Latest about Emerson Lake & Palmer
“No questioning the quality, but is it essential?” Carl Palmer’s Fanfare For The Common Man
4-disc Celebration of the drummer’s career includes ‘scrap book’ documentary and 200-page memoir
“Our music teacher would belt us if we didn’t know all the musical signs and notes. She used to play Mussorgsky… so I love ELP’s version of Pictures At An Exhibition”: Simple Minds’ Derek Forbes names his prog heroes
Bassist explains new wave outfit were massive Genesis fans when they started out – and he used to sing the whole of Foxtrot while working as a painter and decorator
Carl Palmer to release career-spanning Fanfare For The Common Man box set in April
New triple CD, single Blu-ray set Fanfare For The Common Man also features Palmer's autobiography
“For all his showmanship, he was first and foremost a composer and musician, making music for the head and the heart”: Rick Wakeman, Ian Anderson, Geoff Downes and others pay homage to Keith Emerson
15 classic cuts from the keyboard genius’ career, as loved by the good and the great of prog rock and beyond
“There are some good things on it… I just find it hard to believe we called a prog album Love Beach, and the three of us look like the Bee Gees. That’s a prog cover?” Carl Palmer on ELP’s most misguided moment
Drummer admits the trio had reached the end of their collective creativity and had actually split before making 1978 album that showed “America had got to us, obviously!”
“I shrugged off advice and instead went headlong into experimenting with different musical ideas. Not my best ever move”: Greg Lake’s faltering reboot after ELP split
He later described his disappointing debut solo album as “actually about who I’m not, rather than who I am”
“Some guy who obviously didn’t recognise me said, ‘You just ruined a classic song.’ But another chap replied, ‘He’s allowed. He wrote the song!’”: Keith Emerson’s disastrous karaoke incident
The keyboard legend's jam-packed career saw interactions with a varied cast from the ‘strange’ Dario Argento to Motörhead’s Lemmy
Carl Palmer sends fans message after heart surgery
Carl Palmer's Return of Emerson, Lake & Palmer 2023 Summer tour kicks off in the US in July
