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 ...

A long-in-the-vaults Frank Zappa television special, recorded in June 1974 but never aired, will finally be released next month as a concert film and live album. “Ladies and gentlemen, we’d like to ...

Oakland’s Mills College has for decades been sacred ground for contemporary music, says Charles Amirkhanian, the artistic and executive director of San Francisco’s New Music organization Other Minds.

The Frank Zappa hologram tour has recruited its band of former Mothers for this monumental series of shows. The touring unit itself boasts guitarists Ray White and Mike Keneally, bassist Scott Thunes, ...

Since 1967, Montreux, Switzerland, has hosted the Montreux Jazz Festival on the shores of Lake Geneva. Acclaimed acts who have performed at the festival include Neil Young, Brandi Carlile, Miles Davis ...