Category Archives: Music

Zappanale (Then & Now) — Bogus Pomp

Posted on April 26, 2009 by urbangraffito

Bogus Pomp began in August, 1994, when guitarist Jerry Outlaw and keyboardist Rick Olson got together for some informal jamming. It started out as a quartet  (Jerry Outlaw: guitar, vocals – Rick Olson: keyboard – Alex Pasut: bass – Tom … Continue reading →

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Zappanale (Then & Now) — DBRK

Posted on April 24, 2009 by urbangraffito

From the DBRK MySpace page: DBRK is a Parisian collective of obedience “Fun First” composed of amateurs and professionals musicians. Real Cover Band, DBRK revisits the work of artists from the sixties to the eighties according to a basic principle: … Continue reading →

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Zappanale (Then & Now) — Gong

Posted on April 24, 2009 by urbangraffito

Perhaps it’s the French attitude towards music and musical groups, yet I find the sheer number of incarnations that the band Gong has gone through to be truly amazing. Just imagine if each member of the original Mothers of Invention … Continue reading →

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Zappanale (Then & Now) – The Grande Mothers

Posted on April 23, 2009 by urbangraffito

Between now and August 16th, 2009, the start of Zappanale’s 20th Jubilee, I am going to feature both past and present participants of Zappanale, beginning with The Grande Mothers. The Grande Mothers feature Zappa alumni, Napoleon Murphy Brock (lead vocals, … Continue reading →

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Madrugada — Discordant Sounds from EU

Posted on April 23, 2009 by urbangraffito

Madrugada – Majesty Madrugada (which in Spanish and Portuguese and means “dawn”, “the blue hour” and was suggested to the band by poet/writer friend Øystein Wingaard Wolf) is a Norwegian rock band formed in 1995 hailing from a little place … Continue reading →

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Pics: The Old Masters Box

Posted on April 20, 2009 by Balint

Here are some pictures of the Old Masters Box I, from FZ In Hungary. Have you ever seen one of these? The thing that is really interesting to me is the fact that it tells the story of the re-recorded … Continue reading →

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Big Band Zappa — Ed Palermo

Posted on April 18, 2009 by urbangraffito

Three reasons to purchase every Ed Palermo Big Band CD you can possibly get your hands on: One: Ed Palermo’s Big Band performs “Echidna’s Arf” with Mike Keneally during the early show at River Street Jazz Café in Wilkes-Barre, PA, … Continue reading →

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Eddie Loves Frank

Posted on April 18, 2009 by Balint

Me loves Ed Palermo. His new CD will be released May 19, 2009 on Cuneiform Records. (Don’t miss the back cover… it’s funny!) 🙂

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Jazz Ain’t Dead — Duke/Cobham

Posted on April 18, 2009 by urbangraffito

In the above clip, from Dutch TV in 2003, George Duke and friends perform “Brazilian Love Affair”, with a closing part of “Echidna’s Arf”. George Duke (piano/vocals) Lori Perry (vocals) Robert Brookings (keyboards) Ray Fuller (guitar) Mike Manson (bass) Gordon … Continue reading →

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FZ Don’t Mess Around

Posted on April 15, 2009 by urbangraffito

Frank Zappa – We Don’t Mess Around-1 After the recent tease of ‘The Son of Roxy’ what better salve, I thought, than the complete broadcast of Zappa’s ‘We Don’t Mess Around‘? Broadcast by Bayerischer Rundfunkt (BR) on July 1, 1980, … Continue reading →

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