Readers of this blog will, no doubt, have heard of Emerson Lake and Palmer's version of Mussorgsky's piano suite, Pictures At An Exhibition. And you may be wondering what Katsushika Hokusai's painting, The Great Wave, has to do with it. The answer, unsurprisingly, is not a lot. You see, the Tim Kliphuis Trio has curated…Read more Pictures At An Exhibition
Month: February 2025
Quiver
There are 11 sound-arrows in the Quiver album by KTU. Each is as sharp and penetrating as anything that King Crimson has to offer. But, where KC gets its bite from an 8-piece band with three drummers, KTU distils this down to a compact trio. The King Crimson connection goes beyond similarities of musical style.…Read more Quiver
Vertú
Vertuous living in Chaucer's England The meaning of 'vertú' is not clear to me. According to the first entry that comes up in a Google search, it's either "knowledge of or expertise in the fine arts" or "the good qualities inherent in a person or thing". Or it might just be an old spelling of…Read more Vertú
Crotchety Man 