LATEST NEWS
08/07/2022
GRACE in HAWAII: Maui-based singer SEDA sent along this photo of her new "Grace" tattoo. She recently performed a live version of "Grace" on Instagram which you can see at @StruckBySeda!
08/04/2022
Gary's Double Dare project with Peter Willems is the #1 Favorite Track at WPKN this week!! Listener-supported WPKN, located in Bridgeport Conn., was called "The World's Greatest Radio Station" by The New Yorker magazine last year
08/02/2022
Gary's "Touched By Grace" book about working with his friend and collaborator Jeff Buckley is included in author Julia Crowe's ("My First Guitar") article "The best books on what drives an artist" in The Shepherd
08/02/2022
Excellent re-evaluation of Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band's 1980 "Doc at the Radar Station" album in Yahoo News's uDiscoverMusic, which refers to it being "New York art-rock icon Gary Lucas"'s first appearance on a Captain Beefheart album." It was actually Gary's first appearance on any album anywhere.
08/01/2022
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WHAT LIES BENEATH: REVIEW OF "FROM WHERE THEY STOOD" & "MAD GOD" - Gary's new article up now at CultureCatch.com
07/23/2022
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GARY'S NYC TRIBUTE TO JEFF BUCKLEY with special guest vocalist Angelica Zollo, next Thurs. July 28th at The Cutting Room at 7pm, 44 East 32nd Street, tickets here
07/18/2022
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Just confirmed: Gary's Tribute to Jeff Buckley with Dutch jazz star vocalist and acoustic bassist Peter Willems on Fri. Oct. 7th at the Paradox in Tilburg Netherlands
07/16/2022
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RIP DAVID DALTON
Gary's friend and collaborator, lyricist for Gary's song "Lady of Shalott"
Gary's friend and collaborator, lyricist for Gary's song "Lady of Shalott"
07/12/2022
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An excerpt from a recent show with Met Opera dancer Alison Clancy performing her solo dance to my electric guitar arrangement of Richard Wagner's Overture to "Der Fliegende Hollander" (The Flying Dutchman) at MIT May 6th 2022. Choreography by Carolyn Choa, Costume by Alisha Engle.
Thanks to Phil Mango for the edit.
Thanks to Phil Mango for the edit.
07/09/2022
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LETTER FROM JEDWABNE: Gary's article up now at The Forward.com, tomorrow July 10th 2022 marks the 81st anniversary of the horrific pogrom against Jewish people in Jedwabne Poland, the victims included some of his family members.
NEVER FORGET
NEVER FORGET
07/07/2022
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LEONARD COHEN—THE ORIGINAL HOT PRIEST: Gary's new article up now at CultureCatch.com
photo: Back cover of LC's first album "Songs of Leonard Cohen"; i.e., The Anime Sole (The Lonely Soul)—traditional religious art of a woman in purgatory. Leonard found it in a bodega near the Chelsea Hotel
photo: Back cover of LC's first album "Songs of Leonard Cohen"; i.e., The Anime Sole (The Lonely Soul)—traditional religious art of a woman in purgatory. Leonard found it in a bodega near the Chelsea Hotel
07/01/2022
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Gary resumes his live-streaming on Facebook this Sat. July 2nd at 10:30pm EST
07/01/2022
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Peter Willems and I DARE you to listen to this!! Cool new review in Exclusive Magazine of our new DOUBLE DARE album—out now on ZenneZ Records
07/01/2022
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THEY CAN'T BELIEVE HE'S RISEN AGAIN Gary's new article up now at CultureCatch.com
06/29/2022
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SAVE THE DATE!! THURS. AUG. 18th GODS AND MONSTERS LIVE AT THE "TURN IT UP! FESTIVAL"—FREE ADMISSION LINCOLN CENTER ATRIUM NYC, more info here
06/22/2022
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Gary is profiled in the Class of '74 Alumni Notes in the latest issue of the Yale Alumni Magazine!
06/21/2022
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4 recent Gary Lucas live clips:
6/20/22 GL Birthday Bash
and 3 clips of Gary live at the Peppermint Club Hollywood 6/16/22:
"Mojo Pin" with Angelica Zollo
Gary Trances Out
GL Goes for the Godhead
6/20/22 GL Birthday Bash
and 3 clips of Gary live at the Peppermint Club Hollywood 6/16/22:
"Mojo Pin" with Angelica Zollo
Gary Trances Out
GL Goes for the Godhead
06/19/2022
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THE GREAT LOST GODS AND MONSTERS LIVE ALBUM out now on Mighty Quinn!!
06/18/2022
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ANOTHER SATISFIED CUSTOMER: A tweet from superfan singer Ericka Sance after Gary’s Tribute to Jeff Buckley at The Peppermint Club in Hollywood 6/16/22
06/17/2022
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ECCE GLENN! Gary's new article up now at CultureCatch.com
06/15/2022
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New single "FOLLOW" just released, listen here
Thank you Meg Griffin at SiriusXM who is adding the track this weekend!
THE GREAT LOST GODS AND MONSTERS LIVE ALBUM is released digitally on Mighty Quinn June 17th, with cd and vinyl coming soon—Thank you Jerry Roche!
Lineup:
GL—guitars and vocals
Jerry Harrison (Talking Heads)—keyboards and vocals
Ernie Brooks (Modern Lovers)—bass and vocals
Billy Ficca Television)—drums
Jason Candler (Hungry March Band)—sax and vocals
Joe Hendel (Gods and Monsters)—trombone
cover photo taken in Amsterdam by Arjen Veldt
Recorded live at the Bowery Poetry Club
Thank you Meg Griffin at SiriusXM who is adding the track this weekend!
THE GREAT LOST GODS AND MONSTERS LIVE ALBUM is released digitally on Mighty Quinn June 17th, with cd and vinyl coming soon—Thank you Jerry Roche!
Lineup:
GL—guitars and vocals
Jerry Harrison (Talking Heads)—keyboards and vocals
Ernie Brooks (Modern Lovers)—bass and vocals
Billy Ficca Television)—drums
Jason Candler (Hungry March Band)—sax and vocals
Joe Hendel (Gods and Monsters)—trombone
cover photo taken in Amsterdam by Arjen Veldt
Recorded live at the Bowery Poetry Club
06/11/2022
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Gary's JEFF BUCKLEY TRIBUTE WORLD TOUR continues at the Peppermint Club in Los Angeles on June 16th
06/08/2022
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JUST CONFIRMED: The European premiere of Gary's live solo score accompanying ORSON WELLES'S 1938 silent surrealist comedy TOO MUCH JOHNSON at the NOORDERZON FESTIVAL in Groningen Netherlands Mon. Aug. 22nd
06/08/2022
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More live clips from Paris Sunset show 6/3/23:
GRACE
BRA JOE FROM KILIMANJARO
HYMNE A L'AMOUR
GRACE
BRA JOE FROM KILIMANJARO
HYMNE A L'AMOUR
06/07/2022
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ALBUM OF THE WEEK: FRANK SINATRA "WATERTOWN", Gary's review of the new reissue of this 1970 classic is up now at CultureCatch.com
06/06/2022
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A clip from Rolling Stone magazine re: Gary and Jeff Buckley, retrieved by Julie Blore-Bizot
· A couple new video clips from Gary’s current European Tour:
GRACE with ELLEN LYONS at WHELAN'S DUBLIN 5/29/22
SUN RA / PINK FLOYD MEDLEY at SUNSET JAZZ CLUB PARIS 6/3/22, with Jean-Philippe Rykiel keyboards, Lukas Ligeti drums and Alain Nyame bass
MOJO PIN with vocalist MARILINE MARIOLANY at SUNSET JAZZ CLUB PARIS, with Jean-Philippe Rykiel keyboards, Lukas Ligeti drums and Alain Nyame bass
· A couple new video clips from Gary’s current European Tour:
GRACE with ELLEN LYONS at WHELAN'S DUBLIN 5/29/22
SUN RA / PINK FLOYD MEDLEY at SUNSET JAZZ CLUB PARIS 6/3/22, with Jean-Philippe Rykiel keyboards, Lukas Ligeti drums and Alain Nyame bass
MOJO PIN with vocalist MARILINE MARIOLANY at SUNSET JAZZ CLUB PARIS, with Jean-Philippe Rykiel keyboards, Lukas Ligeti drums and Alain Nyame bass
06/05/2022
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Gary was in good company yesterday in the Spotify Release Radar 6/4/22
06/03/2022
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BENEFIT RESCHEDULED FOR FRI. OCT. 7TH - Just confirmed: Gary is headlining a benefit for WPKN solo on Sat. July 9th at the Bijou Theater in Bridgeport Conn., more details soon
"The Greatest Radio Station in the World!" —August 2021, The New Yorker
"The Greatest Radio Station in the World!" —August 2021, The New Yorker
06/02/2022
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Congrats to Scott Goldman on his new gig as VP of the Grammy Foundation!
06/02/2022
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Gary got a shout out this week from Marc Riley on BBC 6 Music about a 1971 letter he wrote to English music mag Disc and Music Echo inquiring about one of his favorite guitarists
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