Topeka-based percussionist and composer Von Hansen is presenting an evening of his works in Wichita this Saturday. He says ...

‘If Frank’s music has a home in your heart, your glove compartment, or your flashbacks, we want it in this book.’ ...

When it comes to musical iconoclasts, the late Frank Zappa left behind quite the creative legacy despite only living to the age of 52 before succumbing to prostate cancer in ...

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

When it comes to musical iconoclasts, the late Frank Zappa left behind quite the creative legacy despite only living to the ...

Frank Zappa was a pretty weird guy, and he made pretty weird music. It would be hard to point to one as the absolute weirdest, but this album can stake a claim ...

From George Harrison to Joe Bonamassa, Eric Clapton has graced the stage with countless big-name stars, and plenty who could ...

Do you have certain albums that you love but don't know who to recommend them to? Here are three of my favorites that need an ...

Treacherous Cretins is a UK-based band that performs the works of the legendary American composer Frank Zappa. Its members have played and collaborated with the likes of Dweezil Zappa, Ike Willis ...

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

She was on her way to Disneyland when she answered her car phone, and said, “I have been coming here forever. I came here in 1968 and I was on acid. That was something. But I have been coming here a ...

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 ...