PETE ROTH TRIO TOUR DATES

Pete Roth Trio featuring Bill Bruford, Mike Pratt and Pete Roth - live dates.

This Saturday in Bran, Romania at Jazz at Bran Castle Festival, in a double headline bill with Soft Machine.

AUG 29 - Bran, Romania (Jazz at Bran Castle)
SEPT 25 - Walton-On-Thames, UK (Riverhouse Barn)
OCT 08 - Stuttgart, Germany (BIX Jazz Club)
OCT 09 - Rüsselheim, Germany (das Rind)
OCT 11 - Hamburg, Germany (Nica Jazz Club)
OCT 12 - Berlin, Germany (Zig Zag)
OCT 23 - Liverpool, UK (The Capstone Theatre)
OCT 24 - Durham, UK (The Sir Thomas Allen Theater)
NOV 08 - Manchester, UK (Band on the Wall)
JAN 27 - Leek, UK (Foxhole Arts Center)
JAN 28 - Sheffield, UK (Crookes Social Club)
JAN 29 - Kingston Upon Hull, UK (Wrecking Ball Music & Books)
JAN 30 - Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK (Gosforth Civic Theater)
FEB 04 - Verviers, Belgium (SPIRIT OF 66)
FEB 06 - Utretch, Netherlands (Tivoli Vredenburg)
FEB 08 - Copenhagen, Denmark (Hotel Cecil)
FEB 17 - Cardiff, UK (Acapela Studios)
FEB 23 - Pordenone, Italy (Capitol)
FEB 24 - Rezzato, Italy (Teatro CTM)
FEB 25 - Milano, Italy (Spazio Teatro 89)
FEB 26 - Torino, Italy (Piazza dei Mestieri)

NEW GOOSE SHOW UP ON BANDCAMP

2026/08/24 Kettlehouse Amphitheatr, Bonner, MT

SOFT MACHINE TOUR DATES

Soft Machine tour dates;

Feat. John Etheridge, Fred Thelonious Baker, Asaf Sirkis, and Theo Travis

29 Aug - Bran, Romania (Bran Castle)
10 Sep - London, UK (PizzaExpress W1)
26 Sep - Scarborough, UK (Scarborough Jazz Festival)
27 Sep - Barnoldswick, UK (Music & Arts Centre)
03 Oct - Hastings, UK (Hastings Jazz Festival)
10 Oct - Cambridge, UK (Corn Exchange)
16 Oct - Tilburg, Netherlands (Paradox)
17 Oct - Aachen, Germany (Musikbunker)
18 Oct - Hamburg, Germany (Nica Jazz Club)
20 Oct - Vienna, Austria (Porgy & Bess)
22 Oct - Budapest, Hungary (Off Kultur)
24 Oct - Munich, Germany (tbc)
25 Oct - Furth, Germany (Kofferfabrik)
27 Oct - Passau, Germany (MuseumsCafé)
30 Oct - Chur, Switzerland (Streaming Hall)
31 Oct - Wintertur, Switzeraind (Kulturzentrum Gaswerk)
01 Nov - Russelheim, Germany (das Rind)
18 Nov - Bristol, UK (The Jam Jar)
19 Nov - Worcester, UK (Huntington Hall)
20 Nov - Leek, UK (Foxhole Arts Center)
25 Nov - Stroud, UK (Subscription Rooms)
26 Nov - Bilston, UK (Robin 2)
27 Nov - Luton, UK (The Bear Club)
28 Nov - Sutton, UK (Sound Lounge)
29 Nov - Lyme Regis, UK (The Marine Hall Theatre)
03 Dec - London, UK (Cadogan Hall)
04 Dec - Hertford, UK (Corn Exchange)
02 Feb - London, UK (Jazz Café)
12 Feb - Sheffield, UK (Greystones)
14 Feb - Chelmsford, UK (HotBox)
19 Feb - Canterbury, UK (Gulbenkian Theater)
20 Feb - Fletching, UK (Trading Boundaries)
21 Feb - Portsmouth, UK (The Lens Studio at Guildhall)
25 Feb - New Milton, UK (Forest Arts Center)
26 Feb - Aldershot, UK (West End Center)
05 Mar - Hull, UK (Wrecking Ball Arts Center)
06 Mar - Otley, UK (Courthouse)
07 Mar - Milton Keynes, UK (The Stables)

MARKUS REUTER IN CONVERSATION WITH ADRIAN BELEW

“Hey, Markus here. I had the pleasure to talk to Adrian Belew about his involvement in the production of Mike Oldfield's Earth Moving album. Enjoy the interview!”

GOOSE 2026 08 22

Another Goose concert has been released on Bandcamp.

The second night at the Hayden Homes Amphitheater in Bend, OR.
2026/08/22 Hayden Homes Amphitheater, Bend, OR

 

THE MAYNARD HIGH SCHOOL SYMPHONIC AND STAGE BANDS - 1974

• Maynard Evans High School Symphonic And Stage Bands: Maynard Evans Symphonic And Stage Band 1974
      (1974, lp, USA, private release)

Another rare release arrived at the UM Headquarters recently.
As the album title explains, this record presented recordings from the Stage and Symphonic bands at Maynard Evans High School in Orlando, Florida.

It included the Stage Band’s rendition of FZ’s ‘Chunga’s Revenge’.

VARIOUS ARTISTS - SILKE ARP BRICHT SAMPLER 93

• Various Artist: Silke Arp-Bricht Sampler 93
      (1993, lp, Germany, n.ur kult releases)
      (????, download / streaming, --, bandcamp)

The n.UR-Kult record label was managed by the German club / artist collective Silke Arp Bricht.
Their tenth release presented artists that were linked to the n.UR-Kult club and included a recording of Frank Zappa’s ‘Who Are The Brain Police?’ by Spector.

The LP got released in 1993.
I recently acquired a copy of the LP (at the Zappanale festival) and only discovered today that it has also been made available on Bandcamp.
Check out the excellent version of 'Who Are The Brain Police?' !

BILLY JAMES - NECESSITY IS

Billy James published his "Necessity Is..." book in 2001.
I recently got hold of the 2005 re-issue. (See the above picture)
It will look good alongside to the original edition.

Another revised re-issue that I'm looking forward to is Andrew Greenaway's "Zappa The Hard Way".
If you want to avoid additional custom handling costs, you should be able to order it locally. Or order it from a company that takes care of the IOSS import taxes.

PETER STUART - PROPELLER

• Peter Stuart: Propeller
      (2001, cd, Germany, ulftone music)
      (2001, cd, USA, loud mouse music)

You might wonder how a melodic, pop record by former Dog's Eye View frontman Peter Stuart lands on the radar here at United Mutations. The answer, as always, lies in the family tree. Flipping over the liner notes of Stuart’s 2001 solo debut, Propeller, reveals a familiar name tucked neatly into the backing vocal credits: Moon Unit Zappa.

Released a bit over twenty years ago...

VARIOUS ARTISTS - SXSW LIVE VOL. 2

• Various Artists: SXSW Live Vol. Two
      (1994, cd-promo, usa, sxsw sx002cd9)

The "SXSW Live Vol. 2" promotional CD presented live recordings from 14 different artists.

The liner notes say:

“This CD is dedicated to the memory of Frank Zappa”
(FZ had passed away a couple of months before the release of this CD)