Tag Archives: live music

Sunday Big Note — Listening Session #21

Posted on April 2, 2011 by urbangraffito

Back on Friday, March 28th, 2008 I published the post, Live Albums — Dead or Alive? in which I listed many of my favourite live albums: Zappa In New York (1978); Super Session (1968) with Mike Bloomfield, Al Kooper, Stephen … Continue reading →

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Zappa at Montreux Prog Nights, 2009

Posted on May 12, 2010 by urbangraffito

Since 2006, the goal of Montreux Prog Nights has been to to promote progressive music in Switzerland, especially in Montreux, by organizing three or four events each year in various venues. In 2009, the band FiDOplaysZAPPA performed a Zappa Night … Continue reading →

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Selected Idiot Bastard Sons

Posted on May 8, 2010 by urbangraffito

As a big fan of all Zappa and Zappa-related recordings, I’ve accumulated an immense number of live concerts, shows, and radio broadcasts via Zappateers and purchased elsewhere (far, far too many to name in this post). Among them, certain shows … Continue reading →

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Zappanale 20 – Highlight: Sheik Yerbouti

Posted on October 22, 2009 by urbangraffito

Take one Zappa tribute band, Sheik Yerbouti, add three alumni from Zappa’s touring and recording bands – Napoleon Murphy Brock, Denny Walley, and Robert Martin – put them all together on the Zappanale 20 Main Stage, and the result is … Continue reading →

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Capt. CHEESE-BEARD & The 7 Sisters Of Prevention – Live In Brussels

Posted on August 6, 2009 by urbangraffito

Capt. CHEESE-BEARD & The 7 Sisters Of Prevention will be performing two hours of “Live” Zappa music on Friday, September 18th, 2009, starting at 8:30 PM, at Indigo Studios, a new venue in Brussels, Belgium, close to the old Wielemans … Continue reading →

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A Well Kept Secret: Richard Thompson

Posted on July 24, 2009 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

Well hello there! We’re back from a most refreshing vacation in the greater London area. While there, our host Magic Fingers introduced me to a fantastic musician: Richard Thompson. Prior, I had heard some minor radio hits of his — … Continue reading →

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Who Do You Think You Arf?!? – The European Grandmothers

Posted on June 11, 2009 by urbangraffito

I have always been intrigued by the D.I.Y. (Do It Yourself) ethic among bands who cover and interpret Zappa’s music. True, few of these acts have any hope of actually being signed by today’s youth driven music business. In many … Continue reading →

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Friday Mix: Tweezer Glint – Part Four

Posted on May 29, 2009 by urbangraffito

Here it is my fellow KUR-Meisters — “Friday Mix: Tweezer Glint (Studio-ized Concert Versions) Part IV” — the last in the series. I have endeavoured to leave some of the best tracks for last. Fifty of them in their full … Continue reading →

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Friday Mix: Tweezer Glint – Part Two

Posted on May 15, 2009 by urbangraffito

Welcome to this second KUR mix of four, presented on four consecutive Fridays in May, entitled “Friday Mix: Tweezer Glint (Studio-ized Concert Versions) Part II“. Parts Three and Four will be posted on consecutive Fridays this May 22nd and 29th, … Continue reading →

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Friday Mix: Tweezer Glint – Part One

Posted on May 8, 2009 by urbangraffito

Approximately a month ago, Barry, our intrepid webmaster, passed on several suggestions for future KUR Mixtapes for me to consider. One such suggestion, from LRonHoover, was to compile concert versions of studio-ized solos. Quite the challenge, I thought, given Frank … Continue reading →

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