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

Music News Net — MUSIC NEWS - From his current tour, we just got in some Dweezil Zappa footage from the compelling Dweezil Zappa Plays Zappa tour (full itinerary below) playing a host of classic Frank Zappa songs! Check out the clip, below. As... more info

Altsounds — This holiday season will be a memorable one! Project/Object will have for the first time in 25 years, as special guests - Ike Willis & Ray White. These amazing & unique voices were clearly favorites of Frank Zappa's, as he recorded & toured with one ... more info

Allmusic Blog — We covered 2007 in a similar way before -- way back in 2007 -- but not to this extent. Some of these lists from our editorial staff go up to 20 rather than 10, so there is more Radiohead, Panda Bear, White Stripes, UGK, and probably M.I.A. (There is ... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — The irreverent, witty and determinedly complex classical side of Zappa has been strangely missing in action and grossly under-appreciated in L.A. more info