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

Frank Zappa’s Tastiest Tracks will be available on coloured and black vinyl for the very first time and released in July ...

“ZAPPAtite – Frank Zappa’s Tastiest Tracks” will arrive on vinyl for the first time on July 17. The set was originally ...

PJ Harvey has a hypnotic stage presence, but it took her three decades, and a particularly challenging tour in 1995, to find her way under the lights.

SNL, the now-iconic late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show, has been running prolifically each week since ...

Today's birthdays include the late Frank Zappa, who was born in 1940; Ray Hildebrand, "Paul" of the duo Paul and Paula, also in 1940 (age 62); Albert Lee in 1943 (age 59); Beach Boy guitarist Carl ...

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 ...

There’s a reason why Les Claypool is often viewed as alternative rock’s Frank Zappa. For the better part of four decades, the eccentric and fearless bassist, who arrived on the national music scene ...

Legendary rock band Little Feat comes to Indian Ranch in Webster on June 7. Little Feat, founded in 1969, is on its "The Last Farewell Tour." On a compelling note of endings and beginnings, the annual ...

In 1968 John Mayall spent three weeks in L.A.’s Laurel Canyon. He stayed with Frank Zappa, and their neighbors included ...

Ike Willis, the longtime guitarist known for playing alongside Frank Zappa, has died. He was 70. The cause of death has not ...