Frank Zappa's first solo album is set for an expanded 50th-anniversary reissue. The new six-disc edition of Hot Rats includes unreleased basic tracks, rare and unedited mixes, work mixes and other ...

America in 1969 was nearly as weird as it is today. A seemingly endless war in Southeast Asia, the horrific assassinations of political progressives and creepy Richard Nixon’s presidency cast shadows ...

Unless you were around and musically aware in 1969 when this, Frank Zappa’s first official solo album, was unleashed, it’s hard to understand how revolutionary it was. Fifty years later, little has ...

Welcome to The Vinyl Voyager. My weekly diary of what music on vinyl, in its purest form, means to me. Track-by-track, note-by-note: Here’s what influences me and keeps me moving forward in a world ...

Basic Track Recording Sessions, TTG Studios Hollywood, CA; 7-18-69; Piano Music (Section 1); Piano Music (Section 3); 7-28-69; Peaches En Regalia (Prototype); Peaches En Regalia (Section 1, In session ...

FEATURES 25 UNRELEASED AND RARE TRACKS AND MORE THAN THREE AND A HALF HOURS OF NEVER-BEFORE-HEARD COMPOSITIONS, COVERS, AND JAMS FROM 1970 WITH CORE GROUP OF AYNSLEY DUNBAR, DON “SUGARCANE” HARRIS, ...

Dweezil Zappa, foreground, will pay tribute to his father, Frank Zappa, at the Tower Theatre on Friday. Dweezil Zappa is still surprised by his father’s music. That’s no small feat, considering he has ...

Dweezil Zappa, in his role as a caretaker of the family’s musical legacy, is touring with his band to celebrate the 50th anniversary of “Hot Rats,” a record by his father, Frank, which was originally ...

"Funky Nothingness delivers on all fronts, showcasing Zappa's love for rhythm and blues, picking up where Hot Rats left off with extended instrumental work-outs fusing rock, jazz, and classical ...