Zappa family feud goes on - Dweezil changes the band's name

The feud within the Zappa family runs deep and has led guitarist Dweezil Zappa to change the name of his Zappa Plays Zappa tribute project.

The New York Times has the story.

Zappa's Road Tapes #3 out soon

This 2 CD set features two complete shows from Tyrone Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis. July 1970. Frank, George Duke, Aynsley, Mark Volman, Howard Kaylan...

http://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwmusic/article/Frank-Zappas-Lumpy-Money-ProjectObject-Set-More-to-Debut-527-20160426

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B01ETCY8L6?tag=ilovethatsong-20

Prince dominates charts

After Prince's death last week his music dominates the charts. One reason for that is that he did not like to make it available through streaming services.

http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-36128075

Prince has died

According to TMZ the artist was found dead on Thursday morning.

http://www.tmz.com/2016/04/21/prince-dead-at-57/

Steely Dan ticket presale for Hollywood Bowl in two days time!

The Steely Dan 2016 tour has started! Two dates have been played and if you go to

http://steelydan.com/tour16dates.html#presale

you can get preorder tickets for the June18 gig at the Hollywood Bowl in California. Tickets go on sale May 1 but with the password HB2016 you can click your way to a ticket starting April 23 (this Saturday!) at 10 AM PST. 

PST? What time is it where I live? Click here!

Record Store Day - northern Sweden and elsewhere

Record Store Day - now a fine tradition. These pics were taken today at Burman's Musik in Umeå, Sweden. During the day several groups played in the tiny space in the store.
Pictured here are JA (above) and Slowfox (below). A splendid time was guaranteed for all.

Record Store Day 2016 is almost here!

April 16 is the date. If you have a record store close go pay it a visit and maybe buy a record or two.

We at Radio Dupree are glad that we're not part of the collect-them-all crowd that try to find all the special RSD releases coming this year. But we can understand the effort put into finding and buying.

A quick look at the list had us getting somewhat interested in the previously unreleased songs from The Shaggs:

As well as the soundtrack to the documentary movie about Cambodia's rock 'n roll:


All about Record Store Day on http://www.recordstoreday.com/ 
and check out the exclusive releases here: http://www.recordstoreday.com/SpecialReleases

Rosanne Cash and Elton John writing songs togetherr

Looks like Rosanne and Elton has made some music together. Here's a post frm her Twitter feed:

Writing songs w/ @eltonofficial today. @johnleventhal held it all together. At 17, could I even have imagined...? pic.twitter.com/cSV2qkwft1

— rosanne cash (@rosannecash) 12 april 2016

Zappa bass player Arthur Barrow writes book

Arthur Barrow has written a book about his life as a performer, composite and producer. He has worked with artists as Frank Zappa, Joe Cocker, Diana Ross and Swedish singer Björn Skifs. 

Barrow explains that a lot of the book is about his time with Zappa: "So you FZ fans are gonna love it!"

http://www.amazon.com/Course-Said-Yes-Amazing-Adventures/dp/1522979832/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1459379703&sr=1-1&keywords=arthur+barrow

Arthur Barrow with Frank Zappa 1978:

Sir Paul wants back the rights to Beatles songs

McCartney in Stockholm 2015. Photo: Sigurd Huckle/Radio Dupree.

In the US the rights to the Lennon-McCartney catalogue becomes available in 2018. BBC reports that Paul McCartney recently made a move to recapture it.

http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-35860868

Keith Emerson shot himself - his girlfriend found him

Emerson was depressed since he could not perform well enough.
The Daily Mail has the story: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3489624/ELP-star-Keith-Emerson-shot-no-longer-perform-perfectly-fans.html

Keith Emerson dies at 71

Keyboardist Keith Emerson, one of the members of Emerson, Lake & Palmer has died.
http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-35787187

The Zappa house is for sale!

The Zappa house is on sale on eBay for $9.000.000! 
By this procedure The Zappa Family Trust hopes to finance the preservation of "The Vault” - Zappa’s huge collection of live and studio recordings, film etc.

And the sale is connected to Alex Winter's film documentary project about Frank:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/alexwinter/frank-zappa?ref=video

http://dangerousminds.net/comments/frank_zappas_hollywood_hills_home_is_for_sale_for_9_million

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Frank-Zappa-Family-Home-/182047873438

http://www.wired.com/2016/03/frank-zappa-house-doc-kickstarter/

George Martin dies at 90

The "Fifth Beatle" has died.
http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6913528/george-martin-producer-arranger-beatles-dies-90

Crowdfunding for a Magma documentary

This one is for all you zeuhl brothers and sisters out there, fans of the French group Magma. Someone is planning to do a film documentary about this dark and mysterious group and their music: "For the first time ever a feature documentary that will explore the music that is Magma."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V80oFyeJh1g