Nugs dot net will do two special live streamins.
A complete document of the final concert of the European leg of the hugely acclaimed The Overview tour. Recorded in front of a lively Madrid audience, the 2 hour plus show has been mixed from the multitracks by SW in stereo, 5.1, and Dolby Atmos. Also included is a Binaural 'Headphone Dust' Mix!
An absolutely amazing concert.
Nothing spectacular, nothing earth-shattering, just a set of great songs, performed by some excellent musicians.
Beautiful.
Progressive rock at its best.
Here's a fragment of an audience recording of the same tour:
-- info & more: Harald Haering
Kicking off the day with The Furious Bongos' latest release, "Third Room Live".
Wonderful.
Another limited edition got released in 2018, again with different title (“Ashley”) and artwork and on blue vinyl. Other retitled re-issues have also been spotted.
Here's the duo performing a rather reworked version of Frank Zappa's 'Sofa' at Zappanale in 2010:
British experimental music project Nurse With Wound (NWW) released their first album, “Chance Meeting On A Dissecting Table Of A Sewing Marchine And An Umbrella” in 1979.
Although it got re-released several times, the album was initially issued in a limited numbered edition of 500 copies.
The album would get released on CD in 1990, also on the United Daries record label.
2024 would see a remastered re-issue on the Rotorelief record label: limited editions on different coloured vinyls.
The album insert listed NWW’s inspiration mentioning Frank Zappa, The Mothers Of Invention, and Captain Beefheart.
Later in their career, the band went on to record 'Trouble Every Day', although they called the piece 'Subterranean Zappa Blues'.
I recently got hold of 2 fine Frank Zappa picture discs.
The first one is a counterfeit of the "Greasy Love Songs" CD, the second one is the "Zappa World Tour 80" bootleg picture disc
The result sounds fascinating.
I love the beautiful melodies and the polyrhythms.
Superb.
"Romanian Dance" will be digital download / streaming only and it will be made available on March 18.
Recommended.
I really enjoyed listening to "The Phantom Of Canton".
Retro / psychedelic / pop.
Check it out !
Excellent news from The Furious Bongos !!
The Furious Bongos just released "Third Room Live",
Performing the music of Frank Zappa.
Don't hesitate. You want to hear this.
from Mike Keneally's newsletter:
Dear,
Asti spumanti!
I write to you from a brief patch of breathing space between the shows I just played with EDDIE JOBSON/U.K. REVISITED in Japan, and the shows we’re doing next week on Cruise to the Edge (Miami > Key West > Nassau). If tickets are still available for the cruise (and I just looked at their website and tickets do indeed seem to be available - see the screenshot from their homepage below, which boldly declares “Book now”), and if there’s a part of you that’s saying to the rest of you: “the world is absolutely insane right now, I can’t think of anything I need more than a five-day prog cruise...self, we’re goin’ to Miami,” then yes, you should come see us.
I can’t even tell you how much I enjoyed the Jobson/U.K. shows in Japan, with the incredible Marc Bonilla and Marco Minnemann in the band, and Keith Wechsler and Robert Frazza our brilliant crew, and the utterly remarkable Eddie Jobson, and how much I appreciate our legendary promoter Leonardo MoonJune (see attached screenshot of him and us backstage in Osaka) and everyone from Billboard Live and all the beautiful people who came to the shows – I mean, I could tell you how much all of that means to me, it’s not like I’m legally barred from telling you – it’s more that it’s hard for me to find the words. I’m so excited to play on the cruise next week and I send love and gratitude to all involved.
But hey, let’s not get maudlin here! LOOK:
EPIC 2011 LIVE ALBUM bakin’ @ the potato!
IS COMING TO BANDCAMP FRIDAY!
ALL THE SONGS FROM THE WHOLE SHOW
(with four songs previously only on the DVD)
PLUS THE UNEDITED FULL RECORDING SESSIONS
OF BOTH ORIGINAL COMMENTARY TRACKS
Yeah! It’s bakin’ @ the potato! for Bandcamp Friday!
This link to bakin’ @ the potato! (uncut) goes live at 11:59 p.m. PST this Thursday night, March 5,
https://mikekeneallymusic.bandcamp.com/album/bakin-the-potato
but now you can click here for a bunch more MK titles…
https://mikekeneallymusic.bandcamp.com/
With the upcoming collaboration of Selah Sue and The Gallands (Stéphane & Elvin Galland), I thought it would only be appropriate to familiarize myself a bit with Selah Sue's music.
The perfect reason to buy a couple of her albums.
"Persona".
Released in 2022.
The regular release is a single CD but I went for the one that came with a bonus disc.
Soulful pop music.
Beautiful.
Uplifting.
'All The Way Down', live
Experimental music alert !
For volume 5 of their "Newton's Flat Fidelity" series, Intige Taluure teamed up with BeNe GeSSeRiT.
The result can be found on Bandcamp but was also made available on cassette !!
Referred to as an American country/western swing band, Commander Cody And His Lost Planet Airmen released their first album in 1971.
I got introduced to their 1988 "Sleazy Roadside Stories" and the 1993 "Lost In Space" albums yesterday, and I enjoyed them quite a lot.
Here's a YouTube snippet from a 1977 concert.
-- info: Danny Mathys
A must-see and must-hear concert.
Black Flower, November 26, 2022,
Recorded at Jazztime Ravensburg.
-- info: Danny Mathys
A new album, "Senior Citizens", and new concert dates for Dutch band Sjako!.
February 27, 2026, The tour will kick off in Haarlem.
Check https://sjako.eu/
Here's Sjako! performing FZ's 'Magic Fingers', in concert in Apeldoorn in 2016.
Darko The Super has just released "Beware Of Bob".
Produced by MF Grimm.
‘Beware of Bob’ is an out-of-this-world album that is inspired by the truly singular television experience ‘Twin Peaks’ and rooted in Hip-Hop.
I like it.
"Frank Zappa, The LIfe, Music, and Legacy of an Unconvnetional Artist - An Independent Biography"
by Susan M. Chloe
90 pages, hardcover.
It looks and reads like some sort of an AI supported introduction to FZ.
Available in English and in Italian:
"Frank Zappa, The Dissonant Philosophy"
and
"Contro Ogni Autorita' - La Filosofia Dissonante Di Frank Zappa"
by Bebo Best
The different chapters discuss politics, dogmas and religion, technology, pop as parody, family man, the yellow shark, dweezil & the ZFT.
50 pages.
Nothing new, but nice to browse through.
'Always Someone'
From Mauro Pawlowski's "Eternal Sunday Drive".
Also out on 7". On gold swirl vinyl.
The upcoming Moo-Ah! Frank Zappa tribute festival has the most amazing line-up.
This 5th edition will feature John Etheridge' Zappatistas, Treacherous Cretins and The Muffin Men. Gabba Zappa Hey!, Fred Händl, and Turbulator.
March 20 & 21, 2026.
https://www.festivalmoo-ah.com/
Check out the German Rockradio special:
https://www.rockradio.de/sendung_info.php?auswahl_lfdnr=39019&name_der_seite1=zappatime
The Love Substitutes have released two albums, plus one EP.
(The Love Substitutes = Mauro Pawlowski, Craig Ward, Rudy Trouvé & Bert Lenaerts)
I already mentioned "Meet The Love Substitutes While The House Is On Fire", but "The Velvet Sailor EP" (a 12" EP from 2005) and "More Songs About Hangovers And Sailors" (CD, 2006) also need your attention, if only for the beautiful artwork by Rudy Trouvé.
Art Laboe’s Original Sound record label released a compilation album by The Hollywood Persuaders in 1965.
An extended version of the album got issued on CD in Japan in 2007.
One of the bonus tracks was ‘Grunion Run’, written by Frank Zappa.
All songs were taken from early sixties Original Sound singles, plus two tracks that had been previously unreleased.
S. M. V. = Stanley Clarke, Marcus Miller a Victor Wooten.
3 extraordinary funky bass players.
With George Duke as special guest on some of the tracks.
This is amazing.
Wonderful !!
Here's 'Mongoose Walk', with Chick Corea
-- info & more: André Oomen
Out on Bandcamp:
I'm quite happy with the news that Doctor Delta will be releasing their Zappa tribute album on CD.
Reason enough to give their "Slow Dog Blues" release another spin.
Out on 2 CD, but you can also check it out on Bandcamp:
Phish has just released their New Year's Eve 1993 concert.
As a deluxe 5 LP set, and as a 3 CD set.
The band performed Frank Zappa's 'Peaches En Regalia'.
The piece is getting released on both the 5 LP set and the 3 CD set.
The 5 LP box is being distributed, but the 3 CD set is only available from the Phish website
(https://drygoods.phish.com/products/new-years-eve-1993-live-at-worcester-centrum-3cd-box-set)
Here's the promo picture for the box set, colored vinyl in a box with an aquarium pop-up and everything.
The 3 CD set:
Aziola Cry is an American
instrumental progressive metal trio from Chicago, consisting of Jason
Blake (Warr guitar), Mike Milaniak (guitar), and Tommy Murray
(drums).
April 17 will see the release of their fourth album, "Dysphoria Ritual".
On 7D Media.
An update (and a new album) by Sean Noonan !
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THE WORLD PREMIERE: MARCH 30
With the album now in your hands (and ears), the final step of this journey is the live experience. On March 30th at Milton Court Concert Hall, I will be joined by St. Paul’s Sinfonia to bring this "surreal fantasy epic" to the stage.
This is the first orchestral work ever written for a speaking drummer. It’s more than a concert; it’s a ritual of rock opera and punk-jazz energy that you won’t want to miss.
a message from the MoonJune Records label:
Here is a great interview with Indonesian pianist/keyboardist/composer/arranger/cultural ambassador Dwiki Dharmawan by Michael Limnios in BLUES.GR online blog.
blues.gr/profiles/blogs/q-a-with-indonesian-musician-dwiki-dharmawan-one-the-most-accompl
“Music has always shaped civilizations. It influences identity, memory, protest, healing, and unity. In today's polarized world, music can become a soft power for peace. As an advocate for peace and the environment, I believe music should raise awareness — about humanity, about coexistence, about our responsibility to the Earth. If my music can inspire even one person to become more compassionate, more thoughtful, or more open to dialogue, then it has achieved its purpose.”
'Anagnorisis', Dwiki's 5th album on MoonJune Records is out now:
• 2LP
• CD
• BandCamp 24bit Download
dwikidharmawan-moonjune.bandcamp.com
I saw both bands in concert at Zappanale, and now they're on the same bill at 'De Casino' in Sint Niklaas, Belgium on March 5, 2026.
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Progressive jazz / rock band Marbin has just released a new compilation album:
"More Is More Vol. 4"
vinyl release
They recorded a second album, “Deluxe”, in 2013 and then spend an eternity mixing it.
It has just been released.
Bandcamp streaming / download, and also on CD.
The Cherry Red record label is releasing a Clearlight box set.
French progressive rock from the seventies.
It includes the albums “Clearlight Symphony”, “Forever Blowing Bubbles”, “Les Contes Du Singe Fou”, “Visions” and “Impressionist Symphony”.
August 28 & 29, 2026, Snarky Puppy will team up with The Metropool Orkest for two concerts in Paris, France, after which Snarky Puppy will kick off their European tour.
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Mark Wingfield's latest CD arrived a little while ago. I keep on getting back to it.
From the first notes, Mark's very recognizable sound draws all the attention.
Very lyrical and melancholic, but also very inviting to listen to multiple times.
Top-notch instrumental guitar music.
Out on the MoonJune Records label.
A message from Joe Deninzon
Ladies & Gentlemen,
Stratospheerius is psyched to share the stage with our good friend Jane Getter & her band Premonition.
Also, just added: Stratospheerius will be joined for the first time by the great keyboardist Neil' “Nail” Alexander! Check out his incredible resume and original compositions on his website NAILMUSIC.COM.
Sunday, March 1st at 8 PM at the legendary Iridium.
1650 Broadway on 51st St in NYC.
Jane is a badass guitarist, singer, and songwriter who blends jazz fusion and prog to create her own unique sound. Along with her incredible band which features her husband, keyboardist Adam Holzman (Steven Wilson, Miles Davis), drummer Gene Lake, and bassist Paul Frazier, she has toured the world and released seven albums to critical acclaim. Joining Jane on guitar that evening will be our own Michelangelo Quirinale, the hardest working man in show business!
Jane is a friend of the band, and after trying to put a show together for years and overcoming many scheduling challenging, we are excited that we’re finally making this night happen!
This show will also serve as a warmup for Jane’s appearance on Cruise to the Edge March 4-9.
As I’ve mentioned before, Stratospheerius shows are rare these days due to my touring schedule with Kansas, so we really hope you can join us for this special night if you’re in the NY area.
Stratospheerius will be:
King Crimson has been releasing concerts.
On CD.
At an incredible speed.
The most recent ones focus on the 2015 Tokyo shows.
Two times 6 CDs.
Thursday, July 2, 2026, the Sun Ra Arkestra is scheduled to perform at the Ghent Jazz Festival.
https://www.gentjazz.com/line-up/sun-ra-arkestra
-- info: Dirk Verschaeve
I'm still lacking several of these old Cucamonga-era singles, but it's fun to add one to the collection every once in a while.
In the meantime, I keep on searching.
KVHW, also known as Kimock, Vega, Hertz and White, only existed for a couple of years.
Fun fact: for their final gig, December 31, 1999, Ray White could not make it.
As it happens, he was replaced by none other than Ike Willis.
The band was still KVHW, but this time it was Kimock, Vega, Hertz and Willis.
An excellent audience audio recording can be found here:
https://archive.org/details/kvhw1999-12-31.shnf
The band performed 'Trouble Every Day', 'Outside Now' and 'Lucille'.
'Outside Now' featured special guest Derek Trucks on slide guitar !!
Snippets of the show:
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Hans Annellsson finished his rendition / arrangement of Frank Zappa's 'Sinister Footwear' !
I loved the first and third movement that Hans issued a little while ago, but now the piece is complete.
One of Frank Zappa's most beautiful works.
Performed by HA, with Andreas Hagman (violin)
& Viktor Enebjörn (drums).
Incredible.
Beautiful.
