The Frank Zappa compilation set "ZAPPAtite – Frank Zappa's Tastiest Tracks" is finally coming to the vinyl format.

There's few people that sparked as much musical controversy as Frank Zappa, but the demon of rock mockery is called upon to make a new society with John Cale.

The prospect of two left-of-center creative giants like Frank Zappa and Captain Beefheart releasing an album together would have been jaw-dropping for adventurous music fans in 1975. For these two old ...

Weirdest Musicians The 1970 to 1979 was a great run of years for rock music. Indeed, some of the most beloved and durable ...

When we listen to our favorite songs on the radio, we often treat the lyrics as abstract pieces of creative poetry or general expressions of romantic longing. We assume that songwriters are dipping ...

The Sicilian guitar maestro wrote the breathtaking Solar Wind to be the most Steve Vai song he could possibly write – and for ...

Across the punk underground to jazz academia, we take a look at five artists who adopted alien alter-egos as part of their ...

So when a band like Kendall Street Company gets simultaneously compared to Widespread Panic, John Prine, Pink Floyd, Frank Zappa and Ween, it’s not a stretch. The Virginia band is no stranger to ...

There's a reason certain guitar riffs stop you cold the moment they hit. They don't just open songs - they carry whole worlds inside them. A real riff is a story compressed into a few seconds of sound ...

Irish actor Cillian Murphy turned 50 on May 25. In three decades in the profession, he played the main villain in the Batman ...

Trailer Trash Tammy, Thursday, May 28, 8 p.m., Nevermore Hall. Comedian Chelcie Lynn, also known as "Trailer Trash Tammy," ...