The five-disc, 50th Anniversary edition of Frank Zappa's Zoot Allures comes with live and alternate takes ...

Zappa made a career of being untraditional, and director Thorsten Schütte chose to honour the iconoclastic composer with an ...

In 1963, a young Frank Zappa appeared on “The Steve Allen Show,” where he used drumsticks and a bicycle to create a vibrant cacophony of sounds that must have been equally aggravating and fascinating ...

Frank Zappa showcased his emotional side on this classic guitar instrumental.

A previously unheard album of Frank Zappa material called Funky Nothingness will be released on June 30. Recorded in 1970, the songs are believed to have been earmarked for a follow-up to Zappa’s 1969 ...

Mike Keneally has looked back on the time he scored the Frank Zappa gig – after cold-calling his guitar hero and impressing him with a photographic-like memory of his musical catalog. Keneally was ...

Our first look at the Frank Zappa hologram has arrived and it’s speaking out against censorship. In a new video released by Zappa’s team and Eyellusion, a dispute with Ticketmaster is addressed, ...

Several rare and limited release Frank Zappa albums will soon land on streaming services and be available for download, many for the first time ever. The Zappa Family Trust and UMe have teamed ...

One of Frank Zappa’s many musical talents, aside from his humor and lyrical savvy, was crafting punishingly technical tunes. Songs like “The Black Page #1” skip keys like rope and have the rhythmic ...

A new Frank Zappa box has arrived just in time for Halloween. Halloween '73, a four-disc set recorded on Oct. 31 that year, includes two complete shows Zappa and his band performed in Chicago. The box ...

Frank Zappa sadly died on this date in 1993 just 17 days before his 53rd birthday after a yearslong battle with cancer. The legendary composer, bandleader, guitarist and activist was born on December ...