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Category Archives: Music
Women Drummers – The Black Page
Once considered a boy’s only club, more and more women are taking up the drums as an instrument of choice – such as Lucy Landymore* (above) who performs Frank Zappa’s “The Black Page Drum Solo”, as well as Heather Thomas … Continue reading
Francesco Zappa – His First Homepage In Over 200 Years
Indeed, Francesco Zappa really lived and wrote much more music beyond that rearranged in the posthumous record. Yes of course – and finally he has a website now (in italian and english). Looking pretty nice, and the content is quite … Continue reading
Posted in Classical music, Frank Zappa, Music
Tagged Francesco Zappa
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KUR’s Vinnie Colaiuta Primer Mix
Back on November 26th, 2010, I suggested the idea of a Vinnie Colaiuta inspired mixtape. Little did I know at that time the actual extent of Colaiuta’s extensive recordings. Although he only played with Zappa from Spring 1978 to Fall … Continue reading
Posted in Alumni, Frank Zappa, Music
Tagged Frank Zappa, mixtape, streaming audio, Vinnie Colaiuta
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Sunday Big Note – Listening Session #8
For as long as I have been a Zappa/Mother‘s freak – going four decades strong and showing no evidence of slowing down – almost every fan of Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention I’ve encountered has also been a … Continue reading
Posted in Frank Zappa, Miscellany, Music, Sunday Big Note
Tagged 1968, 1969, 1970, BBC Top Gear Sessions, chicago, Ian Anderson, Jethro Tull, sunday big note, Sweden
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Exclusive FZ-Audio at Rolling Stone Dot Com
An exclusive Audio feature from the Rolling Stone: …his estate is releasing a three CD concert set taped at London’s Hammersmith Odeon in 1978. The shows were the source of some tracks on 1979s Sheik Yerbouti, but the complete unedited … Continue reading
Posted in Frank Zappa, FZ's birthday, Music
Tagged City of Tiny Lites, online music, Rolling Stone
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Cover Freak’s Zappa Tribute
Eleven Zappa covers from a variety of bands, a year in the making + free download equals coolness! Mucho kudos to Cover Freak, a blog well worth following I should add.
Posted in Frank Zappa, FZcovers, Music
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Strictly Genteel (All Versions Mix)
This is a mix of four different arrangements / recordings of “Strictly Genteel,” synchronized measure for measure and then re-synchronized to the video. It’s worth watching it in it’s original Youtube page, reading the detailed description of the amazing mix. … Continue reading
Stravinsky’s First Childhood Memory Of Sound
… and I quote: …an enormous bare legged peasant seated on the stump of a freshly cut tree singing a two-syllable nonsense song and accompanying himself with what we as kids used to call “arm farts.” … and so: The … Continue reading
Sunday Big Note – Listening Session #6
For this week’s Sunday Big Note, I’ve got a fantastic gem of a listening session in store – a soundboard of Wishone Ash from 1976. Although short (approximately one hour in length), the sound quality is excellent, and the performance, … Continue reading
Posted in Miscellany, Music, Sunday Big Note, YouTubery
Tagged 1976, progressive hard rock, San Francisco, twin lead guitar format, winterland ballroom, wishbone ash
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