Jazz Articles about Balval

Balval: Blizzard Boheme

by Dan McClenaghan
August 3, 2007

Back in my teen years, when my listening tastes were somewhat limited, I read an interview of Frank Zappa in one of the rock magazines. He was asked what he was listening to, what type of popular music spun around on his turntable. He dismissed the popular sounds, saying they didn't interest him at all, that he'd rather listen to Hungarian folk music. I thought he was being facetious. I thought he meant that there was nothing in the world ...