Jam! Showbiz Music, Canada — American rocker Dweezil Zappa's wife has filed for divorce after five years of marriage to the star. more info

ContactMusic — American rocker DWEEZIL ZAPPA's wife has filed for divorce after five years of marriage to the star.Lauren Knudsen submitted divorce papers, citing... more info

People.com — Lauren Knudsen is seeking physical custody of their two daughters more info

All About Jazz — Herb Cohen, the tough, litigious manager and label operator who introduced such notables as the Mothers of Invention and Tom Waits during the '60s and '70s, died Tuesday of unknown causes in Napa, Calif. He was 77. After beginning his professional... more info

ContactMusic — TOM WAITS and FRANK ZAPPA's former music manager HERB COHEN has died, aged 77.Cohen died of unknown causes on Tuesday (16Mar10) in Napa, California. In addition... more info

Stereogum — Devendra Banhart sports some serious Frank Zappa facial hair in this video, and gets friends like the Strokes’ Fabrizio Moretti, MGMT’s Andrew VanWyngarden, and GZA to guest star. But the most surprising part of this clip must be where Banhart a... more info

Here Comes The Flood — John Cale picks ten records that have made a mark in his career in the April Issue of UK magazine Uncut: All Night Workers - Why Don't You Smile The record that made me love Lou Reed "It's all "Louie, Louie" changes, and the first song that Lo... more info

Pasta Primavera — Yesterday MGMT released the first track from the upcoming Congratulations.  Check it: mp3: MGMT – Flash Delirium A bit all over the place on this one.  The song really reminds me of Bowie and Zappa.  Perhaps that’s the direction they’r... more info

All About Jazz — Los Angeles, CA - Don Preston and Bunk Gardner, both original members of the the legendary Mothers of Invention with Frank Zappa, are gearing up for an exciting east coast tour called The Don and Bunk Show. The duo will be playing a full range of Zap... more info

Here Comes The Flood — photo: Steve Gullick UK experimental jazz quintet Polar Bear are on the forefront of the rejuvenation of jazz as a musical force that can cross-over to music lovers of other genres, or at least ot people who can handle buckets full of ideas that co... more info