ROXY THE MOVIE

announced on blu-ray !!
but also as a DVD/CD set.

Go to http://evo88.com/en and do a search on "zappa".

ED PALERMO BIG BAND PERFORMS THE MUSIC OF FRANK ZAPPA

ANOTHER SET OF 'RADIO SHOW' ALBUMS

Announced for early September

Little Feat & Friends: Little Feat & Friends

from NBC's 'Midnight Special'

1. Intro
2. Queen Of The Silver Dollar – Little Feat w/ Emmylou Harris
3. Dixie Chicken - Little Feat w/ Emmylou Harris, Bonnie Raitt & Jesse Winchester
4. Runaway – Bonnie Raitt w/ Norton Buffalo
5. Rhumba Man - Jesse Winchester
6. Old Folks Boogie - Little Feat
7. I Can't Stand Up Alone – Jesse Winchester w/ Emmylou Harris & Bonnie Raitt
8. Birdland - Weather Report
9. Home - Bonnie Raitt
10. Nothing But A Breeze - Jesse Winchester w/ Emmylou Harris
11. Rocket In My Pocket - Little Feat
12. My Songbird - Emmylou Harris
13. Sugar Mama - Bonnie Raitt
14. Rhumba Mama - Weather Report
15. Teen Town - Weather Report
16. Rock’n’Roll Doctor


Captain Beefheart: Full Moon - Hot Sun Live In Kansas

the KUDL-FM broadcast of the 'Cowtown Ballroom', Kansas, 1974/04/22 concert.


Tom Waits: Foggy Night - Unplugged

the 1974 KPFK radio show.

NEW ALBUM BY JOHN MCLAUGHLIN

"Dark Light", due out on September 10, 2015.

ANOTHER FRANK ZAPPA 'RADIO SHOW' ALBUM RELEASE

Actually, it's a box with three vinyl albums.

The box is called "3 Album Box" and the included LP's are :

- "Halloween In The Big Apple"
- "Muffin Man Vol.1"
- "Muffin Man Vol.2"

180 g clear, blue and yellow vinyl.

To be released in October.

NEW BOOK ON ZAPPA

Chris Wade recently surprised us with "The Music Of Captain Beefheart", a 50-page book that walked us through the Captain Beefheart discography. Including various interviews.
I thought it was OK.

And now there's, "The Music Of Frank Zappa".
100 pages and subtitled "1966- 1976", so it looks like this is the first tome.
Of at least three volumes, I would guess.

More info here:
http://wisdomtwinsbooks.weebly.com/books.html

ROLLING STONE MAGAZINE ON THE NEW ZAPPA DOCUMENTARY

http://www.rollingstone.com/movies/news/how-can-frank-zappas-colorful-life-possibly-fit-in-a-documentary-20150821

KAZUTOKI UMEZU KIKI BAND - LAND DIZZY

• kazutoki umezu kiki band: land dizzy
      (2002, cd, japan, ewe records ewcd-0053)

Kazutoki Umezu's Kiki band performed at Zappanale #24, August 2013.
They did an amazing concert.

The albums that they had brought along, sold pretty well. I bought the complete package. A beautiful and great sounding set.
Too bad that one of the albums, "Land Dizzy", was already out of print.
A couple of weeks ago, browsing the internet, I finally found a second-hand copy of "Land Dizzy".
Listening to it right now.
Fabulous.

EUGENE CHADBOURNE - 13 SOCIETY

• eugene chadbourne: 13 society
      (2015, cdr, usa, private release)

Eugene Chadbourne recently released a couple of new albums. These are typical DIY CDR-releases, each CDR coming in a package that has been fabricated by Eugene Chadbourne himself.

"13 Society" presents a number of original tunes next to some excellen coverversions.
Eugene Chadbourne on banjo, vocals, guitar, dobro, and Rogier Smal on drums.

The album includes Lowell George's 'Willin'' as well as Captain Beefheart's 'Steal Softly Through...'.

1. 13 society (eugene chadbourne)
2. on the road to find out (yusef islam)
3. willin' (lowell george)
4. colors for susan (country joe mcdonald)
5. it's no secret (marty balin)
6. cherish (terry kirkman)
7. cold gravy (eugene chadbourne)
8. steal softly through sunshine (don van vliet)
9. melancholy time (eugene chadbourne)

http://www.eugenechadbourne.com/

A 30-STRING CONTRA-SOPRANO GUITAR

"Lunar Incantation Precision"
From the Greydisc album "Nowhere, Now Here"
Kevin Kastning: 30-string Contra-Soprano guitar
Carl Clements: Soprano saxophone

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ROCK IN OPPOSITION FRANCE EVENT

The eight edition of the ROI France Event !

September 18, 19 and 20
Cap Découverte, France
http://www.rocktime.org/rio/index.php/en/

Friday, September 18

• Aquaserge
• Ukandanz
• Present

Saturday, September 19

• Reve General [Volapuk/Metamorphosis]
• Art Zoyd
• Mats / Morgan Band)
• Pryapisme

Sunday, September 20

• Happy Family
• Alec K. Redfearn and the Eyesores
• Secret Chiefs 3
• The Very Big Eperimental Toubifri Orchestra

THE MUSIC OUTPOST

Re-Imagining Music in the 21st Century –

Announcing
The Music Outpost:
On August 17, 2015,
Cuneiform Records Launches a Sister Company
Devoted to Licensing Music on the Sonic Frontier

An Existential QUESTION:
How does a 31-year old record label that specializes in avant garde, non-mainstream music and has released over 400 albums of high-quality music to date, survive and thrive in the 21st century digital age, an era in which all music – whether popular or avant-garde – has been devalued, and in which record stores have disappeared? How does it enable the impressive music in its back catalogue to not only live anew but also contribute to the future survival of both itself and the international composers/musicians who create that music? And how does it make the cutting-edge music it releases be financially sustainable as the century progresses, without compromising the stylistic integrity or “edginess” of that music?

A Visionary ANSWER:
It re-imagines a radically new context, a parallel purpose, a fresh existence for the innovative music it also releases on albums.

Cuneiform Records is proud to announce the creation of a new, sister company, called The Music Outpost, devoted to licensing cutting-edge music to various media including film/movies, dance, theatre, advertising, fashion, technology, and more. The new company launches on August 17, 2015, when the website themusicoutpost.com goes live. Numerous licensing companies already exist, but all focus on mainstream music; licensing avant-garde music is not a priority for them. In contrast, The Music Outpost – “licensing music on the Sonic Frontier” – focuses on ‘outside’ music and aims to ultimately be THE go-to place for creative media professionals to find music as adventurous as their projects. Its continually-expanding archive of music-available-for-licensing will not only feature music released by Cuneiform, but also music by other experimental, boundary-defying artists.

A selection from The Music Outpost’s music archive is currently displayed on its website, www.themusicoutpost.com. The music can be explored through listening samples or various search methods (moods, music genres, film genres, instruments, etc). Search instructions are posted on the website, and users are encouraged to email themselves a list of their “Favorites”. While only a modest sampling from Cuneiform’s catalogue is currently on display, you can inquire about licensing other music on Cuneiform while new music that can be “readily licensed” is being added to the site. The Music Outpost will continually be updated, with new albums and new artists being posted regularly, so frequent visitation is encouraged. The website includes a means to contact the Outpost for queries about licensing for a specific project; licensing fees vary for size, type and nature of project. Projects of all size – from student films to blockbuster studio projects and everything in-between – are welcome to contact The Music Outpost.

Cuneiform has long been internationally acclaimed for releasing genre-defying music, music that transforms and transcends traditional forms. Now, this innovative label has defied yet another boundary, to release music from its boundaries on turntables and iPods, and release it on dance and theatre stages, runways, and movie and other screens.

Based in greater Washington DC (Silver Spring, MD), Cuneiform Records was founded by Steve Feigenbaum in 1984 as a record label devoted to releasing innovative music from some of the best musicians in the international avant-garde. It is the sister company of Wayside Music, a webstore and distributor originally founded in 1980 as a mail-order company devoted to internationally selling and distributing music released on small labels from around the world. The Music Outpost is the newest addition to this musically-progressive family.

CAPTAIN BEEFHEART

A new 3CD set will be released in September : "Impossible Broadcasts".

3 radio broadcasts on 3 CD's.

KING CRIMSON

The anniversary edition of "Thrak" offers a CD, plus an audio DVD !
However, there's also a 12" "Thrak Box" with 12 CD's, one audio DVD, 2 Blu-Ray's and a booklet...

ZAPPANUNION IV

The ZappaUnion Festival,
October 23 - 25
Oslo, Norway

STEVE VAI MASTER SESSION

Adding pictures and data to the United Mutations Archives, here's a picture of Mike Wolf's "Steve Vai Master Session" DVD.

It's an instructional / guitar tutorial DVD.
Released on VHS video tape around 1988. Re-released on DVD in 2004.

• steve vai master session
  (2004, dvd, uk, omnibus media / music sales limited)

THE PEDALBOARD TORTURE NEVER STOPS

Lionel LoS WaRn checking out his new pedalboard...

ZAPPANALE 26 - - - PART 2

Driving in to the town of Bad Doberan is like coming home.

For quite a number of years now, the Zappanale festival has become the place where I meet friends and listen to good music. Two of my favorite things.
This year, I arrived in Zappa Town around noon.

First things first, so I went to the expo in the centre of Bad Doberan.

Before entering the actual expo (Cynthia Plaster Caster and her displays), I said hi to Robert, Dieter and Burkhard who, once again, had produced a fabulous expo.

I also picked up a set of DVDR's with recordings of the concerts that had been given in the main exhibition the previous year.

• don preston & bunk gardner: zappanale exhibition, july 18, 2014
      (2015, dvdr, ger, rr production zapp-e-dvd014)

The first DVD that caught my eye was the Don Preston and Bunk Gardner concert and interview.
I was in the audience at the time and had enjoyed it a lot. Great to see it being made available on DVD (and also on blu-ray).

2014/07/18 zappanale exhibition room, bad doberan, germany

don preston: keyboards
bunk gardner: saxophone, flute

also features an interview hosted by jim cohen

- intro
- twenty small cigars (f.zappa)
- free energy (d.preston)
- king kong (f.zappa)
- the jim cohen interview
- the eric dolphy memorial bbq (f.zappa)
- outro

bonus material

- zappanale #25 review clip
- zappanale #25 on tv (ndr)
- we are the other people - the book

Nice. Very nice.
Also available at the Zappateers website:
http://www.zappateers.com/bb/viewtopic.php?t=29831&sid=317ee36982d776989f5c97078ab8ddec

THE FRANK ZAPPA MILLION DOLLAR BILL

Having an asteroid with your name, or having streets with your name in Italy and Germany must be nice, but having your picture on a million dollar bill must be fun as well.
Too bad it's a fake...

ZAPPANALE 26 - - - PART 18b

I mentioned the fabulous Z3 in one of my previous posts.
Here's the line-up, setlist and some video of their recent performance at Zappanale :

 Beau Sasser : hammond organ, synthesizer, vocals
 Tim Palmieri : guitar, vocals
 Bill Carbone : drums, vocals
special guest
 Ed Mann : percussion

setlist

* Teen-age Wind
* Fifty-Fifty
* Fembot In A Wet T-Shirt
* Dumb All Over
* The Grand Wazoo
* Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance
* Excentrifugal Forz
* Cletus Awreetus-Awrightus
* Camarillo Brillo
* Willie The Pimp
* Cheap Thrills
* St. Alfonzo's Pancake Breakfast
* Father O'blivion
* Titties & Beer
* Down In De Dew
* Zomby Woof

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GEORGE DUKE AND JEAN-LUC PONTY AT ZAPPANALE IN 2012

There can never be enough 'King Kong'...

BIG SALE AT MOONJUNE

BIG SALE @ MOONJUNE
25 CD TITLES @ $5 each + shipping

Dear Friends in Music

MoonJune Records has a mega sale from August 11-18 offered to all MoonJune fans, old and new, known and unknown, and curious.

MoonJune Records – a progressive music label from New York City, active since 2001, which explores boundaries of jazz, rock, ethno, avant, the unknown, and anything in between and beyond – is offering a selection of 25 CD titles @ $5 each plus shipping (from the catalog of 75 titles).

Enjoy the Music.

Yours in Music

Leonardo @ MoonJune

Only available from :
https://moonjunerecords.bandcamp.com/merch

THE PLOCTONES

Dutch band The Ploctones are celebrating their 11th anniversary with a tour !
Groovy funk and jazz.

15 oct Brebl Nijmegen
16 oct Luxor Live Arnhem feat. LiGHT-UP
17 oct Dolhuis Dordrecht feat. LiGHT-UP
18 oct Plusetage Baarle Nassau
22 oct TivoliVredenburg Utrecht feat. LiGHT-UP
23 oct De Tor Enschede
24 oct De Dillewijn Ankeveen
25 oct Grenswerk Venlo feat. LiGHT-UP
30 oct De Toonzaal Den Bosch
5 nov Gebr. de Nobel Leiden feat. LiGHT-UP
6 nov Burgerweeshuis Deventer feat. LiGHT-UP
7 nov ArtStudio Hoogvliet feat. LiGHT-UP
10 nov Tolhuistuin Amsterdam feat. LiGHT-UP
11 nov Prospero Den Haag

A PETER WOLF UPDATE

Former Zappa keyboard player Peter Wolf says:
"Over the last two years we have been working on a fun new platform ...... check it out - it's a blast !"

The website : http://wolfmillesi.com/

Another website : http://www.whamslam.com/

The YouTube movie :

MATS/MORGAN BAND TOKYO 2014

MAKHNO

Check out Makhno's "The Third Season". Out on the Italian Brigadisco label.

IKE WILLIS - SELECTED WORKS

• ike willis: selected works
      (2002, cd, usa, uwanna records)

Former Zappa vocalist Ike Willis released two solo albums: "Shoulda Gone Before I Left" in 1988 and "Dirty Pictures" in 1998. With these two albums out of print, the Uwanna Records label released a compilation album "Selected Works" in 2002.

Ike Willis was the vocalist (and one of the guitarists) in Frank Zappa band for quite a number of years and you can hear it in his compositions.

Recently, at the Zappanale Festival, Ike did a concert with Zappatika. The concert started with three Ike Willis compostions: 'The Doctor Is In', '(Venting The) Krypton Gas' and 'Bizniz As Usual'. The first two can be found on "Selected Works", the latter one had me digging up "Shoulda Gone Before I Left".

"Selected Works" is a great album. It might sound a bit dated, but I really like the compositions and Ike's vocals and guitar parts are great. The album also features Ray White, Arthur Barrow and Jeff Hollie.

Data have been added to the United Mutations Archives.

SPRING STRING QUARTET - FRISCH GESTRICHEN

• spring string quartet: frisch gestrichen
      (1998, cdr, austria, cwm001)

The "Frisch Gestrichen" mini album got released by the Spring String Quartet in 1998.
It presents three excellent performances: Stevie Wonder's 'Sir Duke', Frank Zappa's 'Peaches En Regalia' and Jimi Hendrix' 'Gypsy Eyes'.
Beautiful.
I had never heard of it until a couple of weeks ago.
A fine addition to The Others Of Invention.

ZAPPATIKA FEATURING IKE WILLIS TO RELEASE A DIGITAL DOWNLOAD SINGLE

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JOE SATRIANI - SHOCKWAVE SUPERNOVA

• oe satriani: shockwave supernova
      (2015, cd, usa, sony legacy recordings)

Joe Satriani's latest album.
Next to Joe, the album features Mike Keneally, Bryan Beller, Marco Minnemann and Vinnie Colaiuta !!
Awesome.
Concert tickets have been ordered.

ZAPPANALE ON ROCKRADIO

Sunday, August 16, 2015 at 20h00 at www.rockradio.be,
part two of the Zappanale 2015 Retrospect.

NIGHTHAWKS ON THE RADIO

"Nighthawks On The Radio", the CD-release of Tom Waits' 1976 KNEW-FM radio broadcast, will also be made available as a 2 LP set.

DWALMACAT 616

This week on Dwalmacat radio

https://www.mixcloud.com/Dwalmacat/dwalmacat-616/

SEX FOR ADULTS
LAURIE ANDERSON – From the air
AUDIO ACTIVE & LARAAJI – Music and cosmic
JOHN COLTRANE – Trane’s slow blues
WHA-HA-HA – Zoo
MICHAEL RANTA – Mu V (Excerpt)
BRIGHOUSE & RASTRICK BRASS BAND – The floral dance
FIERY FURNACES – Straight street
VOLCANO THE BEAR – Beach, each, preach, leech, teach
PSYCHIC TV – Nature
SEX FOR ADULTS (Part 2)
AFRICAN HEADCHARGE – Throw it away
THE EX – The sky is blue again
SEX FOR ADULTS (Part 3)
HYPNOTISCHER KRACH – Hypnotischer Krach
TONY CONRAD & FAUST – The death of the composer was in 1962

FREAKSHOW AT BURG HERZBERG FESTIVAL WITH NI, POIL AND HOOFFOOT

Today, the Freakshow Festival in Burg Herzberg is presenting Ni, Poil and Hooffoot.

Charly adds:
"Ni and Poil will also take part in the Freakshow Artrock Festival in Würzburg on the 25th and 26th of September, alongside many other french, japanese and belgian bands to celebrate 45 years of Zeuhl music."

Check it out (but make sure that you sit down !!)

NI

POIL





HOOFFOOT

EUGENE CHADBOURNE

Eugene Chadbourne has released a couple of new album.
The latest one, "The 13 Society" includes Eugene Chadbourne and Rogier Small performing Lowell George's 'Willin'', as well as Don Van Vliet's 'Steal Softly Through Sunshine'.

http://www.eugenechadbourne.com/

MACY GRAY - YOUR MOUTH (F.ZAPPA)

Taken from the 2010 "Frank Zappa Birthday Bundle"...

Macy Gray.

SPANNER JAZZ PUNKS RESIDENCY AT THE GUNNERS IN LONDON

Spanner Jazz Punks Residency at The Gunners

Spanner Jazz Punks will be playing at
The Gunners Pub,
204 Blackstock Road, N5 1EN
EVERY WEDNESDAY in AUGUST (5th, 12th, 19th, 26th).
Free Entry

This series of events will explore new and classic material from their extensive repertoire of psychedelic performance art, mixing jazz and eastern influenced experimental rock. The Jazz Punks will be immersing themselves in the seedy depths of Spanner surrealism and DIY punk composition; expect themes and stories developing conceptually and continually throughout the residency.

I'm pretty sure that they'll throw in some Zappa music as well.

TIM BUCKLEY

Singer-songwriter Tim Buckley recorded two album for Frank Zappa's / Herb Cohen's Straight label: "Blue Afternoon" in 1969 and "Starsailer" in 1970.
Later albums featured former Mothers Of Invention Buzz and Bunk Gardner (and John Balkin).

"Newport '68" is a brand-new Tim Buckley release. It's taken from a radio broadcast.


On the 28th of July 1968 Tim Buckley took to the stage at the Newport Folk Festival after being introduced as an artist who “in the great Ogden Nash tradition of poetry, has been writing and singing his own songs, in a fairly modern idiom, which sits, however, very, very comfortably on a fine bed of old folk music.” It was a description that would have sent a shudder through Buckley.

Tim Buckley had always been a restless, questing musical spirit and he moved on from his work almost as soon as it had been recorded; by the time of ‘Happy Sad’ in 1969, he had started to feel his way towards the jazz direction that characterised the revolutionary, avant-garde rock of his ‘Starsailor’ period. However in the run-up to ‘Happy Sad’ Buckley had started to feel constrained by the expectations of both his audience and his record company, Elektra. Album sessions in ’68 had yielded a series of recordings that he ultimately abandoned and never released, many of which survived only from live performances until posthumous collections made them widely available.

The appearance at Newport in ’68 reflects some of Tim’s struggle over artistic direction; together with material from both ‘Goodbye and Hello’ and ‘Happy Sad’, he performs two songs, ‘Wayfaring Stranger’ and ‘The Dolphins’, that were recorded and discarded during the ‘Happy Sad’ sessions. Indeed, it’s clear from another ‘68 performance of ‘The Dolphins’ on the BBC’s ‘Old Grey Whistle Test’ that that song in particular was very much on his mind. And so this concert, broadcast live from Newport by radio stations across America, is a fascinating glimpse into the artistic muse of one of music’s most fertile and singular minds, at a key crossroads in his tragically short career.

JON ANDERSON AND JEAN-LUC PONTY

Anderson/Ponty Band Featuring Music Icons Jon Anderson and Jean-Luc Ponty To Release New CD/DVD “Better Late Than Never”

Los Angeles - One of the most eagerly awaited releases of 2015 by the Anderson/Ponty Band, featuring music icons Jon Anderson and Jean Luc Ponty, is scheduled to hit the streets early Fall 2015! “Better Late Than Never” is the new album taken from a live performance, and enhanced with innovative production. The package includes a bonus DVD featuring outstanding performances by the band captured in September 2014 at the Wheeler Opera House in Aspen, Colorado.

The Anderson/Ponty Band has created some breathtaking new musical compositions. “Better Late Than Never” also showcases rearrangements of classic YES hits like “Owner Of A Lonely Heart”, “Roundabout” and “Wonderous Stories”, as well as some of Jean Luc Ponty's beloved compositions, with Jon's lyrical vocals and melodies enhancing the music and creating a very special and unique sound such as “Infinite Mirage” a new song incorporating Jean Luc's classic tune “Mirage”.

YES's original singer/songwriter for 35 years, Jon Anderson has had a successful solo career, which includes working with such notable music artists as Vangelis, Kitaro, and Milton Nascimento. International violin superstar Jean Luc Ponty is a pioneer and undisputed master of his instrument in the arena of jazz and rock. He is widely regarded as an innovator who has applied his unique visionary spin that has expanded the vocabulary of modern music. Together these two music legends have formed a musical synergy that is unparalleled!

“A breakthrough feeling came as I sang with Jean Luc's music, to be in a band again is very exciting on many levels, we will play and sing our way around the world and have fun, for music is pleasure, music is all that is.” - Jon Anderson

“Collaborating with Jon who is such a creative singer/songwriter is unlike any project I have done before. I knew that we had plenty of musical affinities to make it work, but the result is way beyond my expectations. It is also a lot of fun to reunite with these excellent musicians who played with me in the past, they really put their heart in this project and with Jon's creative input we are not just rehashing the past but giving a new life to the music we started developing decades ago.” - Jean Luc Ponty

The Anderson/Ponty Band also includes Jamie Glaser on guitars - well known guitarist who has worked with Jean Luc Ponty, Chick Corea, Bryan Adams and Lenny White; Wally Minko on keyboards - virtuoso player and composer who has performed and recorded with many worldwide stars including Pink, Toni Braxton, Jean Luc Ponty, Tom Jones, Gregg Rolie and Barry Manilow; Baron Browne on bass who has played with Steve Smith, Billy Cobham and Jean Luc Ponty; and Rayford Griffin on drums and percussion, who has played with Stanley Clarke Band, George Duke, Jean Luc Ponty and Michael Jackson. The band visit the music created by Jon Anderson and Jean Luc Ponty over the years with new arrangements, virtuosic performances and new energy.

Jean Luc Ponty was originally approached by Jon Anderson with the idea of working together as far back as the 1980's. Now 30 years later the dream has finally come to fruition! In support of the new release, a world tour is currently in the works. Also, a videography documenting the making of the “Better Late Than Never” album will be released along with videos and performances.

Anderson/Ponty Band tour dates:

OCTOBER
10/27 - Philadelphia - Keswick Theater
10/29 - Red Bank, NJ - Count Basie
10/30 - Ridgefield, CT - Ridgefield Playhouse

NOVEMBER
11/1 - Pittsurgh - Carnegie Theater
11/3 - Chicago - Arcada Theater
11/4 - Milwaukee - Milwaukee PAC
11/6 - Detroit - Detroit Music Hall
11/7 - Toronto - Danforth Music Hall
11/10 - Washington, DC - Howard Theater
11/11 - Long Island - Paramount Theater
11/13 - NYC - Ethical Culture
11/14 - Boston - Berklee Performance Center
11/17 - San Francisco - Regency
11/18 - Sacramento - Crest Theater
11/20 - Los Angeles - Saban Theater
11/21 - Scottsdale - Talking Stick

For more information and forthcoming tour dates visit the official Anderson/Ponty Band website:
http://www.andersonpontyband1.com/
AndersonPonty Band Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/andersonpontyband1?fref=ts

Jon Anderson official website: www.jonanderson.com
Jean Luc Ponty official website: www.ponty.com