All About Jazz — WE'LL LICK YOUR DECALS OFF ANYTIME! Yesterday was the 69th birthday of Don Van Vliet, better known to sonic freaks and general weirdos everywhere as Captain Beefheart, the leader of a Magic Band and carver of one of the most unusual musical mytholog... more info

My Old Kentucky — What's ol' Shooter been smokin'? After three studio efforts and a live album with The 357s dedicated to putting the 'O' back in country, the man in the aviators is back with a new band, Hierophant, and a new record, Black Ribbons. Allow me to save yo... more info

All About Jazz — Her first three albums were pivotal in the American singer-songwriter movement. The classic Primordial Lovers has fondly been christened the Mother Album of "grrrl power." LOS ANGELES, Calif. --Sandy Hurvitz's transformation into Essra Mohawk happ... more info

Topix — Zappa Plays Zappa: 8:30 p.m. Friday, January 8. Revolution, 200 W. Broward Blvd., Fort Lauderdale. more info

New Times Broward-Palm Beach, FL — Dweezil Zappa, the eldest son of late avant-garde rock composer Frank Zappa, has been performing songs from his father's career for the past three years on the "Zappa Plays Zappa" tour. The multimedia shows include a wide range of the elder Zappa's m... more info

Starpulse — Happy Birthday to: Prolific rock guitarist Frank Zappa (1940; d. 1993)[...] Read more! more info

Topix — This May 7, 2008 file photo shows a couple sitting beneath a statue of Frank Zappa in Vilnius, Lithuania. more info

It took more than a year, but Baltimore officials finally decided where to put a bust of rocker Frank Zappa that was given to the city by his fans in Lithuania. more info

Guardian Music — These West Palm Beach indie rockers surf the zeitgeist (if not the waves) with their percussive lo-fi medley soundHometown: West Palm Beach, Florida.The lineup: John Paul Pitts (vocals, guitar), Tyler Schwarz (drums), Thomas Fekete (guitar), Marcos M... more info

Guardian Music — Record producer with a star-studded portfolioBob Keane, who has died aged 87, was one of the pioneering Los Angeles record men and a maverick talent scout, record producer and label owner. The soul singer Sam Cooke scored his first pop hit on a Kean... more info