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10 concept albums that will challenge your concept of the concept album
By Jonathan Selzer last updated
Twelve Foot Ninja frontman Kin Etik bypasses the dragons to reveal the 10 opuses you probably didn't know were concept albums

The 10 Sexiest Prog Songs... Ever
By Jerry Ewing last updated
They said it couldn't be done, but we did it. Prog Magazine editor Jerry Ewing dons his silkiest cape to deliver the sexiest prog songs known to humankind

Frank Zappa: Hot Rats - Album Of The Week Club review
By Classic Rock published
Frank Zappa's Hot Rats was both a pinnacle of the jazz-rock fusion boom of the late 60s and one of the first albums to be dubbed (or cursed) ‘progressive’

Listen to Frank Zappa's I Ain't Got No Heart from his last ever US show
By Jerry Ewing last updated
Frank Zappa's final American show to be released for first time ever as Zappa 88: The Last US Show

Prog talks Frank Zappa with Alex Winter and Ahmet Zappa
By Jerry Ewing published
Prog sat down with Zappa documentary maker Alex Winter and Ahmet Zappa to talk about the new film ZAPPA

Pair of new Frank Zappa books to be published later this year
By Scott Munro last updated
The Zappa Trust confirm that Zappa Gear and The Hot Rats Book will both be released before the end of the year

New Frank Zappa book spotlights his Scandinavian exploits
By Jerry Ewing last updated
Frank Zappa - The Nordic Stories collates fan memories from Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Finland

Zappa: "I think the FBI keep their eye on me”
By Philip Wilding published
In 1993, while writing for a new music paper called Cutting Edge, Philip Wilding spoke to Frank Zappa, little knowing it would be his last print magazine interview
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