Frank Zappa News

The city of Baltimore declared today Frank Zappa Day in honor of the iconoclastic rock musician and composer, who was born there 69 years ago on Dec.

After a year's worth of discussion, Baltimore city officials have finally decided on a location to put a rather special bust of the eccentric and talented Frank Zappa .

So you've been dating this person, or you have a friend, or a relative, and they really enjoy the music of [insert artist name here], and you know said person owns all the artist's albums, t-shirts, lithographs, blacklight posters, lunch boxes, key chains, pillowcases, limited edition neckties, candybars, an imponderable number of ...

For the first time in 25 years Project/Object will have, as special guests, Ike Willis and Ray White .

Since 1994, Ed Palermo has arranged and performed over 200 works by the late Frank Zappa , a brilliant musician whose often controversial lyrics distracted people from his gifts as a composer.

The current issue of visually spiffy pop culture magazine Royal Flush has a really interesting interview with Ahmet Zappa , where he reveals details of his dad Frank's surprising friendship with legendary comics maverick Jack Kirby.

Presented by Los Angeles Philharmonic Association. Performers: Kronos Quartet , David Barron, Joanne Pearce Martin, Vicki Ray, Los Angeles Philharmonic New Music Group conducted by John Adams.

Clearly, the West Coast, Left Coast festival would have been remiss without nodding to Frank Zappa, one of Los Angeles' greatest and least easily categorized musical mavericks, whose work was the star of Tuesday's Green Umbrella concert at Walt Disney Concert Hall.

Posted November 30, 2009, 1:52 p.m. Press illo to play the Overheard song! IT'S DONE!!!! And growing every hour.... If you wanna see a list of over 1,800 San Diego bands, with links to full profiles, photos, discographies, articles, MP3s, etc, checkout http://www.sandiegoreader.com/bands/search/ Believe it or not, you can click on ANY LOCAL ...

Scottish brewery BrewDog has released its newest beer, named Tactical Nuclear Penguin.

Well folks, there's a new drunkest beer in town. And that beer is Tactical Nuclear Penguin by BrewDog Brewery in Scottland -- at 32% alcohol by volume content .

When the late great Frank Zappa died in 1993, he left behind a massive body of work that's not easy to play for a couple of reasons.

27; doors open at 8 p.m. Where: MontBleu Casino Resort and Spa Tickets: $32.50, $44.50 and $65.50 Although Frank Zappa died in 1993 when he was just 52 years old, he made a huge impact in the world of music.

Yeah OK, if you're not into Frank Zappa's music, see ya in the next bloggo. I'd never been to Stubb's in Austin, shamefully enough, so I really looked forward to seeing Dweezil and the entire Zappa Plays Zappa band there last night.

Except for a brief appearance of a synthesizer, there weren't any electric instruments.

Reviewed by: Zomby Woof , on november 16, 2009 0 of 0 people found this review helpful Sound: Frank Zappa's " Bongo Fury " gets more into the bluesier side of Zappa .

Already known for its concerts combining the classical works of Beethoven with the contemporary experimentations of living composers, the Ojai Music Festival is about to freak out with Frank Zappa.

A reminder that tomorrow night Cinefamily @ The Silent Movie Theatre will present a tribute to animator Fred Wolf.

Frank Zappa once remarked, "Jazz isn't dead, it just smells funny." I feel the same way about modern pop and rock music.

For more of our interview with Adrian Belew, visit blogs.westword.com/qa . Adrian BelewWith Dave Beegle, 7 p.m. Sunday, October 25, Toad Tavern, 5302 South Federal Circle, Littleton, $25, 303-795-6877. Adrian Belew , Toad Tavern Few, if any, living guitarists can match Adrian Belew 's impressive resum in terms of depth and range of accomplishment ...