As a self-taught musician, Frank Zappa embraced unconventionallity in every bit of his creative process, making his genius a ...

Looking at how the intrumental talents of 1980s hair metallers was overlooked by noting how Billy Sheehan of Mr Big was inspired by Frank Zappa.

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Zappa has an eye for weird and wonderful instruments, and this heavily modded example – which began life as a Roxy SG – might be one of his finest ...

The guitarist was at his peak with Dire Straits when Dylan hired him to produce 'Infidels,' the celebrated album that marked ...

The Courant’s arts picks for April 13-19 included a plethora of women artists, a night of doo-wop, early rock ‘n’ roll acts ...

The veteran rocker recalls how Frank Zappa helped him get his first Les Paul – and also got him kicked out of Manfred Mann’s Earth Band – and discusses his recordings with Jeff Beck, which Rogers says ...

This weekend in Charlottesville, fans of the UVa Jazz Ensemble and Tyler Childers have a chance to support art as well as causes both local and global.

Recreating those signature “peculiar sounds,” as Zappa calls them, required lugging around a massive rig — roughly the size ...

Bands such as Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, and Alice In Chains followed the wave; dominating the charts while the likes of Cake ...