One of Frank Zappa’s most fascinating and divisive bands will be celebrated in a new box set, The Mothers 1971, out March 18. Zappa’s lineup at the Fillmore featured Zappa (vocals, guitar) with Ian ...

Frank Zappa fans can now pre-order a special four-disc set, 'Carnegie Hall,' featuring two full-length shows performed on one 1971 night at New York's famous venue by Zappa and the Mothers of ...

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 ...

The American composer and rock & roll provocateur, Frank Zappa, died at age 52 almost two decades ago, on December 4th, 1993. At the time of his passing, his official discography totaled 62 albums ...

Frank Zappa’s 200 Motels is getting a massive 50th-anniversary reissue for the 1971 film soundtrack. Long out-of-print, the new definitive six-CD box set arrives November 19th packed with the original ...

Controversial Rock Icon Once Accused a Beatle of Stealing His Song originally appeared on Parade. Those who gathered at New York City's Fillmore East on June 6, 1971, were treated to a ...

I’m privileged to be able to say that I saw Frank Zappa’s band, The Mothers of Invention, play three times - twice with the original lineup, at the Rhode Island Auditorium (1968) and at the Boston ...