Spooky! Scary! I am, of course, referring to the compositional skill and dazzling technical chops on display by Frank Zappa ...
The latest — and fourth — installment in the series of Halloween-themed super-deluxe Zappa sets features the full, nearly four-hour October 31, 1978 concert, which Zappa himself called ‘The Big One!’ ...
Some rough first impressions led to a life-long feud between two great songwriters who had mutual respect for each other and ...
The original nine tracks expanded to 58 – and while there’s some repetition and flawed live production, the energy is ...
In the 1960s, he and his fellow singer Howard Kaylan embodied the feel-good sound of a popular pop-rock band. The two later found new fame as Flo & Eddie. By Michael S. Rosenwald She missed a shot at ...
Inside a home recording studio known as the Utility Muffin Research Kitchen, where the late Frank Zappa composed and recorded some of his most adventurous works, his youngest son, Ahmet, reflects on ...
In June of 1974, Frank Zappa and his rapturous band, the Mothers of Invention, invited a small audience to the their rehearsal hall on Sunset Blvd. in Hollywood, Calif. Together, they performed for ...
Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. Produced and compiled by Ahmet Zappa and Zappa Vaultmeister Joe Travers, ...
In her new memoir, 'Earth to Moon', the actress and author details her stormy relationship with her late parents, from beginning to end Norman Seeff When rock legend Frank Zappa died in 1993 after a ...