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“It wasn’t me trying to be sexy”: Sonja Kristina’s highs and lows with Curved Air
By Malcolm Dome Published
The singer on influencing Kate Bush and Siouxsie Sioux, her relationship with Stewart Copeland, prog versus punk and why she didn’t like her band’s mid-70s output

How future members of Marillion, Soft Machine and Caravan got their start via Darryl Way’s Wolf
By Chris Wheatley Published
The violinist’s post Curved Air band only lasted two years, but released three compelling albums in that time, and set his colleagues on course for prog greatness

Stewart Copeland on The Police, being outdone by Pink Floyd, Neil Peart and life in his 70s
By Philip Wilding Published
The accidental archivist revels in found sounds, movie soundtracks, spoken-word performances – and after dealing with his tensions of the 80s, explains why his brother isn’t talking to him

When Curved Air released the first rock band picture disc
By Malcolm Dome Published
Curved Air’s 1970 debut album Air Conditioning was also the first rock band picture disc album. Singer Sonja Kristina recalls how it came about.

“There are two experiences on offer here”: Curved Air’s Rarities Series box set
By James McNair Published
Six out-of-print discs span decades, with offerings for completists alongside a particularly pleasing 1972 live performance

How Peter Gabriel talked actor Adrian Lukis out of signing a music contract
By Jo Kendall Published
After connecting with fellow public schoolboys, he went on to admire Pink Floyd’s intellectualism, appreciate Curved Air’s sexiness, and get lost in Jean-Luc Ponty while on acid

Curved Air announce six-disc Rarities box set to be released in September
By Jerry Ewing Published
Curved Air's The Rarities Box Set collects their out of print Rarities releases

Obsessive attention to detail has always been Eddie Jobson’s superpower
By Sid Smith Published
From a backstage performance for Curved Air to being dragged onstage by Frank Zappa and out-complicating King Crimson, the UK violinist has managed to ignore distractions from making music
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