Bands Like Zappa
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Bands Like Zappa
Music discovery podcast and blog from composer/performer Ben Sommer. Interviews with musicians and artists who's music "sounds like" Frank Zappa - the incomparable composer and guitarist.
Recent Episodes
8 episodes
Dave Nelson
Today I talk to composer and trombonist Dave Nelson. I feature a track off his last album Logistic Minutiae – which is a suitably geeky title for a ja...
Out of the Beardspace
Today I talk to Jeremy Savo of the Philadelphia-based band Out of the Beardspace. If you’re in the area, go see their show on January 11 with past Ban...
Unfrethead
This week I speak French guitar virtuoso & composer Julien Beyleix – the man behind Unfrethead. Ben Sommer: Hi, this is Ben Sommer with BandsLikeZappa...
Stratospheerius
Ben Sommer: Hi, this is Ben with BandsLikeZappa.com. I’m here with Joe Deninzon from the band Stratospheerius. Joe, why don’t you just say hi, and jus...
Drool Brothers
Up this week is LA-based band Drool Brothers! Ben Sommer: Hi, this is Ben Sommer with BandsLikeZappa.com. I’m here with Chuck Mancillas from the LA-ba...
Half Past Four
Up this week is the eclectic quintet Half Past Four. Ben Sommer: Hi. This is Ben with BandsLikeZappa.com. I’m here with the four eager and energetic m...
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Keith Horn
This week I talk to Keith Horn – an original and amazing composer and recording artist. Imagine the best of Frank Zappa crossed with Steely Dan and Sy...
ODDISEA
For the maiden voyage I talk to Hirotaka Inuzuka of the LA-based progressive rock/jazz band ODDISEA. Ben Sommer: Hello, this is the first interview fo...