LATEST NEWS
10/20/2021
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New interview with Gary today in Italian national newspaper Corriere della Serra, Gary returns to play solo in Prato Italy Oct. 30th at Beste Hub/Monobi
10/19/2021
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Read Gary's review of Todd Haynes's fantastic new documentary "The Velvet Underground"
10/16/2021
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Lovely Feifei Yang just added to the lineup of Gary's GODS AND MONSTERS 30th ANNIVERSARY SHOW Sat. Nov. 27th at Elsewhere in Brooklyn, tickets here
10/16/2021
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Singer Yass Boudlal, who recorded an EP with Gary in Normandie France right before lockdown, is added to the lineup of Gary's 40th anniversary show in Paris Sat. Nov. 6th at the Sunset Jazz Club in Les Halles Paris—special guests include Maja Backovic violin, Laurent David bass, Dave Konopnicki guitar, and Lukas Ligeti drums
10/14/2021
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Nice review of LE BEAST CONCRÈTE'S "GARGOYLE" album in THE WIRE, issue 453 Nov. 2021
10/01/2021
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Check out a cache of excellent reviews from France and from Spain for THE ESSENTIAL GARY LUCAS
09/30/2021
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New interview with Gary published today in the oldest Slovak music magazine NOVY POPULAR
09/25/2021
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UPCOMING EUROPEAN SHOWS:
Sat. Oct. 30th—Gary Lucas returns to Italy to play solo at the "TYPE" Prato Festival in Prato Italy
· Sat. Nov. 6th—Gary Lucas returns to France to play his 40th Anniversary Show at the Sunset Jazz Club in Paris, special guests include Lukas Ligeti drums, Maja Backovic violin, David Konop guitar, Laurent David bass, and more tba
· Tues. Nov. 9th—Gary Lucas returns to the Netherlands to play with Peter Willems at Lumiere in Maastricht Netherlands
· Thurs. Nov. 18th—Gary Lucas & Peter Willems duo at the Cacaofabriek, Helmond Netherlands
· Fri. Nov. 19th—Gary Lucas and Peter Willems duo at the Heerlen Jazz Festival, Park Limburg Théâtre, Heerlen Netherlands
· New album "Double Dare Vol. One", featuring Gary Lucas on guitars and vocals and Dutch jazz virtuoso Peter Willems on acoustic bass and vocals, is released on Zennez Records Nov. 5th 2021
· Sat. Nov. 27th—GODS AND MONSTERS 30th ANNIVERSARY SHOW at Elsewhere, Brooklyn w/Ernie Brooks, Jason Candler, Richard Dworkin and special guests Jared Michael Nickerson, Jann Klose, Richard Barone, and more TBA
Sat. Oct. 30th—Gary Lucas returns to Italy to play solo at the "TYPE" Prato Festival in Prato Italy
· Sat. Nov. 6th—Gary Lucas returns to France to play his 40th Anniversary Show at the Sunset Jazz Club in Paris, special guests include Lukas Ligeti drums, Maja Backovic violin, David Konop guitar, Laurent David bass, and more tba
· Tues. Nov. 9th—Gary Lucas returns to the Netherlands to play with Peter Willems at Lumiere in Maastricht Netherlands
· Thurs. Nov. 18th—Gary Lucas & Peter Willems duo at the Cacaofabriek, Helmond Netherlands
· Fri. Nov. 19th—Gary Lucas and Peter Willems duo at the Heerlen Jazz Festival, Park Limburg Théâtre, Heerlen Netherlands
· New album "Double Dare Vol. One", featuring Gary Lucas on guitars and vocals and Dutch jazz virtuoso Peter Willems on acoustic bass and vocals, is released on Zennez Records Nov. 5th 2021
· Sat. Nov. 27th—GODS AND MONSTERS 30th ANNIVERSARY SHOW at Elsewhere, Brooklyn w/Ernie Brooks, Jason Candler, Richard Dworkin and special guests Jared Michael Nickerson, Jann Klose, Richard Barone, and more TBA
09/22/2021
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Charley Crespo's review of Gary's 40th Anniversary Show at Le Poisson Rouge reprinted in The Aquarian
09/19/2021
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Just confirmed: GARY LUCAS & PETER WILLEMS live at Lumiere in Maastricht Netherlands Nov. 9th, Volume One of their new album DOUBLE DARE is out this fall on Zennez Records
09/18/2021
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JEWS WHO ROCK: Gary gets a shoutout in The Forward today in their article about Jewish musicians named in Rolling Stone’s new 500 GREATEST SONGS OF ALL TIME list released this week
09/17/2021
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Gary and Jeff Buckley's anthem "Grace" makes the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time list in the latest issue of Rolling Stone!!
09/16/2021
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Just confirmed: GARY LUCAS & GODS AND MONSTERS 30TH ANNIVERSARY SHOW SAT. NOV. 27th @ ELSEWHERE, BROOKLYN, tickets here
09/12/2021
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Gary packed them in at his 40th Anniversary Show at Le Poisson Rouge NYC last night! Fronting the latest lineup of Gods and Monsters with Ernie Brooks, Jerry Harrison, and Richard Dworkin, and special guests Thurston Moore, Richard Barone, Emily Duff and Felice Rosser, musical fireworks ensued and a splendid time was had by all! Inda house: Glenn Kenny, Danny Fields, Jim Fouratt, Bethany Jacobson, David Fricke, Richard Pena, Jeffrey and Carolyn Salzman, James Marshall, Jeffrey Roth, Tosh Berman and his lovely wife, Carol Harrison, Brett De Palma, Calvin Aberle, Jerome Harris, Michael Owen, Mark Kirschbaum, Michael Taylor, Nurit Koppel, Maggie Wagner, Eric Levine, Bob Jacobson, Barbara Solsky, Deer France, Kenny Hurwitz and Mi-Ling Tsui, Brad Balfour, Gus Palakis, Ali Husain, and so many other old friends and fans.
Gary performing "The Stumble" at his 40th Anniversary Show at Le Poisson Rouge NYC 9/11/21, see more highlights here, here, here, here, here, here, and here!
Check out these cool photos by Julia Crowe from Gary's 40th Anniversary Show Sat. night at Le Poisson Rouge
Gary performing "The Stumble" at his 40th Anniversary Show at Le Poisson Rouge NYC 9/11/21, see more highlights here, here, here, here, here, here, and here!
Check out these cool photos by Julia Crowe from Gary's 40th Anniversary Show Sat. night at Le Poisson Rouge
09/09/2021
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New review of LE BEAST CONCRÈTE'S GARGOYLE album from the latest issue of OOR Magazine (the Dutch Rolling Stone)
09/06/2021
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New interview with Gary about his upcoming 40th anniversary show at Le Poisson Rouge NYC 9/11 in Pop Entertainment!
09/03/2021
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Just confirmed: Gary plays Sat. Nov. 6th solo at the Sunset Jazz Club in Les Halles, please come and celebrate his 40th Anniversaire de la musique, with special guests TBA
photo: Eli M. Kabillio
photo: Eli M. Kabillio
09/03/2021
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Gary is thrilled to be returning to play in Italia at the #TYPE Prato Festival Sat. Oct. 30th in Prato
Thank you Luca Zannotti and Musiche Metropolitane
Thank you Luca Zannotti and Musiche Metropolitane
08/26/2021
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Gary writes: "I am honored to play for millions of Russian people here on the Medusa portal today" (click on the top right inside your browser for an English translation of the text).
Medusa is the extremely popular alternative Russian portal for news and entertainment not officially sanctioned by the Russian government.
Here Gary performs two songs from his apartment in the West Village of Manhattan—plus contributes a rare instrumental bonus track featuring his band Gods and Monsters (Ernie Brooks, Billy Ficca, Jason Candler and Joe Hendel).
Big thanks to Sasha Cheparukhin!
Medusa is the extremely popular alternative Russian portal for news and entertainment not officially sanctioned by the Russian government.
Here Gary performs two songs from his apartment in the West Village of Manhattan—plus contributes a rare instrumental bonus track featuring his band Gods and Monsters (Ernie Brooks, Billy Ficca, Jason Candler and Joe Hendel).
Big thanks to Sasha Cheparukhin!
08/26/2021
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Gary was featured live solo on John Schaefer's long-running "New Sounds" show last night, listen to it archived here
08/18/2021
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Gary's new electronic dance project LE BEAST CONCRÈTE with producer David Sisko gets a nice review in the latest issue of UNCUT (UK), see a related video here
08/18/2021
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Portuguese radio RTP Antena 3 spins two tracks today from THE ESSENTIAL GARY LUCAS (Knitting Factory Records): Gary's song "Skin Diving" with Elli Medeiros and Gary's version of Arthur Russell's "Let's Go Swimming", listen here at 47:07
08/17/2021
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My friend guitarist Lanny Cordola has been teaching rock music to Afghani children for the last few years, and sent me this clip before he was forced to leave not long ago by the rapid deterioration of the situation there.
What can one say or do at this tragic moment, other than pray for every terrorized Afghani citizen currently trapped there with no way out?
What can one say or do at this tragic moment, other than pray for every terrorized Afghani citizen currently trapped there with no way out?
08/15/2021
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New page for Le Beast Concrète (Gary Lucas and David Sisko)
· New article/review about LE BEAST CONCRÈTE (GARY LUCAS & DAVID SISKO)'s new GARGOYLE album published in Arte Sonora (Portugal), English translation here
· New article/review about LE BEAST CONCRÈTE (GARY LUCAS & DAVID SISKO)'s new GARGOYLE album published in Arte Sonora (Portugal), English translation here
08/13/2021
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First photo of new GL project TRIPLE X—featuring incredible bassist Jamaaladeen Tacuma and fantastic drummer Calvin Weston—photo by Soundevidence
08/13/2021
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Brand new clip of French erotic author and yogi Sophie Mariel immersing herself in the sound of LE BEAST CONCRÈTE'S "Mad Above" from their new album "Gargoyle"—special thanks to Dave Pearson for the clip, which features photography by Kathryn Mueller
08/12/2021
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from the Norwegian national newswire NTB today:
LUCAS CELEBRATES 40 YEARS OF MUSIC WITH NEW SISKO COLLABORATION
The American Lucas is known as a good companion, among others for the late Jeff Buckley and Captain Beefheart.
These days, timed for his 40th anniversary as a guitarist, he is currently on record with the electronics constellation Le Beast Concrète. Collaborating partner here is the producer and beat maker David Sisko.
- I have known David for years, but something mysterious drove us together during the pandemic, says Lucas about the resulting "Gargoyle".
- We wanted to make an album that sounded like science fiction. We wanted to create a shining vision of a better future.
When Lucas invites you to an anniversary concert in his hometown of New York next month, Sonic Youth's counterpart Thurston Moore is among the announced guest artists.
—Emil Mohr
JUST RELEASED: LE BEAST CONCRÈTE'S NEW ALBUM "GARGOYLE", featuring their new single "ONCE UPON A TIME"
LUCAS CELEBRATES 40 YEARS OF MUSIC WITH NEW SISKO COLLABORATION
The American Lucas is known as a good companion, among others for the late Jeff Buckley and Captain Beefheart.
These days, timed for his 40th anniversary as a guitarist, he is currently on record with the electronics constellation Le Beast Concrète. Collaborating partner here is the producer and beat maker David Sisko.
- I have known David for years, but something mysterious drove us together during the pandemic, says Lucas about the resulting "Gargoyle".
- We wanted to make an album that sounded like science fiction. We wanted to create a shining vision of a better future.
When Lucas invites you to an anniversary concert in his hometown of New York next month, Sonic Youth's counterpart Thurston Moore is among the announced guest artists.
—Emil Mohr
JUST RELEASED: LE BEAST CONCRÈTE'S NEW ALBUM "GARGOYLE", featuring their new single "ONCE UPON A TIME"
08/07/2021
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From Gary:
My fans are the BEST
I repost my Facebook livestreams on YouTube and last night a guitarist in Asheville sent me this nice message
My fans are the BEST
I repost my Facebook livestreams on YouTube and last night a guitarist in Asheville sent me this nice message
08/06/2021
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Just confirmed: THE EDGE OF HEAVEN featuring FEIFEI YANG and JASON CANDLER, CHINESE NEW YEAR "YEAR OF THE TIGER", on TUES. FEB. 1st at JOE'S PUB NYC
07/31/2021
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MARC MARON STRIKES AGAIN! About 39 minutes in on his live Instagram feed today 7/31/21—what a great guy!!
Check out his wtfpod.com podcasts, they are super entertaining
Check out his wtfpod.com podcasts, they are super entertaining
07/30/2021
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Super comedian MARC MARON played two of Gary's tracks from his "Gary Lucas Plays Bohemian Classics" album on his Instagram show! Watch at 7:50 min. from the end. And pick up Gary's classic album autographed on vinyl here
07/27/2021
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EARLY HALLOWEEN: Gary is confirmed for Sat. Oct. 23rd performing his original live score with "The Golem" at the new MAGIC ROOM—83 Morse Street in Norwood Mass. outside of Boston, more details TBA!!
07/15/2021
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NEW YORK—IT'S COMING: Tickets are now on sale for Gary’s gala 40th Anniversary Show on September 11th 2021 at NYC's fabulous Le Poisson Rouge!
The show will feature GARY LUCAS solo and duo and with his longtime supergroup GODS AND MONSTERS, featuring Ernie Brooks (Modern Lovers) bass, Jerry Harrison (Talking Heads) keyboards, Richard Dworkin drums, and Jason Candler sax. Special guests include Thurston Moore (Sonic Youth) guitar, and singers Felice Rosser, Richard Barone, and Emily Duff. MORE DETAILS TBA
See the full size poster here
See the full size poster here
07/14/2021
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Check out a new podcast interview with Gary on RADIO PERFECTO (France)
07/12/2021
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Today July 12th Gary is interviewed at 9pm French time, 3pm Eastern, on Radio Perfecto, listen to a teaser excerpt
The station's promo:
"Jeff Buckley, John Cale, Nick Cave, David Johansen and...Leonard Bernstein. GARY LUCAS has collaborated with all these artists. Gary has also been a prominent member of Captain Beefheart. PJay interviewed for you this extraordinary guitarist who has just released a new album, a carefully crafted summary by him of his most recent tracks, The Essential Gary Lucas. A giant.
See you Monday July 12 at 9 p.m. on Perfecto ROCK."
· More French praise for THE ESSENTIAL GARY LUCAS just in from L'Union (daily newspaper in Eastern France)
Stream / Download / Purchase: https://garylucas.lnk.to/essential
On Knitting Factory Records
· REALIZE IT: Thumbs up today at Beefheart.com for Le Beast Concrète (Gary Lucas and David Sisko)!!
The station's promo:
"Jeff Buckley, John Cale, Nick Cave, David Johansen and...Leonard Bernstein. GARY LUCAS has collaborated with all these artists. Gary has also been a prominent member of Captain Beefheart. PJay interviewed for you this extraordinary guitarist who has just released a new album, a carefully crafted summary by him of his most recent tracks, The Essential Gary Lucas. A giant.
See you Monday July 12 at 9 p.m. on Perfecto ROCK."
· More French praise for THE ESSENTIAL GARY LUCAS just in from L'Union (daily newspaper in Eastern France)
Stream / Download / Purchase: https://garylucas.lnk.to/essential
On Knitting Factory Records
· REALIZE IT: Thumbs up today at Beefheart.com for Le Beast Concrète (Gary Lucas and David Sisko)!!
07/11/2021
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IN ONE HOUR: Today 7/11 at 8pm Dutch time, 7pm UK time, and 2pm EST, producer/DJ/author CO DE KLOET will premiere REALIZE IT, the new single from LE BEAST CONCRÈTE (GARY LUCAS & DAVID SISKO) on national Dutch radio NPO on his longtime program COLIVE!
Listen live or stream it here, or on Apple podcasts
Listen live or stream it here, or on Apple podcasts
07/10/2021
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New interview about Gary's 40 year retrospective album THE ESSENTIAL GARY LUCAS in It's Psychedelic Baby Magazine (Slovenia)
The physical CD is now in its second pressing
Stream / Download / Purchase:
https://garylucas.lnk.to/essential
On Knitting Factory Records
The physical CD is now in its second pressing
Stream / Download / Purchase:
https://garylucas.lnk.to/essential
On Knitting Factory Records
07/08/2021
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Check out a cool review of THE ESSENTIAL GARY LUCAS in Passion Rock (France)
07/06/2021
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Gary is interviewed today on Spotify's THE RINGER show about working with a young Vin Diesel trying to make a rap record with producer Arthur Russell—scroll to 43:30, and also read about it at Please Kill Me
07/06/2021
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REALIZE IT—First review just in from Spain's La Ruta Magazine—and it's a killer!!
"Always surprising and unfathomable Gary Lucas (Captain Beefheart, Peter Hammill, John Cale, Lou Reed, etc) presents a new single with producer and engineer David Sisko combining Gary's signature guitar riffs and lines with Sisko's deep 808 trap and relentless dancefloor beats with a result that reflects the guitar player's complexity mixing genres such as blues, rock, dance, trap and avant-garde. This single is part of his new project, "Le Beast Concrète", prelude to the album "Gargoyle" which will be released on Wednesday, August 11, 2021."
And more from Spain:
MUSICAZUL WEBSITE MUSIC:
https://www.musicazul.com/noticias-le-beast-concrete-estrena-el-primer-single-de-su-disco-debut/
https://twitter.com/musicazul/status/1410975795808550913
https://www.facebook.com/musicazul/posts/10165567255520121
https://www.instagram.com/p/CQ1EBUPDqeh/
NO TE DETENGAS WEBSITE MUSIC:
https://notedetengas.es/le-beast-concrete-gary-lucas-david-sisko-mutan-nuevo-proyecto-conjunto/
https://twitter.com/notedetengas/status/1412318624732299266
https://www.facebook.com/notedetengasmgzine/posts/4167071553384707
STREAM / DOWNLOAD "REALIZE IT": https://onerpm.link/RealizeIt
New Album "Gargoyle" coming August 11th
Digital Media Art: 3XA
"Always surprising and unfathomable Gary Lucas (Captain Beefheart, Peter Hammill, John Cale, Lou Reed, etc) presents a new single with producer and engineer David Sisko combining Gary's signature guitar riffs and lines with Sisko's deep 808 trap and relentless dancefloor beats with a result that reflects the guitar player's complexity mixing genres such as blues, rock, dance, trap and avant-garde. This single is part of his new project, "Le Beast Concrète", prelude to the album "Gargoyle" which will be released on Wednesday, August 11, 2021."
And more from Spain:
MUSICAZUL WEBSITE MUSIC:
https://www.musicazul.com/noticias-le-beast-concrete-estrena-el-primer-single-de-su-disco-debut/
https://twitter.com/musicazul/status/1410975795808550913
https://www.facebook.com/musicazul/posts/10165567255520121
https://www.instagram.com/p/CQ1EBUPDqeh/
NO TE DETENGAS WEBSITE MUSIC:
https://notedetengas.es/le-beast-concrete-gary-lucas-david-sisko-mutan-nuevo-proyecto-conjunto/
https://twitter.com/notedetengas/status/1412318624732299266
https://www.facebook.com/notedetengasmgzine/posts/4167071553384707
STREAM / DOWNLOAD "REALIZE IT": https://onerpm.link/RealizeIt
New Album "Gargoyle" coming August 11th
Digital Media Art: 3XA
07/06/2021
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From MariskalRock.com (Spain) today:
SPOTIFY LIST "20 DUROS" BY JUAN DESTROYER
#15 – "Grace" – Gary Lucas and Jeff Buckley: "The New York guitar player looks back on his long career with the release of the double compilation album "The Essential", which comes with a substantial booklet that provides information about each track. Jeff Buckley's time with Gods and Monsters was fleeting, but the creative connection between the two bore fruit, and two of the songs they composed ended up being part of the only LP that the Californian singer released in his life. This is the one that gave it its title, and we find it on "The Essential" in a harrowing demo version."
The ESSENTIAL GARY LUCAS is on Knitting Factory Records
Stream / Download / Purchase: https://garylucas.lnk.to/essential
SPOTIFY LIST "20 DUROS" BY JUAN DESTROYER
#15 – "Grace" – Gary Lucas and Jeff Buckley: "The New York guitar player looks back on his long career with the release of the double compilation album "The Essential", which comes with a substantial booklet that provides information about each track. Jeff Buckley's time with Gods and Monsters was fleeting, but the creative connection between the two bore fruit, and two of the songs they composed ended up being part of the only LP that the Californian singer released in his life. This is the one that gave it its title, and we find it on "The Essential" in a harrowing demo version."
The ESSENTIAL GARY LUCAS is on Knitting Factory Records
Stream / Download / Purchase: https://garylucas.lnk.to/essential
07/02/2021
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And we are LIVE, Ladies and Gentlemen!!
"REALIZE IT"
The first single from
LE BEAST CONCRÈTE (Gary Lucas and David Sisko)
feat. Lil Woozy
Stream and Download it here
New full-length clip by 3XA here
See the Press Release
"REALIZE IT"
The first single from
LE BEAST CONCRÈTE (Gary Lucas and David Sisko)
feat. Lil Woozy
Stream and Download it here
New full-length clip by 3XA here
See the Press Release
06/30/2021
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New review of THE ESSENTIAL GARY LUCAS just in from THE BIG TAKEOVER
06/29/2021
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Great new review of THE ESSENTIAL GARY LUCAS just out in Spain's MariskalRock.com, English translation here
· Gary gets a shout-out at the end of this fascinating Rock's Back Pages podcast devoted ton his old friend the remarkable Vivien Goldman—rock writer, musician, educator and raconteur
· Gary gets a shout-out at the end of this fascinating Rock's Back Pages podcast devoted ton his old friend the remarkable Vivien Goldman—rock writer, musician, educator and raconteur
06/23/2021
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New interview with Gary in Blues & Co. (France)
06/21/2021
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A major interview in just now on one of the best rock websites and radio stations in Spain—MariskalRock.com—just hit the translation button to the right inside your browser window to read it in English!
· Read a new interview with Gary in Guitars Exchange (Spain)
· Read a new interview with Gary in Guitars Exchange (Spain)
06/18/2021
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LOS DISCOS DE MI VIDA, a new essay Gary wrote for Mondo Sonoro was just published in Spain.
"It has taken years for Gary Lucas' work to be recognized alongside artists of the caliber of Captain Beefheart and Jeff Buckley, but we should now appreciate him for his excellent material over several decades. A good part of those songs have been collected in the complete compilation "The Essential Gary Lucas" (Knitting Factory Records), a release that has served us as an excuse to invite the artist to discover which records by other artists have marked him most as a person." In this article I discuss The Incredible String Band, Skip James, Laura Nyro, Captain Beefheart, Miles Davis, and Lhasa De Sela
· Nice review just in from Spain from El Enano Rabioso for THE ESSENTIAL GARY LUCAS, English translation here
· Nice review just in from Spain from El Enano Rabioso for THE ESSENTIAL GARY LUCAS, English translation here
06/09/2021
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Cool new reviews of THE ESSENTIAL GARY LUCAS in Arte Sonora (Portugal) and in Guitare Seche Le Mag (France)
06/04/2021
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Gary pays tribute to his friend recently departed music journalist and gourmand ED WARD in a new appreciation on Jason Gross's Perfect Sound website
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