With an already unwieldy catalogue by the late 1960s, Frank Zappa nonetheless highlighted five songs to date that brought him ...

On the Mothers of Invention’s 1969 Uncle Meat, you can hear Frank Zappa exhort keyboardist Don Preston to climb up to the Royal Albert Hall’s majestic pipe organ and belt out the riff to Louie Louie.

There are few things in today’s music industry more valuable than the song catalogs of and rights management for past rock legends. Anyone following the story of Prince and his vault full of ...

This review was first published on May 9, 1974, in the Erie Daily Times. Edinboro State's McComb Fieldhouse was invaded last night by musical mayhem in the form of Frank Zappa and the Mothers of ...

It's an old adage that fits well when speaking of Zappa Plays Zappa, a national touring project that finds guitar virtuoso Dweezil Zappa recreating the music of his late great father, Frank Zappa.

NPR's Kelly McEvers talks with musician Dweezil Zappa, son of Frank Zappa, about his new album, Via Zammata, and his father's influence on his music. When I first heard this song, it reminded me of ...

Universal Music Group has agreed to a deal with Frank Zappa’s family to acquire the legendary rocker-composer’s entire estate, including his prolific catalog, film archive, publishing rights and his ...

Dweezil Zappa is on a mission, and it’s a pretty personal one. Since 2006, the son of the late guitarist/composer/bandleader Frank Zappa has toured the world ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Bring an esoteric 30-year-old German ensemble that specializes in ...

There’s a certain association with the name “Zappa.” Whether it’s by way of the late composer/guitarist Frank Zappa or his offspring, the name elicits the notion of irreverence and musical ...

BALTIMORE — “What’s new in Baltimore?” Frank Zappa used to sing at the end of a long, characteristically off-the-wall rock jam he called “Clowns on Velvet.” What’s new in Baltimore, the city in which ...