Topix — This year marks two significant Zappa family milestones. It's the 40th anniversary of Frank Zappa and the Mothers' astounding 1974 live album Roxy & Elsewhere -- recorded mainly at the Roxy Theatre in Hollywood over a three-night stand the previous D... more info

NME — The Propionibacterium acnes type Zappae was found growing on a grapevine in Italy more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Los Angeles Philharmonic New Music Group performs the West Coast premiere of Van der Aa's multimedia concerto 'Up-close' in gripping fashion.A screen for film or video projection has become a common occurrence at concerts, multimedia being a way of 2... more info

411 Mania — Looking back at the life and music of Frank Zappa more info

Starpulse — Eccentric rock legend Frank Zappa's son Dweezil is to mark the 40th anniversary of his late dad's fabled 1973 three-night Roxy & Elsewhere stint in Los Angeles by recreating the shows at the same v... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — The late rock iconoclast Frank Zappa's wildly irreverent work '200 Motels' will get its first full staging as part of Disney Hall's 10-year birthday party.At Wednesday's 10th birthday party for Walt Disney Concert Hall, the Los Angeles Philharmonic w... more info

Topix — Music nerds of Eugene unite! For all of you who raid House of Records looking for deleted Smiths singles and original Frank Zappa albums, who own vinyl, cassette, CD and 8-track copies of the same album and especially for those who caught the High Fi... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — How did a master of the Siberian art of throat singing wind up jamming with Frank Zappa and his friends? more info

Mercury News, California — The Marin-reared keyboardist's career spanned 40-plus years. It was a potpourri -- everything from performing with Jackson ('Off the Wall'), Miles Davis ('Tutu') and Zappa's Mothers of Invention ('Hot Rats') to putting together the 25th anniversary s... more info

Consequence of Sound — He was 67. more info