And if Ahmet gets his way, Frank Zappa could become a trailblazer in this arena, as forward-thinking in death as he was in life. From the mid-1960s to the mid-’80s, Frank Zappa played special ...

A nearly forgotten 1974 afternoon show, with an audience of 100 and a short-lived Mothers line-up, rises from the avant-prog ...

Ahmet Zappa sent a lengthy open letter to his estranged brother Dweezil on Friday (Oct. 6) encouraging the guitarist to reach out personally to settle the family's financial disputes.

Perhaps most crucially, though, in 2022, the Zappa trust sold Frank’s music catalogue, vault and likeness to Universal, allowing Ahmet to step away from the burden of managing it himself.

Ahmet has taken charge of day-to-day operations of the Zappa Family Trust. Although those responsibilities are myriad and include running its record labels, advancing Frank’s legacy and ...

Frank Zappa’s son Dweezil Zappa has again been forced to change the name of his upcoming band and tour after receiving a cease and desist letter from the Zappa Family Trust, which owns and ...

Over the last decade or so, guitarist Dweezil Zappa has toured the country — including three stops at Bridgeport’s now-defunct Gathering of the Vibes — as Zappa Plays Zappa, perfo… ...

Ahmet said the tour aims to celebrate Zappa’s lasting impact in music history, which still resonates with listeners today. Zappa produced more than 60 albums throughout his lifetime that ranged ...

Dyslexia Zapped Ahmet Zappa, Frank's son, could write the book on overcoming a reading disability By Rosemary Black A s a child growing up in the '80s, rock legend Frank Zappa's son Ahmet used to ...