A previously unheard album of Frank Zappa material called Funky Nothingness will be released on June 30. Recorded in 1970, the songs are believed to have been earmarked for a follow-up to Zappa’s 1969 ...

One night in 1979, 11-year-old Moon Unit Zappa falls asleep to the sound of her parents arguing. They argue plenty, so this isn’t unusual. Her father, Frank, is a musician and composer with a knotty, ...

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 ...

Frank Zappa’s famed and fiery Halloween 1978 residency at New York’s Palladium will be the focus of an upcoming box set, the latest in a long series of live albums revolving around the guitarist’s ...

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 ...

Universal Music Group has announced the purchase of Frank Zappa's estate from the family trust maintained by his children. The rights deal includes Zappa's myriad recordings, his 60-plus-album ...

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Some have called the 1971 European tour of Frank Zappa and his band, the Mothers, cursed. Famously, at the December 4, 1971 show a fan fired a flare gun at the Montreux Casino during Zappa's set, ...

Its title, ZAPPA, may be simple, but its portrait of the prolific artist — told using archival media and interviews with those who knew him best, like Gail (who’d die in 2015) and several of his ...

Universal Music Group (UMG) acquired Frank Zappa’s estate, including his catalog of songs and other recordings, in addition to the contents of The Vault, a storage facility that houses the late artist ...