Years before he began his journalistic career at the Mankato Free Press, Joe Tougas was a student at Minnesota State ...

A couple of weeks ahead of opening night, Dweezil Zappa’s upcoming North American tour is a work in progress — although not ...

A 50th-anniversary edition of Frank Zappa‘s Zoot Allures is set for release on Dec. 4. The six-disc Super Deluxe Edition box set features five CDs and a Blu-ray disc with rare and unreleased tracks ...

Frank Zappa showcased his emotional side on this classic guitar instrumental.

Mike Keneally has looked back on the time he scored the Frank Zappa gig – after cold-calling his guitar hero and impressing him with a photographic-like memory of his musical catalog. Keneally was ...

To mark the 50th anniversary of Zoot Allures, Frank Zappa 's guitar-heavy 1976 classic album will be released as Expanded ...

Bongo Fury, the 1975 partly live album recorded by Frank Zappa and Captain Beefheart, will celebrate a belated 50th anniversary in March with a new five-CD, one-Blu-ray box set. The upcoming ...

The winners of the 57th annual ASCAP Foundation Deems Taylor/Virgil Thomson Awards — bestowed upon outstanding books, ...

(UMe) Frank Zappa's vaunted Vaulternative Records imprint returns in 2026 after nearly a decade, reigniting the revered archival series in the Zappa catalog. Originally launched in 2002 by Gail Zappa ...

In 1981, Frank Zappa released a three-disc set titled 'Shut Up 'N Play Yer Guitar,' which consisted entirely of guitar ...

Frank Zappa enjoyed some things about rock 'n' roll, but this was one artist whom he didn't just dislike, but who made him ...

Frank Zappa didn't care much about getting played on the radio; in fact, he thought doing so meant you hadn't challenged your ...