As the new century picks up speed, Don Van Vliet -- a.k.a. Captain Beefheart -- seems like an artist ready for critical reassessment, as Mike Barnes' biography of him would suggest. One of the most ...

Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band’s 1969 psych-rock freakout Trout Mask Replica is considered one of the greatest albums ever recorded. However, it’s also polarising, with its blend of jazz, blues, ...

From Captain Beefheart’s surreal blues to Can’s hypnotic krautrock, these 15 bands revelled in a soundworld like no other on ...

Previously unseen footage of the legendary Captain Beefheart performing in Paris has been posted online. The footage, which was shot at the famed Bataclan nightclub on April 15, 1972, on the European ...

Captain Beefheart was the musical persona of Don Van Vliet, the avant-garde 1960s and '70s musician (best known for the 1969 hit record Trout Mask Replica) whose inimitable psychedelic rock influenced ...

A Live Concert Celebration of Captain Beefheart's Safe as Milk with a special second set of deep cuts and classic tracks from his later records.

Recently, one of our favorite YouTubers, BobSeger1981, posted two short audio clips, radio station bumper IDs recorded for Lansing’s WKAR for Dick Rosemont’s “Audio Aftermath” show on April 17, 1974 ...