Zappa News

Vocalist Richard Thomson of U.K.-based experimental/progressive extreme metallers XERATH has launched a new progressive rock project called PRIMER .

With the realization that there will always be more music coming at him than he can keep up with, AAJ Managing Editor John Kelman wonders why anyone would think that jazz is dead or dying.

"UFFE'S WOODSHOP" tyondai braxton, uffe's woodshop, battles band, 10 best songs of the year a picture of tyondai braxton Tyondai BraxtonThis solo endeavor from the singer-guitarist for the innovative instrumentalists Battles is lush, loopy, and loud enough to sound like a lost Frank Zappa freestyle.

Jean Luc Ponty first came to the attention of Americans with his modern re-imaging of the violin as a jazz instrument.

Frank Zappa once remarked, "Jazz isn't dead, it just smells funny." I feel the same way about modern pop and rock music.

From Seattle grunge prototypes Mudhoney and European progressive rock veterans Gong to homegrown heroes like Rita and Mati Caspi, the upcoming Tel Aviv Music Festival will provide a plethora of musical avenues and venues to choose from.

With the realization that there will always be more music coming at him than he can keep up with, AAJ Managing Editor John Kelman wonders why anyone would think that jazz is dead or dying.

A quick glance around Joe Bagale's bedroom tells you something about the rich range of artists who have shaped his fertile musical world.

The Cosmopolitics don't want you to sing along, but they'll groove the pants right off your backside.

Guitarist-composer-keyboardist Adrian Belew's resume is so long and varied, you'd need a box of copy paper to print it.

Progressive Nation Dream Theater, Zappa Plays Zappa, Big Elf, Scale the Summit August 25, 2009 Buell Theater Better than: Reliving high school memories by flipping through a yearbook.

The conceptual, avant-garde mode of electronics-based implementations receives a slender uplift, thanks to guitarist and effects maestro Willie Oteri's collaboration with trumpeter Dave Laczko.

Progressive Nation Tour 2009 is making a stop on Sunday, July 26, 7 p.m., at Ruth Eckerd Hall, 1111 McMullen Booth Road.

My favourite record label continues to make life easier for fans of progressive rock.