KVHW

 KVHW, also known as Kimock, Vega, Hertz and White, only existed for a couple of years.

Fun fact: for their final gig, December 31, 1999, Ray White could not make it.
As it happens, he was replaced by none other than Ike Willis.

The band was still KVHW, but this time it was Kimock, Vega, Hertz and Willis.

An excellent audience audio recording can be found here:
https://archive.org/details/kvhw1999-12-31.shnf

The band performed 'Trouble Every Day', 'Outside Now' and 'Lucille'.

'Outside Now' featured special guest Derek Trucks on slide guitar !!

Snippets of the show:

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HANS ANNELLSSON - SINISTER FOOTWEAR

• Hans Annellsson: Sinister Footwear
      (2026, download / streaming, --, bandcamp)
      (2026, cd, Sweden, private release)
  

Hans Annellsson finished his rendition / arrangement of Frank Zappa's 'Sinister Footwear' !
I loved the first and third movement that Hans issued a little while ago, but now the piece is complete.

One of Frank Zappa's most beautiful works.
Performed by HA, with Andreas Hagman (violin) & Viktor Enebjörn (drums).

Incredible.
Beautiful.