UTOPIANISTI - HENKI

• Utopianisti: Henki
      (2026, download / streaming, --, bandcamp)
      (2026, 12”, Finland, --)

Utopianisti is Markus Pajakkala’s project. He has just released "Henki", a collection of six intimate and cinematic pieces, performed by Utopianisti & the Tampereen Ihankaikkinen Kuninkaallinen Tuomiokuoro Choir.

Beautiful.

Utopianisti meets a 22-member choir in this 6 song entity. True to its name, "Henki" (spirit) reaches for something hard to put into words. Tightly composed material coexists with improvisation, and the soulful music not only moves across the boundaries of different traditions but also evades genre definitions altogether. The result is a work that is at once delicate and massive: fragile, beautiful moods occasionally grow into hair-raising climaxes, with just the right amount of cacophony mixed in.

Out on Bandcamp and on vinyl.

HARDY FOX - - - DEAD CREATURE - ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK

Released on CD and now also out on Bandcamp:

"Dead Creature - Original Soundtrack" by Hardy Fox, the (late) composer for The Residents.

ZAPPA PODCAST AND PLAYLIST ON VRIJE GELUIDEN

In the (Dutch) series "How so, jazz ?", Kika Sprangers en Koen Graat dive into the jazz corner of FZ's musical universe.

https://www.vpro.nl/vrije-geluiden/artikelen/frank-zappa-en-de-geur-van-jazz

The podcast kicks off with the Wizards Of Ooze. Can't get a better start than that.

NEW ALBUM BY PANZERPAPPA

• Panzerpappa: Exercises In Style – Volume 2
      (2026, download / streaming, --, bandcamp)
      (2026, cd, Norway, private release / panzerpappa)

Drummer and multi-instrumentalist Trond Gjellum's Panzerpappa project will be releasing "Exercises In Style - Volume 2" later this month.

Bandcamp and CD release.
Highly recommended.

ISRAEL STROM - THE BLACK PAGE

 

DWEEZIL ZAPPA'S TOUR UPDATE

 

TEDESCHI TRUCKS BAND PERFORMED FZ'S 'WILLIE THE PIMP' YESTERDAY

live at HHC Amphitheater, Bridgeport, CT

Check out Derek Trucks' roaring guitar notes at the start of his solo !!

ZAPPANALE SPECIAL ON THE MUSIC ACROSS RADIO SHOW ON SEPTEMBER 7

 September 7 will see another Zappanale special on the "Music Across" radio show.

MUSIC ACROSS

Jeden 1. Montag im Monat um 21 Uhr
RADIO ORANGE - ORANGE 94.0

https://o94.at/de/sendereihe/413/music-across

https://cba.media/podcast/music-across

Folge 139 – Zappanale 2026 – #1
Frauenpower im Zappa-Universum
Pamela des Barres, Tante Tofu & VKB
07.09.2026, 21 Uhr

Eine detaillierte Inhaltsbeschreibung mit Playlist ist hier zu finden:

https://o94.at/shows/413/music-across/episode/58636/zappanale-2026-1-frauenpower-im-zappa-universum-pamela-des-barres-tante-tofu-vkb

MY HUMAN DIGS ME BLUES - CATS FROM NOW TO THE 23RD CENTURY

A couple of years ago, I mentioned the excellent "ZZAJ - Jazz From The 23rd Century" compilation album.
It was the first of three proposed "various artists" releases in the series “23rd Century Music”.

Well, the second volume has just been announced / released.
"My Human Digs Me Blues - Cats from NOW to the 23rd century"

FRANK ZAPPA - - - MORE VINTAGE VINYL

Just for fun: more vintage vinyl

• Frank Zappa Safe Muffinz
   (LP, TAKRL)
•  Zappa / Mothers / Captain Beefheart: No Bacon For Breakfast Vol. 1
   (LP, NBB)