PAST NEWS


04/30/2023
04/26/2023
· Gary's guitar playing is praised in DownBeat magazine in a review of the HAL WILLNER AMARCORD NINO ROTA concert at Roulette Brooklyn recently
04/22/2023
· RIP MARK STEWART (The Pop Group, OnU Sound)

Gary's friend Mark Stewart, one of the most brilliant voices and recording artists of the post-punk era, has sadly passed at the very young age of 62. This photo was taken in London in 2013.
04/14/2023
· Master, Master
Gary's new review of "Renfield", opening theatrically in the US today up now at CultureCatch.com
04/13/2023
· From the Richmond Style Weekly magazine about the upcoming JAMES RIVER FILM FESTIVAL in Richmond Virginia, where Gary will be accompanying Orson Welles's lost surrealist silent classic "TOO MUCH JOHNSON" at the historic art-deco movie palace The Byrd Theatre on Sat. April 22nd at 9:00pm. Also read a new interview with Gary, "All is Welles", in the latest issue of the Richmond Style Weekly

Photo: Joseph Cotten in "Too Much Johnson"
04/09/2023
· Three different live views of Gary's stark, hypnotic acoustic guitar solo last night 4/8/23—his arrangement of Nino Rota's "Tema di Giton" from the soundtrack of "Fellini Satyricon". The concert at Roulette Intermedium in Brooklyn was a sold-out tribute to the late producer/conceptualist Gary's friend Hal Willner under the title AMARCORD HAL WILLNER NINO ROTA. An all-star cast of incredible musicians 40 strong filled the hall with 2 and a half hours of Rota's mystical and magical music for Fellini, and spectators in the house included Elvis Costello.
Clip 1 by Peter Bull, Clip 2 by Marc Urselli, and Clip 3 by Peter Bull

photo by Peter Cherches
04/08/2023
· EARLY HALLOWEEN: Sunday Oct. 22nd at StoryFest 2023 at the Westport Library in Westport CT, Gary is performing his live solo guitar score with the legendary 1931 SPANISH DRACULA—more details tba. Neil Gaiman will be the keynote speaker at this annual arts festival

photo at the 2009 world premiere of Gary's live score at La Rampa Cinema in Havana
04/03/2023
· RIP SEYMOUR STEIN
04/03/2023
· On April 2nd 2023 Gary Lucas performed an excerpt of his celebrated live solo guitar score accompanying a clip from the 1920 German expressionist silent horror classic "The Golem" as part of Michael Dorf's annual Downtown Seder held in the elegant Mainspace of Michael's flagship City Winery NYC club at Pier 57 in the West Village. Gary has taken part in numerous iterations of the Downtown Seder beginning in 1993 at Michael's original club The Knitting Factory, and was honored to be part of this year's event, going on stage to play directly after an impassioned speech by NYC Mayor Eric Adams. Other luminaries taking part in this year's event included Israeli singer/songwriter David Broza with Peter, Paul and Mary legend Peter Yarrow, soul icon Bettye LaVette, singer/songwriter/cantor Basya Schecter, and her son Jason Flom of the Innocence Project, Paul Shapiro's Ribs and Brisket Review, a cappella female trio BETTY, and many others. Thanks to Caroline Sinclair for the clip, and to Michael Dorf for organizing such a timely event, which brought over 300 people together for a glorious afternoon in NYC. In this clip you see Gary playing his score while looking directly into a video monitor in front of him—the audience however was treated to the film's fantastic imagery on two giant video screens flanking the stage of the City Winery Mainspace.
03/30/2023
· The reissue with bonus tracks of the 2000 album "No Knowledge of Music Required" by The Du-Tels (Gary Lucas and Peter Stampfel) gets a 4 star review in the latest issue of MOJO Magazine (UK). Available now on Don Giovanni Records
03/29/2023
· Track #9 featuring Jonathan Kane drums and Kato Hideki (Gods and Monsters—"Breath of Bones") and Track #19 featuring David Sisko beats and samples (Le Beast Concrete—"Brooklyn Cat") included on WPKN's Favorite Tracks of the Week - 3/26/23
03/25/2023
· Gary has an appreciation of his friend and collaborator the late great Bob Neuwirth now up on Gary's page in the archive of Barney Hoskyns's Rock's Back Pages, originally published in Dusty Wright's Culture Catch last year, thank you Barney, Dusty and Mark Pringle
03/18/2023
· Gary was just confirmed as a special guest at City Winery NYC's DOWNTOWN SEDER in their mainspace on Sunday April 2nd performing an excerpt of his live score accompanying the German expressionist fantasy classic THE GOLEM (1920, d. Paul Wegener and Carl Boese). Doors open at noon, the Seder starts at 1pm. Tickets are available here. Gary goes way back to 1991 performing at the Downtown Seder at the old Knitting Factory and is really looking forward to this special event!
03/18/2023
· Save the date:
HAL WILLNER'S AMARCORD NINO ROTA @ ROULETTE BROOKLYN
SATURDAY, APRIL 8, 2023, 8:00 PM
TICKETS $45
The NY concert premiere of the late Hal Willner's 1981 "concept album," the first time he approached recorded albums as sonic cinema. Featuring a great all-star lineup organized and led by Steven Bernstein, this is basically the show that was cancelled due to rain a few years ago at Lincoln Center Out of Doors. More info and tickets here.
Gary is playing several pieces, including a solo "Tema di Giton" from "Fellini Satyricon".

Photo: Magali Noel from "Fellini Satyricon"
03/18/2023
· Gary's recent Tribute to Jeff Buckley Tour in Australia's New South Wales sold-out in Sydney and drew large crowds in Wollongong, Katoomba and the Central Coast. Big Thanks to vocalist / guitarist John Dixon, bassist Michael Carpenter, and drummer Russell Crawford for their excellent musical support, to Pippa Casey for organizing such a wonderful tour, and to Florencia Esseling for her tour photography and clips
03/17/2023
· A new book about the infamous massacre of the Jewish community in Jedwabne Poland in July 1941 has just been published in Spain in Catalan by Prof. David Serrano Blanquer and will be published in Spanish in Argentina soon. Gary Lucas, whose Polish-Jewish family on his mother's side was wiped out in this atrocity was interviewed for the book. Gary recently had his account of his attendance at the official Polish government apology ceremony for this horrific crime published in The Forward

See additional images of the book here: image 1 | image 2 | image 3
03/12/2023
· With my Australian agent and manager Pippa Casey here in the Blue Mountains of Katoomba Australia—our Jeff Buckley Tribute sold-out in Sydney!!
03/12/2023
· Superfan Natalie Bambi requested TWO autographs last night after our wonderful sold-out show at Sydney's Camelot Lounge Last week
03/11/2023
· Gary just back from a whirlwind tour of New South Wales Australia with a Tribute to Jeff Buckley organized by Pippa Casey. Their Sydney show was sold-out, and Gary was honored to play with Australian musicians John Dixon, Michael Carpenter, and Russell Carpenter. Clips forthcoming!
03/11/2023
· Check out Irish singer/songwriter Paul McCann's gorgeous new song "Love is All That Matters" featuring an acoustic guitar solo by Gary
01/27/2023
· From Gary: NEVER FORGET
Today January 27th marks International Holocaust Remembrance Day worldwide. I had the honor of playing before the UN General Assembly several years ago on this occasion. It remains my most cherished memory in music.
01/20/2023
· Gary's playing is featured on Irish singer/songwriter Paul McCann's new single "Love is All That Matters", released today 1/20/23. And Paul gives him a big shout out in the Irish press. Listen to the song here
01/12/2023
· RIP JEFF BECK—one of Gary's biggest heroes growing up. Gary reviewed Jeff Beck's TRUTH album in Aug. 68 for his high school underground newspaper Cogito in Syracuse NY
01/11/2023
· This Saturday Jan 14th at 3pm Eastern time! Listen live at concertzender.nl to Co de Kloet's Co Live! as he spins 3 tracks from Gary and Peter Willem's "Double Dare" album
12/18/2022
· Check out photos and a cool live clip from Gary's performance accompanying silent German horror classic "The Golem" (1920) at the Museum of Jewish Heritage NYC Thurs. Dec. 15th 2022—which was followed by a discussion of the film and a Q&A re: Gary's score with film historian Prof. Annette Insdorf

Thanks to John Beckmann for the clip and photos
12/13/2022
12/08/2022
· GO GO GOLEM
Next Thurs. Dec. 15th at 6:30pm, Gary will perform his live solo guitar score accompanying German expressionist horror classic "THE GOLEM" (1920, d.Paul Wegener and Carl Boese)
at the MUSEUM OF JEWISH HERITAGE NYC
36 Battery Pl, New York, NY 10280
with an after-film discussion led by Prof. Annette Insdorf ("Indelible Shadows: Film and the Holocaust")
More info and tickets here
Gary Lucas page for The Golem here

photo by Arjen Veldt
12/01/2022
· Thanks to Italian journalist Geronimo Bruno Cico Casartelli for including Gary's album with Peter Willems "Double Dare" on ZenneZ Records on his Best Albums of 2022 list!
11/26/2022
11/22/2022
· TOO MUCH: Just confirmed, on Sat. April 22nd I am returning for my fifth appearance performing in Richmond Virginia at the fantastic JAMES RIVER FILM FESTIVAL with my live score accompanying Orson Welles's 1938 silent surrealist farce "TOO MUCH JOHNSON". This will take place at Richmond's sumptuous art-deco palace The Byrd Theatre and I am so looking forward to performing there again. My last appearance playing with this film was sold-out at the Noorderzon Festival in Groningen Netherlands recently, and I am keen to play with the film again! I'm told by festival organizer Mike Jones that one of Orson Welles's favorite Mercury Theater players, Joseph Cotten, the star of this madcap film, is buried nearby—so a trip to his final resting place is de rigeur.

photo by Phil Mango
11/16/2022
· Two new clips from Pearly Clouds ("I Wish I Could Go", animation by Rokus Kalapis) and Gary's second encore at the Bijou Theatre Bridgeport CT at the WPKN Benefit 11/4/22 ("Night in Shanghai", filmed by Ernst Weber)
11/08/2022
· On Thurs. Dec. 15th at 7pm, Gary Lucas will perform his celebrated live solo guitar score accompanying "THE GOLEM" (1920, d. Paul Wegener and Carl Boese) at the MUSEUM OF JEWISH HERITAGE NYC, with an after-film discussion led by Prof. Annette Insdorf ("Indelible Shadows: Film and the Holocaust")
More info and tickets here
11/05/2022
· Gary performs his arrangement of the Brian Wilson classic "God Only Knows" from the Beach Boys's 1966 "Pet Sounds" album at the Bijou Theatre in Bridgeport on Friday Nov 4th 2022. The Bijou is right next door to listener-supported WPKN, one of the longest running community radio stations in America at 89.5 FM, streaming to the world at www.wpkn.org

"World's Greatest Radio Station" —The New Yorker magazine
11/02/2022
10/31/2022
10/30/2022
· Gary sells out his special Halloween SPANISH DRACULA show at the Roxy Cinema NYC 10/29/22!
10/15/2022
10/13/2022
· Just confirmed—Gary will be performing his live solo score accompanying the legendary 1931 SPANISH DRACULA as a special Halloween treat Sat. Oct. 29th at 7:30pm at the fabulous ROXY CINEMA in Manhattan!! Tickets here
10/10/2022
· Gary wowed the crowd at The Paradox jazz club in Tilburg Netherlands on Fri. night 10/7/22—here he works out both solo electric on his vintage 1966 Strat and solo acoustic on his vintage Gretsch White Falcon
10/05/2022
· Sorry to report that my Double Dare partner Peter Willems will be unable to perform with me this Fri. night at the Paradox Tilburg here in the Netherlands. But the show must go on, so I will be performing solo with a selection spanning 50 plus albums and 42 years of doing this to death—plus of course, a tribute to Jeff Buckley and Captain Beefheart. The usual unusual, in other words. Including this little gem by Leos Janacek. Get well soon, Peter!
09/25/2022
· Play it again, John! Gary's friend John Schaefer has been hosting his fantastic WNYC FM "New Sounds" show since 1982, and just celebrated the show's 40th anniversary! He just rebroadcast a session Gary taped at home for him during the pandemic, and here it is again, plus music by pianist Erika Dohi
09/23/2022
09/16/2022
· This Monday Sept. 19th from 6pm to 9pm EST Gary is the guest of Mitch Goldman on his DEEP FOCUS program on WKCR 89.9 FM @ Columbia University NYC where they will wax rhapsodic about incredible South African pianist Abdullah Ibrahim a/k/a Dollar Brand. Listen live here. The following Monday it goes up on the Deep Focus podcast on your favorite podcasting app or here
09/10/2022
· Gary headlines solo a Benefit for WPKN ("World's Greatest Radio Station"—The New Yorker) on Fri. Nov. 4th at the Bijou Theatre in Bridgeport Conn. Gary will also be a special guest live on Howard Thompson's "Pure" program on Fri. Oct. 21st on WPKN from 1-4pm
09/10/2022
· Nice review of my book "TOUCHED BY GRACE: MY TIME WITH JEFF BUCKLEY" just in from author ("Serge Gainsbourg: A Fistful of Gitanes") & singer-songwriter Sylvie Simmons

TOUCHED BY GRACE is published by Jawbone
Autographed copies are available here
Check out Gary and Jeff's early work on "Songs to No One" on Knitting Factory Records
09/09/2022
· LIFE IS A LONG TAKE—Review of "The Miklos Jancso Collection" (Kino Lorber), new 4K restorations of "The Round-Up", "The Red and the White", "The Confrontation", "Winter Wind", "Red Psalm", and "Electra, My Love" on 4 Discs, Gary's latest article is up now at CultureCatch.com
09/04/2022
· Big Thanks to Violet Grohl for singing "GRACE" on 9/3/22 before 90,000 folks at Wembley Stadium in London at the Tribute to Taylor Hawkins
09/01/2022
· Gary's new solo acoustic version of "God Only Knows" is up now on his Soundcloud page

This Beach Boys anthem by Brian Wilson and lyricist Tony Asher from "Pet Sounds" was picked by Paul McCartney as his favorite song
08/31/2022
08/26/2022
· Gary SOLD OUT the European premiere of his live music and film spectacular accompanying Orson Welles's silent surrealist comedy TOO MUCH JOHNSON (1938) at the Noorderzon Festival in Groningen NL on 8/22/22. The packed house was treated to an amazing rarely seen Welles film re-animated by Gary's imaginative and poetic solo guitar score. Check out two clips from his concert here and here and the after concert Q&A here
08/16/2022
· SAVE THE DATE: SAT. SEPTEMBER 17th—THE EDGE OF HEAVEN featuring Feifei Yang, Fred Liu and Gary will perform at the annual ROCKTOBERFEST in Milburn NJ
08/14/2022
· Check out some promo for the upcoming European premiere of Gary's live solo guitar score for Orson Welles's rare 1938 silent film "Too Much Johnson" at the Noorderzon Festival in Groningen NL 8/22/22
08/14/2022
· Check out LUCAS & LUKAS live at the The Stone at The New School 7/14/22—full concert is up now on YouTube and at neuguitars.com here
08/13/2022
· Just unearthed: Gary's review from Jan. 1979 of Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band's "Shiny Beast" album in the inaugural issue of Feature magazine (originally Crawdaddy!)
08/12/2022
· FIRST REVIEW JUST IN for "The Great Lost Gods and Monsters" Live Album from DOWNTOWN MUSIC GALLERY NYC (and it's a good 'un!)
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
· WHAT LIES BENEATH: REVIEW OF "FROM WHERE THEY STOOD" & "MAD GOD" - Gary's new article up now at CultureCatch.com
07/23/2022
· 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
07/16/2022
07/12/2022
· 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.
07/09/2022
· 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
07/07/2022
· 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
07/01/2022
· Gary resumes his live-streaming on Facebook this Sat. July 2nd at 10:30pm EST
07/01/2022
07/01/2022
06/29/2022
· 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
06/21/2022
06/19/2022
06/18/2022
· 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
· ECCE GLENN! Gary's new article up now at CultureCatch.com
06/15/2022
· 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
06/11/2022
· Gary's JEFF BUCKLEY TRIBUTE WORLD TOUR continues at the Peppermint Club in Los Angeles on June 16th
06/08/2022
· 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
06/07/2022
06/06/2022
06/05/2022
· Gary was in good company yesterday in the Spotify Release Radar 6/4/22
06/03/2022
· 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
06/02/2022
· Congrats to Scott Goldman on his new gig as VP of the Grammy Foundation!
06/02/2022
· 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
05/30/2022
05/27/2022
05/24/2022
· New interview with Gary published just now in The Independent (Ireland), see the article here, and read the text here
05/24/2022
· BOB NEUWIRTH—AN APPRECIATION
Gary's new article about his friend and collaborator and one of the most influential people of the 60's who sadly passed away this week, up now at CultureCatch.com
05/22/2022
· And here's a 'nother one, 'nother one...BOHEMIAN RIPSODY, Gary's new article all about musical madness in the Czech Republic, just up now at CultureCatch.com

photo: Ahoj mateys—on the good ship FAUST
with Pat Fulgoni and Richard Mader somewhere on the Vlatava River
05/21/2022
· Just Confirmed: Gary's TRIBUTE TO JEFF BUCKLEY WORLD TOUR continues in WOODSTOCK NY FRI. JUNE 24th at THE COLONY, with special guests tba!! Tickets here
05/20/2022
·
RIP BOB NEUWIRTH

From Gary:

SAD NEWS: Bob Neuwirth was a dear friend and collaborator of mine
I met him playing at the Winnipeg Folk Festival years ago and went on to play, record and write with him. He gave me one of his paintings in fact.
A great man—I will really miss him.

Listen to Bob and Gary's collaboration on Bob's song "Cloudy Day"

recorded in Gary's apt. in NYC direct to DAT

Bob—voice and acoustic guitar
Gary—electric guitar
05/20/2022
· Yesterday Gary posted a photo on Facebook of a an Italian fan who'd tattooed his arm with the lyrics of the first verse of "Grace". (Jeff's lyrics, and his song title as well). Now this photo just surfaced from Gary's fan Luigi Pastore—who tattooed his arm with the opening repeated guitar motif of Jeff and Gary's "Mojo Pin"! Which is Gary's music—he wrote the underlying original guitar instrumental with all the riffs that became "Mojo Pin" under the title "And You Will".
05/12/2022
· BOOLA-BOOLA: from the Yale Alumni Magazine Class Notes just now, May-June 2022 issue, courtesy Alec Haverstick and Tom Strumolo, Class of 1974

photo: with the Yale Precision Marching Band 1973 at the Yale Bowl when we kicked Harvard University's collective ass 35-0
05/10/2022
05/10/2022
· Read an essay about Gary's faves the Third Ear Band in the latest issue of The Wire: Adventures In Modern Music just out now! See the cover here

Note from Gary: the photo used for my article in The Wire about Third Ear Band is the cover of Glen Sweeney's personal copy of the actual shooting script of Roman Polanski's 1971 film of "Macbeth", written by Roman Polanski and Kenneth Tynan. Glen spontaneously gave me his copy as a gift at the end of my afternoon hang / interview with him in June '73 on my very first trip to London. Glen was the loveliest guy—a true musical visionary.
05/09/2022
· Just added: Special guest Haitian vocalist Mariline Marolany just added to my Paris TRIBUTE TO JEFF BUCKLEY show Fri. June 3rd @ 8pm at Sunset Jazz Club

The lineup includes Jean-Philippe Rykiel keyboards, Alain Nyame bass, Lukas Ligeti drums, and Estelle Perrault vocals
05/08/2022
· FOR MOTHER'S DAY: My mom ADELE LUCAS (nee Goldman) died of Covid at age 93 in a nursing home in Calfornia at the beginning of the pandemic on April 24th 2020. She could have lived to 100, she had such a strong life-force.
Once infected, she had a pronounced rapid decline. We were allowed only a FaceTime Messenger visit courtesy of a nurse inside the home, Caroline and I shouting into the phone "We Love You, Mom!!" My mother was too far gone, she was unable to acknowledge us. She couldn't move a muscle. It was pretty grim.
She raised us (my two older sisters and younger brother) liberal Democrats and instilled a love of art, literature, music, film, theater, nature, animals, and learning in us.
She was so beautiful, one of a kind.
Here she is pictured in better days on her honeymoon.
WE MISS YOU MOM
05/06/2022
05/06/2022
· WHEN JOHNNY MET GARY: Gary's new article DEPP FOR MEN / SCENE AND NOT HEARD: just up at CultureCatch.com
05/02/2022
05/01/2022
· BEEF-A-ROONIE! BIG FUN mixing it up with the fabulous NONA HENDRYX 4/29/22 at Roulette Brooklyn with THE WORLD OF CAPTAIN BEEFHEART, live at the Bang on a Can Long Play Festival—our first show in 5 years! With Jesse Krakow bass, Jordan Shapiro keys and Richard Dworkin drums, more info on the project here.
Stay tuned for more news!!
Special thanks to Bang on a Can and Roulette for hosting us at this event—Roulette is a great place to play and the audience ate it up!
04/28/2022
04/27/2022
· JUST SURFACED: "Captain Beefheart Blindfold Test from VANITY FAIR April 1983", part 1 and part 2
04/27/2022
· NEW REVIEW from BLUESTOWN (NL)
DOUBLE DARE Vol. One and Two: Gary Lucas and Peter Willems
Just out on ZenneZ Records
04/23/2022
04/23/2022
04/21/2022
04/17/2022
· TRIBUTE TO JEFF BUCKLEY WORLD TOUR 2022 continues with a show just confirmed in Maastricht, Netherlands on WED JUNE 8th at SINT JANS KERK w/Gary's DOUBLE DARE partner Peter Willems on vocals
More dates:
Sun. May 29th Dublin—Whelan's
Fri. June 3rd Paris—Sunset Jazz Club with special guests Estelle Perreault and Mariline Marolany
Sat. June 4th Dresden—Tonne Jazz Club
Wed. June 8th Maastricht—Sint Jans Kerk with special guest Peter Willems
Thurs. June 16th Los Angeles—The Peppermint Club with special guest vocalist Ada Pasternak
Fri. June 24th Woodstock, NY—The Colony
Thurs. July 28th NYC—The Cutting Room with special guest Francesco Arpino
More Dates TBA
04/17/2022
04/15/2022
04/14/2022
· Gary is putting finishes touches on his solo electric guitar arrangement of Richard Wagner's Overture to "Der Fliegende Hollander" (The Flying Dutchman), which he will premiere at MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) on Friday May 6th accompanying Metropolitan Opera star dancer ALISON CLANCY, with choreography by Carolyn Choa.

Alison Clancy is an amazing artist and has the honor of performing the longest solo dance in MET history in their 2020 production of this opera. It's free and open to the public! Tickets here
04/13/2022
· Just confirmed: GARY LUCAS & GODS AND MONSTERS featuring Ernie Brooks and Richard Dworkin w/special guest Jared Michael Nickerson and (perhaps) Richard Barone will play the "TURN IT UP" FESTIVAL in LINCOLN CENTER on THURS. AUG. 18th on a bill w/The Veldt and the Ivan Julian Band

RELEASED JUNE 17th: THE GREAT LOST GODS AND MONSTERS LIVE ALBUM on Mighty Quinn Records

photo by Jesse Winter
04/13/2022
04/11/2022
04/10/2022
04/09/2022
· SHOULD WE BAN CULTURE, TOO??
My new article just up at CultureCatch.com

photo by Diane Harris: onstage in St. Petersburg with Future Sound of London - FSOL
04/07/2022
· Just confirmed: Sat. June 4th in Dresden, Germany I am presenting my TRIBUTE TO JEFF BUCKLEY at the Jazzclub Tonne

I love this place, an old bunker / keller and played there several times in the 90's into the Millennium
04/07/2022
· Just confirmed: Thurs. July 28th at The Cutting Room NYC at 7pm, it's my NYC TRIBUTE TO JEFF BUCKLEY featuring direct from Roma multi-instrumentalist/vocalist Francesco Arpino

Photo: on national Italian tv Tgcom24 with tv presenter Micaela Nasca and Francesco Arpino, broadcast across Italia on Xmas Eve 2019 as part of our Tribute to Jeff Buckley Italian Tour
04/07/2022
· Gary is interviewed on national Finnish radio RADIO HELSINKI for two hours tonight beginning at 8pm Finland time, 6pm UK time, 1pm EST, 7pm Italy ,France, Spain, Germany and the Netherlands time, and so forth. Tune in through their Facebook page or at www.radiohelsinki.fi!
04/06/2022
04/05/2022
· Sunday May 29th 2022 marks 25 years since the passing of Gary's late partner and dear friend JEFF BUCKLEY. To mark this occasion Gary is playing a series of tribute concerts to Jeff around the world this year. Including this one at legendary Whelan's in Dublin on May 29th, with special guests a couple of young Irish up and coming singers TBA. Stay tuned for further news! More info here
04/05/2022
· Just confirmed: Thursday July 14th Bastille Day, it's LUCAS AND LUKAS, Gary's new duo with avant-percussionist/composer Lukas Ligeti (son of Gyorgy Ligeti of "2001" fame) at The Stone (NYC) located in The New School Glass Box Theatre, 55 West 13th Street near 6th Ave.
04/03/2022
· Now up at CultureCatch.com—read Gary's review of Sergei Loznitsa's new documentary "Babi Yar: Context" now playing at Film Forum NYC
03/31/2022
03/26/2022
· RENDEZVOUS IN PARIS—My Tribute to JEFF BUCKLEY, Friday, June 3rd, Sunset Sunside Jazz Club, Les Halles avec Jean-Philippe Rykiel keyboards, Alain NYAME bass, and Lukas Ligeti batterie, Special guest vocalist TBA, more information here
03/22/2022
03/18/2022
· NEW REVIEW OF "DOUBLE DARE" JUST IN FROM THE DOWNTOWN MUSIC GALLERY'S NEWSLETTER!
03/15/2022
· From legendary publicist, author, and record exec DANNY GOLDBERG just now:
"Touched By Grace", Gary Lucas' book about working with Jeff Buckley, is a uniquely nuanced book about a master musician's creative process, his collaboration with a tempestuous genius and the amoral vagaries of the music business in the nineteen-nineties. It is one of the best and most emotionally honest rock memoirs I've ever read.
—Danny Goldberg
03/13/2022
· Gary Lucas working at CBS back in the day, get the details here!

Photo by Hank Frisch
03/13/2022
· At the Music Workers Alliance Rally Friday March 11th 2022 at 11am outside the Village Vanguard in the West Village in support of pandemic stimulus monies for freelance musicians whose livelihoods have been destroyed during the pandemic with gigs and tours being canceled due to Covid. Left to right in the front row: State Senator Brad Hoylman, organizers Marc Ribot and Music Workers Aliance President Olympia Karzi, Rachel Z, Esperanza Spalding, and Gary Lucas
03/12/2022
03/09/2022
· First review just in for DOUBLE DARE from OOR Magazine (the Rolling Stone of the Netherlands) and it's a killer-diller! Get the CD here!
03/07/2022
· HIGH SCHOOL CONFIDENTIAL 1969

L TO R: Mrs. Cordaro (Gary's English teacher), unidentified, Jamie Schiffner, Joe Ycas, GL, Bruce Waltuck, unidentified
03/05/2022
· New album "Double Dare: Gary Lucas and Peter Willems" released on CD on ZenneZ Records on March 4th! More information here and here, and the CD is now available in the Zennez webshop here. New DOUBLE DARE webpage here!
03/03/2022
· Just confirmed: Friday May 6th I will be accompanying Metropolitan Opera dancer Alison Clancy at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) with my solo guitar arrangement of the Overture to Richard Wagner's "Der fliegende Hollander (The Flying Dutchman)".
Alison, who is an accomplished musician and artist, is here shown rehearsing the piece with choreographer Carolyn Choa for her celebrated performance at the Met—the longest solo dance performance in the Met's history. I can't wait to be on stage with Alison, she is electrifying.
And I'm gonna turn on the juice just for her...
03/02/2022
· My old friend Phillip Johnston who co-leads my Beefheart Tribute band Fast 'N' Bulbous has a cool new book out through Bloomsbury Academic titled SILENT FILMS / LOUD MUSIC, a thorough examination of contemporary live scoring for silent films (of which I am a pioneer—my first score was for the 1920 German expressionist film "The Golem" which I co-composed with Walter Horn and premiered in 1989 at the Museum of the Moving Image. I now have a dozen more live scores in my portfolio). This is a tremendous and well-needed book and there is a whole section devoted to "The Golem".
Way to go, Phillip!!
02/12/2022
· THE WORLD OF CAPTAIN BEEFHEART featuring GARY LUCAS and NONA HENDRYX—with Fast 'N Bulbous and Gods and Monsters vets Jesse Krakow on bass, Richard Dworkin on drums, and Jordan Shapiro on keyboards—will perform for the first time in several years as part of Bang On a Can's Long Play Festival in Brooklyn the last weekend in April.

The group will perform at Roulette, the venerable avant-garde music club at 509 Atlantic Avenue at 8:30pm on Friday April 29th, more about the festival and tickets here

TWOCB web page
02/06/2022
· From Gary's friend Rick Berlin re: Gary's book "TOUCHED BY GRACE":
"TOUCHED BY GRACE is a detailed and at times heart-breaking remembrance by guitar master Gary Lucas about his time collaborating and performing with Jeff Buckley. The love between these two artists is as palpable as it is challenging. So rare a singer, Jeff. So heavy a loss, especially to those who knew him deeply. The book also takes you into the infested, infamous, incestual swamp of the New York City avant guard music world and industry. GRACE is a worthy, powerful and informative read. There's definitely a part of me that identifies with the guitar/singer symbiosis described here. Jeff would have, had I known him, inspired me similarly."

Published by Jawbone Books

Signed copies of the book will be back in stock for purchase here soon!
02/06/2022
· Read Gary's essay on Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band's "Dachau Blues"—#24 on The Forward's list of the 150 Greatest Jewish Pop Songs of All Time. Two other of Gary's proposed selections also made the cut: #54 Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers's "New England", and #100, Burning Spear's "Slavery Days"
02/02/2022
· Gary and Feifei Yang rock Joe's Pub NYC on Chinese New Year Feb. 1st 2022—the Year of the Tiger!! See the full show here, and see their performance of "Hallelujah" and "Grace"
02/02/2022
· New Gary Lucas Wikpedia update

Thank you Katherine Barner
02/01/2022
· THE ONLY LIST THAT MATTERS...just kidding. Seriously Gary was tickled to contribute to The Forward's 150 Greatest Jewish Pop Songs of All Time list thingy which just went online (thank you Seth Rogovoy). For the record (in case you want to look 'em up), they went with 3 of his recommendations: #24 Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band's "Dachau Blues", #54 Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers' "New England", and #100 Burning Spear's "Slavery Days". Also check #146 on the list where Gary's first album "Skeleton at the Feast" appears, with a shout-out for his live score for "The Golem", co-composed with Walter Horn. Abi Gezunt!
01/31/2022
· RIP SUYLEN MILANES—Gary is heartbroken about the death of Suylen Milanes, one of the most amazing singers and collaborators he ever worked with, and a really lovely lady. Gary came to Havana in 2011 to record his song "Out From Under" with Suylen, her sister Haydee Milanes and Los Van Van. To hear these two angels and Los Van totally Cubanize his song it was one of the highlights of his entire career. Suylen is singing the first verse of the song in Spanish and harmonizes with her sister throughout. The track is featured on "The Essential Gary Lucas" 40 year retrospective double album

photo: with Suylen in the studio recording "Out From Under" with Los Van Van's Boris Luna
01/25/2022
· DOUBLE DARE (Gary Lucas and Peter Willems) IS ON THE AIR!

Richard Heath in Nottingham England is spinning our version of Skip James's "I'm So Glad" this week on his Alternative Alternative show, 27th January 2022, broadcasting from 9.00pm GMT

Click here to listen, also available via Apple's I-Tunes/Library (upper LHS of the screen: Radio - University/Colleges (scroll down to and click on Loughborough Campus Radio - LCR), or through your mobile via: Tunein Radio or radio-uk.co.uk

To give feedback/chat during the show, e-mail: alternativealternativeshow@yahoo.co.uk
Facebook via: alternate alternative show

Click here to listen to the track "I'm So Glad"

photo by Jean-Pierre Jans
01/17/2022
· New DOUBLE DARE project with Dutch jazz star Peter Willems

More info here

VOL. ONE out now digitally...VOL. TWO out Feb. 25th digitally

followed by the full CD release on ZenneZ of both Vol. One and Two on March 4th 2022, and the vinyl release of both volumes on ZenneZ on July 15th 2022

photo by Jean-Pierre Jans
01/15/2022
· Nice review just in from the legendary PETE FRAME, editor of the UK's best fanzine ZIG-ZAG and the compiler / author / designer of ROCK'S FAMILY TREES:
"From Beefheart to Buckley and beyond, a splendid retrospective highlighting the extraordinary range of the most intrepid guitar adventurer in contemporary music, complete with sleevenotes to savour."
Stream / Download / Purchase THE ESSENTIAL GARY LUCAS here
01/01/2022
· Big thanks to WPKN's Bob Chamenko for putting THE ESSENTIAL GARY LUCAS at the top of his Best Albums of 2021 List!!
· Updates made to the Photos
12/29/2021
12/29/2021
· THE ESSENTIAL GARY LUCAS chosen as the #5 Album of the Year by Pennyblackmusic (UK)
· Check out these fantastic reviews for THE ESSENTIAL GARY LUCAS, order it now here
· Updates made to the Biography
12/23/2021
· Thanks to Duane N. Rubadeau who just recuperated this photo and notice from our Nottingham High School Yearbook circa 1970
12/22/2021
· Gary plays "Grace" at Winfield House!!
12/16/2021
· Gary wowed them with a private solo acoustic concert last night in London for Ambassador to the UK Philip Reeker and invited guests at Winfield House in Regent's Park. Watch the encore moment here

photo by Ian Jackman
12/11/2021
12/09/2021
· Please join Gary and Feifei Yang for a special Chinese New Year Show—Year of the Tiger—at Joe's Pub at The Public Theater NYC on Feb. 1st, Chinese New Year, lighting design by Kristopher Anton, tickets here
12/05/2021
· Gary's old friend and collaborator the great Irish artist Camille O'Sullivan premiered her new show "Where Are We Now?" on Sat. Dec. 4th—the official opening night of the new Irish Arts Center on 11th Ave. and 51st St. in Manhattan. Gary worked with Camille a couple years ago in "State of Grace", an Australian tribute to Tim and Jeff Buckley in which Gods and Monsters were the house band, and he was thrilled to see her bring her magic to New York. She is giving the show here until Dec. 31st, and he urges everyone to see it if possible, it's that special.

photo: backstage after the show with Camille O'Sullivan and Irish Ambassador to the US Daniel Mulhall
11/30/2021
· Two new clips of Gary surface on YouTube: the first is a 2008 live appearance on legendary music impresario Steve Paul's DowntownTV program "The Latest Show on Earth" hosted by Joe Hendel.

The second is a recent clip with Gary and Dutch jazz virtuoso Peter Willems live with their new DOUBLE DARE project at the Parkstad Limburg Theater in Heerlen Netherlands on Nov. 19 2022. Their debut album is due out in early 2022 on the ZenneZ label.

To the left: new photo of Gary in Paris recently taken by Thierry Cattier at the Sunset Jazz Club
11/25/2021
· Check out a new clip for GARY LUCAS & GODS AND MONSTERS 30th ANNIVERSARY SHOW this Sat night Nov. 27th at ELSEWHERE BROOKLYN. Show starts at 7:30PM and runs 2 hours. New band lineup: Gary Lucas—guitars and vocals, Ernie Brooks—bass and vocals (Modern Lovers), Jason Candler—keyboards (Hungry March Band), and Richard Dworkin—drums (Fast 'N' Bulbous)—with special guests former Gods and Monsters members Richard Barone—vocals (The Bongos), Jared Michael Nickerson—bass (Burnst Sugar), Chinese singer and erhu virtuoso Feifei Yang (The Edge of Heaven), and singer/songwriter Angelica Zollo. More details and tickets here
11/22/2021
· Click on the link and check out a new clip of DOUBLE DARE: GARY LUCAS AND PETER WILLEMS, live in Heerlen NL on 11/19/21 at the Park Limburg Theatre

photo by Jean-Pierre Jans
11/17/2021
· Thanks to Barney Hoskyns and Rock's Backpages for reprinting today Mike Barnes's "Invisible Jukebox" session with Gary which originally ran in The Wire: Adventures In Modern Music in their Feb. 2001 issue, you can read the whole interview here
11/14/2021
· I HAVE A CAT: Tune into "Co Live!" from 7-9pm Dutch time 1-3pm EST tonight on National Dutch Radio NTR. Gary's old friend the great Dutch producer / broadcaster Co de Kloet is featuring a live performance of Gary's new DOUBLE DARE duo with award-winning young Dutch acoustic bassist / vocalist Peter Willems taped at t'Oor Records in Hilversum this week—plus he's going in to the archive to showcase some rare recordings of Gary live at the Paradiso in Amsterdam with the 65-piece Metropol Orkestra. Listen to the entire show here

Gary and Peter just sold out their first show before a big audience in Maastricht and their new album DOUBLE DARE VOL. ONE is out now digitally on ZenneZ. Part Two is coming this February, stay tuned...
11/04/2021
· Some cool press previews of Gary's 40th anniversary show in Paris this Sat. Nov. 6th at Sunset Jazz Club in Les Halles from Shooting Idols and from Vinylestimes
11/04/2021
· Gary is featured with photo in the Dutch newspaper Dagblad van het Noorden today 11/4/21—he is giving an in-store performance at Oor Records in Hilversum on Wed. Nov. 10th with his partner acoustic bassist/singer Peter Willems to celebrate the release tomorrow of their new EP "Double Dare Vol. One" on the ZenneZ Records label. The concert plus interview will be broadcast on National Dutch radio NTR on Co De Kloet's long-running show "Co Live!" Sun. Nov. 14th
10/29/2021
· Gary's solo show in Prato Italy this Saturday night Oct. 30th is previewed in La Nazione and InToscana
10/25/2021
10/20/2021
· 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
· Read Gary's review of Todd Haynes's fantastic new documentary "The Velvet Underground"
10/16/2021
· 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
· 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
· Nice review of LE BEAST CONCRÈTE'S "GARGOYLE" album in THE WIRE, issue 453 Nov. 2021
10/01/2021
09/30/2021
· New interview with Gary published today in the oldest Slovak music magazine NOVY POPULAR
09/25/2021
· 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 Theatre, 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
09/19/2021
· 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
09/17/2021
09/16/2021
· Just confirmed: GARY LUCAS & GODS AND MONSTERS 30TH ANNIVERSARY SHOW SAT. NOV. 27th @ ELSEWHERE, BROOKLYN, tickets here
09/12/2021
· 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
09/09/2021
· New review of LE BEAST CONCRÈTE'S GARGOYLE album from the latest issue of OOR Magazine (the Dutch Rolling Stone)
09/06/2021
09/04/2021
· New interview with Gary in Czech magazine BAT IN just out, English translation here
09/03/2021
· 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
09/03/2021
· 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
09/01/2021
· New interview with Gary in Guitare Sèche, Le Mag #54 (France): part 1, part 2, and part 3

Merci Lisa Vincent!
08/26/2021
· 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!
08/26/2021
· Gary was featured live solo on John Schaefer's long-running "New Sounds" show last night, listen to it archived here
08/18/2021
· 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
· 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
· 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?
08/15/2021
· 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
08/13/2021
· First photo of new GL project TRIPLE X—featuring incredible bassist Jamaaladeen Tacuma and fantastic drummer Calvin Weston—photo by Soundevidence
08/13/2021
· 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
· 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"
08/07/2021
· 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
08/06/2021
· 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
· 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
07/30/2021
· 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
· 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!!
07/22/2021
· LOOK IT'S CLEAN!!
"DUNNY RAT BOY"—the second single by
LE BEAST CONCRÈTE: Gary Lucas and David Sisko
Stream / Download here
Spiffy new clip by Dave Pearson
New album "GARGOYLE" coming August 11th
Pre-order here
07/15/2021
· 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
07/14/2021
07/12/2021
· 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)!!
07/11/2021
· 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
07/10/2021
· 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
07/08/2021
· Check out a cool review of THE ESSENTIAL GARY LUCAS in Passion Rock (France)
07/06/2021
· 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
· 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
07/06/2021
· 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
07/05/2021
· New interview with Gary in Spain's huge Popular 1 Magazine, English translation here
07/02/2021
· 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
06/30/2021
· New review of THE ESSENTIAL GARY LUCAS just in from THE BIG TAKEOVER
06/29/2021
· 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
06/26/2021
· New review of THE ESSENTIAL GARY LUCAS just in from Spain's Musicazul.com, English translation here
06/23/2021
· New interview with Gary in Blues & Co. (France)
06/21/2021
· 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)
06/18/2021
· 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
06/09/2021
06/08/2021
· Cool review just in for THE ESSENTIAL GARY LUCAS from Guitars Exchange (Spain), and another great review for the album from weekly magazine L'ALSACE (France), English translation here
06/04/2021
· 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
05/31/2021
· Gary selects some of his favorite guitar tracks in the latest issue of Rolling Stone France! And listen to a new podcast interview with Gary by Doc Olivier from Vinylestimes Classic Rock Radio which was broadcast yesterday!
05/28/2021
· Check out a new interview with Gary on the Vinylestimes.fr page this Sunday May 30th at 12pm EST!
05/27/2021
· New article by Gary about the one and only VIVIAN STANSHALL up at PleaseKillMe.com today

Photo: Vivian Stanshall and Germaine Greer circa 1969
05/26/2021
· New review of THE ESSENTIAL GARY LUCAS from DNA (France)
05/20/2021
· Terrific review just in from Spain's #UnDiscoAlDia" for Gary Lucas: "The Essential" (2021), English translation here
05/19/2021
· New interview with Gary in Shooting Idols (France), English translation here
05/17/2021
· New clip for ONE MAN'S MEAT—GARY LUCAS & GODS AND MONSTERS featuring DAVID JOHANSEN
05/15/2021
05/13/2021
· Great review for THE ESSENTIAL GARY LUCAS for MONDO SONORO, one of the most important magazines in Spain, English translation here
05/09/2021
05/06/2021
· Good news—they're ON it!
Our Mandarin Chinese version of ALL ALONG THE WATCHTOWER with Feifei Yang on vocals and erhu has just been added first week out to KXCI in Tucson AZ and WXNA in Nashville TN—joining WFMU and WPKN here on the East Coast
05/05/2021
· Nice writeup of THE ESSENTIAL GARY LUCAS in Mercadeo Pop (Spain), English translation here
05/03/2021
· Nice review from Ouest-France, the #1 national daily newspaper just in, English translation here
05/01/2021
04/26/2021
04/24/2021
· Gary's new album featured on Oui FM in France today!
· Check out the new clip by 3XA for Gary and Alan Vega's "Life Kills"—as featured on THE ESSENTIAL GARY LUCAS on Knitting Factory Records
Stream / Download / Purchase here
04/19/2021
· Fantastic review just in from Paris-Move for THE ESSENTIAL GARY LUCAS, English translation here
04/17/2021
· Gary Lucas is fundraising to help cover medical and living expenses for his dear friend Jason Candler, who recently suffered a series of debilitating strokes which came out of nowhere last Tuesday April 6th. Jason is one of Gary's oldest and closest friends, having played saxophone in his band Gods and Monsters and in his Chinese music ensemble as well as recording his work over many years. Jason, his wife Lily and 18 month old son Jakob are in a very precarious position with medical bills and living expenses. Please pitch in generously whatever you can to help take some of the financial pressure off of Jason and his family while he begins his long road to recovery. You can donate here

Updates on Jason's medical progress are here
04/17/2021
· Yeeha, here's an article Gary wrote for the Yale Daily News in Fall '71—the longest article they'd every published at the time—appearing again today on the inestimable Rock's Backpages website—a review of his favorite UK psychedelic band, the mighty FAMILY with Roger Chapman and Charlie Whitney
photo: Roger Chapman, lead singer of Family
· Rave reviews for THE ESSENTIAL GARY LUCAS as pull-quotes here
04/12/2021
· New review of THE ESSENTIAL GARY LUCAS in Textes Blog Rock&Roll (France)
04/09/2021
· Gary was interviewed on 4/7/21 on national Polish radio by Tomasz Gregorczyk and Janusz Jablonski—just click on the button in the middle of the page (It's mainly in Polish though)
Here's the show's description translated:
Blood and Tears vs. Steel Guitar
He played Jewish music and Chinese jazz from the 1930s, was the backbone of Captain Beefheart's band, interpreted Wagner and Czech classics, and wrote rock hits for Jeff Buckley. Diversity and a unique playing style, steeped in American folk and rock psychedelia, make Gary Lucas one of the most important American guitarists of the last 30 years.
The names of Chris Cornell, Richard Wagner, Captain Beefheart, Jeff Buckley and Krzysztof Komeda will be dropped. Places: Silk Road, Taipei, Czech Republic, Knitting Factory. Record titles... And anyway, enough of this listing. Gary Lucas will tell you about EVERYTHING today.
"There was sweat and tears. Over the years I took literally every gig I could get. In every place in the world. Not caring about the salary...alright, caring. I've been cheated so many times I could write a book about it. But I came out of the basement with album after album building my reputation".
04/06/2021
04/01/2021
· Just in: 9 out of 10 for THE ESSENTIAL GARY LUCAS in AudioReview (Italy), English translation here
04/01/2021
· New interview today with Gary in Cultura Blues (Mexico), English translation here
04/01/2021
· Check out Gary's new article about trying to make a rap record with a young Vin Diesel and avant-legend Arthur Russell at Please Kill Me
03/27/2021
· Great new review for THE ESSENTIAL GARY LUCAS in the GAPPPEGATE GUITAR AND BASS BLOG
03/24/2021
· Check out a new clip by Dave Pearson for "Fata Morgana" from THE ESSENTIAL GARY LUCAS with imagery from Gary's favorite horror film, Mario Bava's 1960 "La Maschera del Demonio" (Black Sunday)
03/23/2021
· A great new review for THE ESSENTIAL GARY LUCAS just in from Italy! Rated 8 out of 9 in BLOW UP magazine 3/21, English translation here
· Another excellent review just in from COOLMAG (Italia) 3/23/21, English translation here
03/13/2021
· New interview just in from New Delhi by Ravi V. Chhabra and published in www.fnbworld.com

photo from Udaipur by Caroline Sinclair
03/09/2021
· Check out a full-hour interview with Gary by Co de Kloet on his program "Co Live!" on national Dutch radio NPO in celebration of THE ESSENTIAL GARY LUCAS 2/28/21, and check out all the fabulous press Gary's new 40 year compilation is receiving internationally. Autographed copies available here!
03/06/2021
· Check out a new interview with Gary just published across Scandinavia by the NTB Newswire, English translation here
02/26/2021
· This weekend National Dutch Radio NPO will feature an hour long Gary Lucas special with host Co de Kloet on his long-running "Co Live!" The show will air on Sunday at 8pm CET, 2pm EST on the online channel NPO Soul & Jazz—listen here or on Apple Podcasts

Pic: on tour in Udaipur India
Photo by Caroline Sinclair
02/24/2021
· "Extraordinary 2-CD retrospective"
            4 Stars
            MOJO

"The elegance of the phrasing, the ubiquity of call and response figures (another connection to Miles Davis), the ability to fit almost sonic environment is quite uncanny...There isn't a single item here that doesn't have Lucas's musical personality running through it like quartz. Essential? It's all essential."
     The Wire

"A testament to the man's restless energy and imagination."
     UnCut

"Lucas' work offers a fascinating glimpse into a musical world that allows those imaginative instincts to take spark in ways that simply seem boundless. The Essential Gary Lucas offers a potpourri of adventurous sounds and ambitious intentions."
     4.5 out of 5 Stars
     American Songwriter Magazine

"A remarkable guitarist with a remarkable career."
     OOR Magazine (NL)

"The Essential Gary Lucas" belongs at the heart of every living music collection."
     ReportersOnline.com (NL)

"An exhaustive compilation of 36 songs better to understand an iconoclast of the guitar, a musician who has never been pigeonholed throughout his musical career, since he has never belonged to this or that faction."
     Ruta 66 (Spain)

"An essential overview into the work and diverse musical passions of this remarkable musician."
     4.5 out of 5 Stars
     Jazzwise (UK)

"Utterly peerless, there's no finer pedigree in the world of creative music than Gary Lucas's and this double CD showcase the remarkable breadth of his work over the years."
     5 out of 5 Stars
     The Inconsistent Jukebox (UK)

"On this compendium, Lucas collects his own favorite work, and in a career that includes 30+ albums, this is likely to be everyone's favorite record of his, too."
     10 out of 10
     Take Effect (US)

"A feast for your ears and mind, so many textures and layers which shake, flow, and mould into a fascinating temple of sound. If you are looking for an album to enrich your listening palette, or an album to show off your musical knowledge to friends then look no further!"
     4 out of 5
     Off the Hook (UK)

"The star is Lucas's cosmic virtuosity, ripping raw down the rural backroads of acoustic 6-string or transforming Abdullh Ibrahim's "Bra Joe from Kilimanjaro" into poetry that illuminates the entire emotional and sonic spectrum of electric guitar."
     Must-hear tracks: All 36 of them
     Premier Guitar (US)

"If you've ever wondered what a Mandarin take on "All Along the Watchtower" (as sung by Feiifei Yang) would be as exciting as Bob Dylan's original, the answer is a definite 'yes'."
     The Sydney Morning Herald (Australia)

THE ESSENTIAL GARY LUCAS on Knitting Factory Records

STREAM / DOWNLOAD / PURCHASE: https://garylucas.lnk.to/essential
02/19/2021
· Check out the English translation of Dutch journalist Corne Evers interview with Gary—"A Man, His Guitar, and the World" Part Two—from ReportersOnline.com
· Gary is interviewed in RUTA 66, the biggest rock magazine in Spain, English translation here
· Gary receives 4 out of 5 Stars in JAZZWISE (UK) and 5 out of 5 in THE INCONSISTENT JUKEBOX for THE ESSENTIAL GARY LUCAS
02/17/2021
· Just confirmed: On Sun. Feb. 28th Gary's old friend producer Co de Kloet will devote an hour of his weekly program "Co Live!" to THE ESSENTIAL GARY LUCAS on national Dutch radio NTR—tune in at 8pm Netherlands time, 2pm EST
photo: Gary with Co at the Zappanale in Bad Doberan Germany
· Nice write-up at Beefheart.com of Gary's new 40 year retrospective album THE ESSENTIAL GARY LUCAS, and Part Two of "Gary Lucas: A Man His Guitar and the World" interview by Dutch journalist Corne Evers just out at ReportersOnline.com and CCRyder.com, English translation to follow
02/15/2021
· Gary is postponing his live stream solo concert tomorrow from 3pm EST to 7pm EST as he has been asked to appear with Feifei Yang and the Asian Cultural Symphony Orchestra under Steven Fang for a special Lunar New Year concert tomorrow from 3pm to 5pm live at the American Dream mall in East Rutherford NJ. He'll be performing Teresa Teng's "The Moon Represents My Heart" duet with Feifei and the orchestra. Their trio version with Jason Candler can be heard on THE ESSENTIAL GARY LUCAS 40-year retrospective on Knitting Factory Records
02/12/2021
· Check out a new YouTube clip for the previously unreleased "All Along the Watchtower" featuring Gary Lucas and Feifei Yang—from THE ESSENTIAL GARY LUCAS 40 Year retrspective double album on Knitting Factory, Stream / Download / Purchase it here

Gary and Feifei celebrate Chinese New Year (Year of the Ox) with a special "Edge of Heaven" concert tonight on Facebook for the Queens Public Library of Astoria from 7pm to 8pm EST
02/10/2021
· New review from OOR Magazine, the Rolling Stone of the Netherlands, English translation here
· "King Strong" is the #3 Favorite Track of the Week on WPKN Bridgeport Conn.! See the video clip here
· New review for THE ESSENTIAL GARY LUCAS in Take Effect (US)—10 out of 10
02/07/2021
· WEEKEND UPDATE—Check out the latest review for The Essential Gary Lucas in OFF THE HOOK (UK), 4 Hooks out of 5

Gary was played several times this week on national Italian radio RAI RADIO 3 on the Battisti program, check out today's broadcast of Gary's version of Dvorak's "Largo"

Gary was interviewed for an hour-plus session of music and conversation by legendary music critic David Fricke this week on his SIRIUS XM show "The Writer's Block" on the Spectrum Channel 28—it is available On Demand for one week only on the SIRIUS App

Gary and Feifei Yang recorded a one hour special Chinese New Year concert Fri. night at Euphoria Studios here in NYC, to be broadcast this Fri. night Feb 12th to celebrate the Year of the Ox—more details here!
02/05/2021
· New feature article and interview in ReportersOnLine.com (Netherlands), English translation here
· Gary's new 40-year retrospective album THE ESSENTIAL GARY LUCAS is ALBUM OF THE WEEK on HOWARD THOMPSON'S "PURE" SHOW on WPKN Independent Community Radio, LISTEN TODAY! Friday, February 5th, 1-4pm (eastern) on WPKN, Bridgeport 89.5fm & on the web at wpkn.org (and at TuneIn & Radio Garden)—click on WPKN to listen live at 1p, click on Program Archives under Programs to listen later, chat 'live' during the show on the PURE / WPKN page at Spinitron.com
02/04/2021
· Gary's new 40-year retrospective double album THE ESSENTIAL GARY LUCAS is getting mucho airplay on Rai Radio 3 Italy this week, and he was interviewed on Controradio Firenze yesterday

STREAM / DOWNLOAD / PURCHASE THE NEW ALBUM HERE

Reviews and more info here
02/01/2021
· Gary is on the cover of Rock's Back Pages today! Barney Hoskyns' UK website archives an incredible amount of writing about rock and other music over many years—and to celebrate the release of Gary's 40-year retrospective double album, RBP is spotlighting some of Gary's archival pieces about Captain Beefheart, Led Zeppelin's first album—plus there's an interview with Gary himself
01/30/2021
· On Tuesday Feb. 2nd Gary Lucas will be interviewed live on Italian national radio Controradio at 4:30pm Italian time, 10:30am EST, listen live here
For better audio download the Controradio Firenze Alarm app, available in all app stores
·On Thursday Feb. 4th Gary is interviewed on Zoom by David Fricke for his show The Writer's Block on Sirius XM at 8pm EST on The Spectrum Channel 28, it will repeat Sat. Feb. 6th at 4pm EST on the same channel, and will be available for streaming on the Sirius XM app
01/29/2021
· A massive amount of press today for the release of THE ESSENTIAL GARY LUCAS, Gary's 40 year retrospective double album—plus a new clip:

You can stream/purchase Gary's new double album here!

See the YouTube premiere of a new clip for "Out From Under" with Cuban stars Haydee & Suylen Milanes and Cuba's #1 dance band Los Van Van

The Oakland Press has an interview with Gary which will be syndicated to many papers in the Midwest

Rock's Back Pages (UK) gave Gary his own section today on the front page of their newsletter and blog, with a plug for the new retrospective album and links to older articles from their archive by Gary, about seeing Captain Beefheart live in college, plus a review he wrote in high school school of the first Led Zeppelin album, plus an interview from several years ago where he discusses working with Beefheart

The Downtown Music Gallery here in NYC gave the album a great review in their online newsletter

New review just in: 4.5 out of 5 from American Songwriter

And lastly, here is Gary's original piece for Rolling Stone Italia, "Gary Lucas, La Mia Vita in 10 Canzoni" (My Life in 10 Songs), which was translated into Italian and published today (English version here)
01/27/2021
· Today is Holocaust Remembrance Day all over the world. Four years ago today Gary played solo acoustic before the General Assembly of the UN to commemorate this day, see it here. NEVER FORGET!
01/25/2021
· Gary is interviewed today about Captain Beefheart, how he brought Vin Diesel and Arthur Russell together, Jeff Buckley, Gods and Monsters and a whole lot more in Aquarium Drunkard to mark the release this Fri Jan 29th of his new 40 year retrospective album THE ESSENTIAL GARY LUCAS—pre-order the album here!
01/20/2021
· 4 Star review of "The Essential Gary Lucas" just out in MOJO March 2021 issue!!
01/16/2021
· Please enjoy this new clip by 3XA for "KING STRONG", the new single from Gary's forthcoming 40-year retrospective THE ESSENTIAL GARY LUCAS, released Jan. 29th on Knitting Factory Records. Pre-order the album here, and download the new single here
01/15/2021
· Don Van Vliet a/k/a Captain Beefheart would have been 80 years old today. In honor of his birthday, check out Gary's new article about Don and his childhood friend Frank Zappa published by PleaseKillMe.com
01/13/2021
· Nice review in The Wire just out for THE ESSENTIAL GARY LUCAS, and Gary gets an excellent review in the new issue of UnCut! Pre-order it here
12/17/2020
· Check out Gary's updated Wiki page here
· Just in time for the holidays, Gary now has vinyl copies in stock of his acclaimed Gods and Monsters studio album "The Ordeal of Civility" produced by Jerry Harrison—order here!
12/15/2020
· FLASH!! GARY'S NEW DOUBLE CD RETROSPECTIVE "THE ESSENTIAL GARY LUCAS" is included in a TOP TEN HOLIDAY MUSIC GIFT LIST from Canada today in the Regina Leader Post; the list includes new album sets by the Beastie Boys, Elton John, The Buzzcocks, The White Stripes, Charlie Parker, Kool & the Gang, and Motorhead. The album is released Jan. 29th and you can Pre-Order it here
12/11/2020
· Gary is quoted in a new feature on Captain Beefheart in the latest issue of UnCut—read the article here
12/05/2020
· BETTER LATE THAN NEVER DEPT.: An interview with Gary and Nona Hendryx about their "The World of Captain Beefheart" project just ran in PopMatters
11/28/2020
· First UK review of Gary's 40-year retrospective double cd "THE ESSENTIAL GARY LUCAS" just in from Dancing About Architecture.com, read it here, the album is released Jan. 29th on Knitting Factory Records, pre-order the album here
11/27/2020
· Just confirmed; Feifei Yang, Jason Candler and Gary will give a special live-streamed concert to celebrate Chinese New Year on Feb. 12th 2021 for the Queens Public Library in Jamaica NY, which like Flushing boasts one of the largest concentrations of Chinese people in America
11/14/2020
· Gary's back in NYC after 3 weeks in the Netherlands where he played 2 nights at the So What's Next Festival in Eindhoven over Halloween weekend, check out his live-streamed set with acoustic bassist / singer Peter Willems here, and his performance accompanying the 1931 Spanish-language Dracula with his original live solo score here
11/13/2020
· A cool appreciation of Gary's all-acoustic 1996 "Evangeline" album just surfaced on the HollandTunnelDive blogspot
10/27/2020
· Gary is having a great time rehearsing in Maastricht with Peter Willems for their forthcoming album and debut performance this Friday night at the SO WHAT'S NEXT FESTIVAL in Eindhoven at 8pm Dutch time. Peter will also be Gary's special guest later today Tues. Oct 27th as part of Gary's regular Tuesday solo live-stream concert at 3pm EDT on Facebook.
10/26/2020
· This Sat night HALLOWEEN Gary is performing his live solo score accompanying the legendary 1931 SPANISH DRACULA at the SO WHAT'S NEXT FESTIVAL in Eindhoven Holland at 10pm Dutch time, 5pm EDT. And this Friday at 8pm Dutch time, 3pm EDT, Gary is performing live with Dutch acoustic bass virtuoso and singer PETER WILLEMS in their new duo format. Free to the public, watch it here! Photo collage to the left by 3XA
10/14/2020
· SEE JUNGLE SEE JUNGLE: Gary's new article about quintessential Jewish manager/agent provocateur the late great Malcolm McLaren is up now at PleaseKillMe.com

photo: an homage to Edouard Manet's famed "Dejeuner sur l'Herbe" used for the cover of the second Bow Wow Wow album, produced by Malcom McLaren (and subsequently pulled from the racks of many a retail record outlet)
10/11/2020
· GARY RETURNS TO THE NETHERLANDS FOR TWO LIVE SHOWS!! Read all of the details in the latest Press Release
10/07/2020
· This Sunday night Oct. 11th Gary is being interviewed by legendary Dutch producer CO DE KLOET on his CoLive! Program as part of a special evening devoted to Gary's musical career, broadcast on national Dutch radio NTR—tune in at 7pm Dutch time here, and it will also available on Apple Music
10/06/2020
· From Gary's Archive: Check out an ad Gary conceived and executed with art director Jay Rohrer for the release of The Clash's second album "Give 'Em Enough Rope" in the US circa 1978. The ad ran in Trouser Press Magazine, and Gary's copy line "The Only English Group That Matters" was shortened to "The Only Group The Matters" in subsequent ads Gary wrote for The Clash. The underlying text which the Clash album cover is layered over is a gossip column lifted from the Soho Weekly News.
09/26/2020
· Jeff Buckley's 1994 2-million selling "Grace" album—the first two songs of which were co-written and performed by Gary Lucas—comes in at #147 on Rolling Stone's revised 500 Greatest Albums of All Time list

photo copyright Chris Buck
09/23/2020
· Read Gary's review of the new Criterion Collection Blu-Ray of the classic 1979 documentary "Town Bloody Hall" (a/k/a "Norman Mailer vs. the Feminists"), directed by Chris Hegedus and D.A. Pennebaker
09/19/2020
· FAMILY VALUES: A feature about Gary's longtime favorites FAMILY, published in the Yale Daily News 10/2/72 after Family opened for Elton John at the New Haven Arena on 9/29/72
Click on these highly readable scans you can enlarge without eye-strain:
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3

photo to the left taken at the Arena during the show by Bill Hoffman
09/19/2020
· The article linked below from Forrest J. Ackerman and James Warren's MONSTER WORLD circa 1966 got THE GOLEM ball rolling for Gary...a Jewish Frankenstein, how cool is that? When New Music America and the BAM Next Wave Festival offered him a commission in 1989 to develop new musical work in tandem with another art form, he instantly hit on the idea of live scoring the original 1920 silent German expressionist masterpiece, directed by and starring Paul Wegener—and he invited his childhood friend, keyboardist/composer Walter Horn, with who he had a long history of making radical music with, in on the project. Gary and Walter debuted their live score at the Museum of the Moving Image in Astoria (originally Kaufman Studios, where The Marx Brothers filmed "The Coconuts") in the Fall of 1989, and were a big hit there, with Laurie Anderson coming up to compliment them. Next John Zorn invited them to play with the film at his First Festival of Radical Jewish Culture in Munich the following year, and since then Gary has taken this film and their music all over the world—playing in over 20 countries and in fantastic venues, including 35MM Theater in Moscow and Dom Kino in St. Petersburg, at the Jecheon Festival of Film and Music in South Korea, opening the New York Jewish Film Festival at Lincoln Center, at Cineteca Nacional in Mexico City, at POP Montreal, the WUK in Wien, Berlin Jewish Film Festival, at the Amiens Festival in France, Teatro Verdi in Firenze, the First SP Terror Festival in Sao Paulo, the Valladolid Film Festival in Spain, at Royal Festival Hall in London, the Venice Biennale, the Next Festival in Tel Aviv, at the AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center in Silver Spring MD, at the Sydney and Melbourne Jewish Film Festivals, Petofi Hall in Budapest, the Silent Movie Theatre in LA, at Paradiso Amsterdam—and of course, in Prague, home of THE GOLEM. Thanks to Jeff Roth for digging into his considerable archives for this Rocket from the Tombs.
cover | table of contents | part 1 | part 2 | part 3
09/17/2020
· MY BECK PAGES: Check out Gary's review of JEFF BECK'S "TRUTH" album from Syracuse's underground newspaper COGITO issue #3, "Virgo '68" (Aug 23-Sept 22)
09/16/2020
· Gary's solo acoustic instrumental tour de force of the Rolling Stones classic "She's a Rainbow" is out now as a digital single—details here!
09/07/2020
· Check out a new article by Gary about the one and only Brian Jones up at PleaseKillMe.com now—a review of the new DVD "ROLLING STONE: LIFE AND DEATH OF BRIAN JONES", plus ruminations on Brian's special musical genius
photo of Brian Jones by Art Kane
· New updated Gary Lucas WIKI page
09/06/2020
· NEW Early Rock Writing page added, featuring Gary's reviews from the 60's anf 70's of Led Zeppelin, The Kinks, the Nice, King Crimson, and more
· Several Merch items are back in stock!
09/04/2020
· Gary talks about his old friend HAL WILLNER in a new article by Roy Trakin in today's "Variety"
09/03/2020
· Check out two early 70's reviews Gary wrote for ZOO WORLD MAGAZINE—a rock tabloid out of Florida—first up is his June 21st 1973 review of THE NICE and their "Autumn to Spring" compilation album, page 1 and page 2; next is Gary's Aug. 17th 1973 review of two WHO-related solo albums from Roger Daltrey and John Entwistle
08/31/2020
· One of Gary's infamous record reviews unearthed—this one for King Crimson's "Lark's Tongue in Aspic" album, which appeared in Zoo World Magazine July 1973, and reprinted in the booklets of several King Crimson compilations over the years
· FROM THE LUCAS ARCHIVES: Check out two more music reviews Gary wrote for Syracuse's underground newspaper COGITO: The Nice review is from issue #8 December '69 (page 1 and page 2), and the Small Faces article is from issue #9 Feb. '70 (page 1 and page 2)
· New interview with Gary in The Forward!
08/25/2020
· Terrible news just now of the death of Gary's friend Pierre Ruiz in a mountain climbing accident in Sardinia over the weekend. Pierre was the visionary genius who saw the potential of recording a full album containing new studio versions of all the songs Gary Lucas co-wrote with Jeff Buckley for his Rome-based label Esordisco, featuring The Niro on vocals and Francesco Arpino Official on keyboards and production. The album was voted Best Album of 2019 by Classic Rock Italia.

Lucas will dedicate his live streaming concert on his Facebook page today Tues. Aug. 25th at 3pm EDT—#66 in a series—to the memory of Pierre Ruiz, and play many Buckley/Lucas songs from their album

· Thanks to Sean Kitching for this new interview with Gary in The Quietus on the 50th anniversary of Captain Beefheart's "Doc at the Radar Station"
08/23/2020
· Them "Grace" fans are crazy! Today is the 26th anniversary of the release of the "Grace" album, the first two songs on it ("Mojo Pin" and "Grace") co-written by Gary who also performed on them. Listen live today Sun. Aug. 23rd at 1pm EDT to national Dutch radio NPO who are broadcasting one hour of the historic live concert THE MUSIC OF JEFF BUCKLEY AND GARY LUCAS featuring Gary with the 65-piece Metropole Orchestra
· In honor of the 26th anniversary of the release of the "Grace" album today Sun.August 23rd, Gary has posted the demo of "Mojo Pin", recorded Aug. 1991, on his Soundcloud page as a gift for the fans
· Check out a new interview with Gary in Eighth Day Magazine, Ireland
08/19/2020
· Just unearthed from Gary's archives: A phone interview he conducted with Don Van Vliet (Captain Beefheart) for Yale's radio station WYBC FM 1/18/72—the first time the two of them ever spoke! Part one and part two
08/17/2020
· Check out a newly unearthed live rarity of Gary playing solo at London's swanky Town and Country Club Nov. 1988

photo: Melody Maker profile 2/1989 by David Fricke
08/16/2020
· NEW GARY LUCAS TRACK "SHE'S A RAINBOW" NOW AVAILABLE Just PayPal Gary a mere 20 bucks (or euros or pounds) here and a WAV file of a pristine studio recording of Gary's new solo acoustic arrangement of this CERTIFIED STONES CLASSIC will be WeTransferred to you forthwith. A highlight of the Stones' "Their Satanic Majesties Request" album, Lucas's version was recorded in Prague on his 1941 Gibson J-45 acoustic through a Marshall stack. The sonics on this recording are unbelievable! This clip shows a 2' x 2' 3D version of the original 3D cover of "Their Satanic Majesties Request", here realized by Robert Munn
08/16/2020
· Gary decided to take the day off today Sunday 8/16, and will resume his live streaming shows on Facebook this Tuesday 8/18 at 3pm EDT as usual
08/14/2020
· New interview with Gary at the Glasgow Film Festival a few years ago just surfaced on Twitter
· Read some early music reviews by Gary written when he was a student at Nottingham High School and published in Syracuse underground newspaper COGITO circa 1969, part one and part two
08/11/2020
· Just unearthed, ?from 1965 in Syracuse, courtesy Scott Shiffner—Available for mixers, proms, weddings, funerals, graduation ceremonies, class reunions, bar mitzvahs, bat mitzvahs, Purim festivals, Passover freilachs, Hanukkah hangs and brisot
·Update made to the Photos
08/07/2020
08/04/2020
· DVDs are back in stock in the Merch section!
08/03/2020
· Read Gary's appreciation of the immortal PETER GREEN—his favorite guitarist—in PLEASE KILL ME
· Check out an amazing new clip made in Hungary for "Gary and Toni Run the Hoodoo Down", a track from their Okaymusic album "Gary and Toni Go Nutz!"
· Gary's review of a local restaurant, 7/31/2020
07/30/2020
07/28/2020
07/24/2020
· Letter from US Ambassador to Mexico Christopher Landau to Gary just in—Gary has played for the disadvantaged children of Mexico for many years at the US Embassy's Biblioteca Nacional in Mexico City, and looks forward to returning there to play again soon
07/22/2020
· 12 of Gary's Favorite Films Now Available for Streaming on Kino Now, find the link and descriptions here
07/13/2020
· The Merch shop has re-opened! Please check out the selection, most items are autographed by Gary!
07/13/2020
07/12/2020
· WHEN GARY MET JEFF: From a new Italian graphic novel about Jeff Buckley, depicting Gary's first encounter with Jeff at a rehearsal at St. Ann's Church Brooklyn for Hal Willner's Tribute to Tim Buckley spring 1991
07/12/2020
· Save the Date: Sunday August 23rd tune in to Co de Kloet's "Co Live!" show on national Dutch radio NPO at 7:00pm Dutch time for a rebroadcast of "The Music of Jeff Buckley and Gary Lucas" recorded live at the Paradiso Amsterdam a few years ago featuring Gary Lucas with the 65-piece Metropole Orchestra and featuring singers Alessio Franchini, Jolene Grunberg, and many others doing symphonic versions of Buckley/Lucas songs
07/10/2020
· New interview with Gary in the latest issue of Guitar World Magazine, read it here (page 1) and here (page 2)
07/09/2020
07/09/2020
· Gary writes: "There exists a gorgeous GL solo acoustic studio track titled 'Take Me To Ze Casbah' recorded at Faust Studios in Prague, featuring me playing my original instrumental on my trusty 1941 Gibson J-45 through a Marshall stack in real time, no overdubs. It's one of the best things I've ever done, frankly. And now this 'lil sonic wonderment can be yours forever and a day for a mere 20 dollars US—20 Samolians—20 Iron Men...(hell, I'll accept 20e and 20 pounds also).
Just PayPal me the dough here, and Voila! New Solo Acoustic Guitar Fireworks a la Gary will be winging their way to you imminently. Once I receive payment I will personally send you a WAV file of this track via WeTransfer. (Please do make sure you PayPal the amount to me as Friends or Family to avoid PayPal taking their nasty little cut off my end)."
07/05/2020
· Read a reminiscence by Gary of his father Murray Lucas in honor of Father's Day, June 21, 2020
06/27/2020
· Check out a new page devoted to Gary's recent social media tributes to the one and only CAPTAIN BEEFHEART (Don Van Vliet)
06/27/2020
· Thanks to Gary's friend Down Under Pippa Casey for this great write-up! Pippa gets up at 5am Australian time to watch Gary's live streaming concerts three times a week every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday at 3pm EDT
06/22/2020
· Gary pays tribute to his late friend and mentor Don Van Vliet a/k/a Captain Beefheart with his live streaming three part Tribute to Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band: Part One, Part Two, and Part Three, also Gary is writing a daily appreciation on Facebook of his Top 5 Favorite Beefheart albums this week—check out his take on "Safe As Milk" here
06/19/2020
· Joe's Pub at the Public Theater in NYC are streaming an archival performance by Gary, Feifei Yang and Jason Candler of their Chinese pop project "The Edge of Heaven" this Sunday June 21st on their website and on YouTube, showtime is 8:00pm EDT
06/13/2020
· Gary is interviewed by Sal Cataldi about his Quarantine Streaming Concerts on the New York State Music website
· Save the date: Tues. June 16th Gary will present a tribute on his Facebook page at 3:00pm EDT to Captain Beefheart (Don Van Vliet) on the occasion of the 51st anniversary of the release of Beefheart's magnum opus "Trout Mask Replica"
· Lastly, Gary has been asked to contribute guitar to a new version of "Trout Mask"'s "Hobo Chang Ba" by Afghani children working with his friend guitarist Lanny Cordola, who has been running Music Education programs for disadvantaged children in Afghanistan for some years—stay tuned!
06/09/2020
· Update made to the Photos, photo to the left: Gary at Green Earth Cleaners in the West Village wearing a new Japanese manufactured mask, courtesy of his friend Jonathan Luftig 6/8/20
· Updates made to the Biography
06/07/2020
· Gary gets a shout-out today for his live streaming concerts from Ben Sisario in the Sunday New York Times Arts and Leisure Section, top right of Page 2. Check out Gary's complete archive of concerts since lockdown began here—Gary plays live on Facebook every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday at 3pm EDT
06/05/2020
· Please check out Part One, Part Two, and Part Three of Gary's live Facebook Tribute to his friend and collaborator Jeff Buckley—marking 23 years since Jeff's tragic passing
06/02/2020
· IN OBSERVANCE OF BLACKOUT TUESDAY TODAY JUNE 2 IN THE MUSIC BIZ DUE TO THE PRESENT EMERGENCY, PART THREE OF GARY'S FACEBOOK TRIBUTE TO JEFF BUCKLEY IS POSTPONED TILL THIS THURSDAY JUNE 4 AT 3PM EST
06/01/2020
· Gary's Pandemic Top 10 Albums, An Appreciation on Facebook (click through the links for more information from Gary on each album)
05/29/2020
· RIP Jeff Buckley—23 Years Gone Today

Please tune in to Part Two of my Tribute to my friend and collaborator Jeff Buckley streaming live on my Facebook page tomorrow Sat. May 30th at 3pm EDT
05/24/2020
· Gary's live streamed Facebook solo concerts are a Pick on the Jazz On The Tube website!

Check Gary out every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday playing live on Facebook at 3pm EDT...and visit the Archive of all Gary's shows since lockdown here
05/18/2020
· 25 shows since lockdown and counting: Gary loves to interact with fans. Here's a clip of Tony Ammerman jamming along with one of Gary's recent Facebook concerts (just click the play button on the image to the left!). Watch Gary play live here every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday at 3:00pm Eastern Time, and visit the archive here
05/11/2020
05/06/2020
· Check out Gary's live solo Facebook concert from yesterday May 5th 2020, taken on his new iPhone 11 (his 7 gave up the ghost!)—even better sound and image than before
05/02/2020
· This Monday May 4th at 7:00pm EDT, Gary is doing a live solo concert on Zoom for the historic Eldridge Street Synagogue on the Lower East Side as part of their Cocktail Concert Series, more details here

photo copyright by Michel Delsol
04/29/2020
· New interview with Gary for Greek website BLUES.GR
· Visit the archive of Gary's live Facebook concerts archived since lockdown began—Gary goes live on his Facebook page to play for you every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday at 3pm EDT
04/22/2020
· Today on the occasion of the great Charles Mingus' birthday (he would have been 98!) WKCR-FM at Columbia University are broadcasting a 24-hour tribute—and from 11:00am to 2:00pm EDT they will air a show Gary did with WKCR stalwart Mitch Goldman a couple years ago delving into many rare Mingus sides and live concert tapes—Listen live here, please tune in
04/15/2020
· Read a tribute to Hal Willner from many of his friends (including Gary) in All About Jazz

· Check out Gary's latest apartment concert from 4/14/20 here
Gary will be performing half hour solo concerts live from his apartment in the West Village of Manhattan on his Facebook page every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at 3:00pm EDT during this very stressful period. The concerts are archived here
04/11/2020
· Gary is going live again solo from his apartment in the West Village at 3:00pm EDT today on his Facebook page, his last show was a Tribute to Hal Willner on Thurs. April 9th which you can see here, and all of Gary's live apartment concerts during this stressful period are archived here
04/09/2020
· Listen to Gary's show 4/7/20 live from his living room here, including Beefheart's "Evening Bell" on electric. Today 4/9/20 Gary will pay tribute to his late friend the great Hal Willner at 3pm EDT on Facebook

RIP Hal Willner—Gary's old friend and the man responsible for hooking him up with Jeff Buckley (check out Gary's book "Touched By Grace")
04/07/2020
· Today April 7th Gary is going live twice on Facebook—the first time at 1:30pm EDT on the "Moon in June" Facebook page set up by his good friend Patrizia Marcagnani in Perugia Italy, where Gary will be playing solo for half an hour to raise money for a hospital there fighting Covid-19. And then at 3pm EDT Gary will be playing his regular live solo set on his Facebook page which he plays every Tues., Thurs. and Sat. at 3pm EST for half an hour for fans, friends and all interested folks. Please tune in today... and please share! All of Gary's solo sets during this difficult period are archived here.

Photo to the left of Gary live at the Moon in June Festival in Perugia a few years ago
04/02/2020
· New interview about Gary's life and times just out now with the writer David Eastaugh for his "C86 Show"
· Due to the crisis, the new release date for Gary's forthcoming retrospective double CD "The Essential Gary Lucas" is Sept. 11th 2020—you can pre-order it now here
04/01/2020
· GO GO GOLEM: Gary's last out-of-town gig on March 4th accompanying the silent expressionist horror classic "The Golem" at the Cornell Cinema at Cornell University in Ithaca just received this appreciative review:

"Gary Lucas' stunning score for 'The Golem' at Cornell was the highlight of our public programs this year. The music amplifies the power of this tale and the expressionist set to create an unforgettable evening of cinema—one that, far from being dated, almost seems prophetic."
—Jonathan Boyarin
Paul and Bertha Hendrix Director of Jewish Studies
Diann G. and Thomas A. Mann Professor of Modern Jewish Studies
Cornell University

Any programmers / film festivals / arts centres looking for something uniquely different who are thinking long-range please contact Warren Galea at
03/31/2020
· Starting this Thursday April 2nd Gary is streaming live solo acoustic concerts on Facebook every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday @ 3pm!!

It's free and open to the public here—check out yesterday's concert (3/30) here!

In this time of no gigs, if you like what you hear please share your appreciation through PayPal here!
03/30/2020
· Gary is going live solo acoustic today Mon. March 30th at 3pm EST, 1pm Mexico time, 4pm Uruguay time, 8pm UK time, 9pm European time on his Facebook page—hope to see you there!
03/28/2020
· See Gary's 3/28 Facebook Live concert here!
03/27/2020
· Before the plague hit hard here in NYC, Gary's last out of town gig was a near sell-out with "The Golem" at the Cornell Cinema at Cornell University on March 4th—some very nice feedback below. If you are an arts or a film programmer thinking long-range and are looking for something unique, please contact Warren Galea at .

"Weaving together themes that range from eerie to folksy, ominous to psychedelic, with a sprinkling of motifs from Jewish music mixed in, masterful guitarist Gary Lucas works his magic in a unique score for Paul Wegener's German expressionist classic, The Golem. Performing on an electric and acoustic guitar, along with effects pedals, he conjures unexpected sensations and surprising empathies. After the show, he offers a great talk-back about both his score and the film."
—Mary Fessenden, Director, Cornell Cinema

" I just saw the legendary Gary Lucas (of Captain Beefheart) perform his score to the silent film The Golem. Oscillating between electric guitar and acoustic and with the aid of a bunch of pedals, he captivates musically the story of the clay monster made by a Rabbi in Prague which will save humanity. Boy do we need a friendly monster these days! The performance feels intimate and at the same time produces vast soundscapes which sweep across the stage. I was blown away. This is something not to be missed."
—Trevor Pinch - author of Analog Days: The Invention and Impact of the Moog Synthesizer

"Gary Lucas' live score accompanying 'The Golem' is a total treat, a virtuoso performance on guitars that adds meaning and depth to this silent film classic. Don't miss this unique opportunity to see a great guitarist providing the soundtrack to a great movie!"
—Gerald R. Beasley
Carl A. Kroch University Librarian
Cornell University
03/27/2020
· See Gary's 3/26 Facebook Live concert here!
03/26/2020
· FLASH!! Gary is playing solo acoustic live today on Facebook at 3pm EST, 7pm UK time and 8pm European time—free and open to the public!!
03/25/2020
· Gary has been playing live solo acoustic fireworks on Facebook in the last few days under lockdown and the response has been extremely enthusiastic. Check him out here from 3/23 and here from 3/24...and stay tuned for an announcement here about his next live performance!
03/22/2020
· TROPICAL HOTDOG NIGHT: attention all Captain Beefheart fans!! Tonight Sun. March 22nd Gary's old friend Dutch producer and Zappa-Beefheart go-to-guy Co De Kloet is broadcasting a big chunk of "The World of Captain Beefheart" concert he mounted at the Paradiso Amsterdam a few years ago—featuring Gary and the 65-piece Metropole Orkest, Nona Hendryx, Jolene Grunberg, Tom Trapp and others—on his national Dutch radio NPO program Co Live!

The show begins at 7:00pm Dutch time, 2:00pm EDT

Listen live here
Or you can find the show on their website
And you can find the podcast here
03/21/2020
· Due to the crisis Gary has postponed his April 30th London show at The Troubadour and also the May 1st release of his retrospective album "The Essential Gary Lucas". Stay tuned for new dates. Meanwhile he's been busy at home—live YouTube video from 3/19!
03/16/2020
· RIP Gary's friend and collaborator Genesis Breyer P-Orridge, here is a clip of the duo performing at Gary's NYC Captain Beefheart Symposium at the Knitting Factory Brooklyn April 8th 2011

photo: l to r—Genesis P-Orridge, GL, two unidentified fans, and Danny Fields outside the Knitting Factory Brooklyn
03/11/2020
· Check out this beautiful new clip for Gary's song "Follow", fresh from Mexico City by Creative Visualists Anahi and Nadia Rubalcava, from Gary's forthcoming 40 year retrospective album out May 1st
03/09/2020
· Thrilled and honored to announce that Gary's old friend and collaborator Joan Osborne will be sitting in with Gary and Gods and Monsters at his 40th anniversary show at Le Poisson Rouge in Manhattan on Monday April 27th!!

This is the official NYC launch of Gary's upcoming retrospective double CD "The Essential Gary Lucas", released May 1st on Knitting Factory Records
03/04/2020
· Whetting your appetite...new double CD Gary Lucas retrospective out May 1st on Knitting Factory spotlighted in Premier Guitar
03/01/2020
· Read an interview with Gary about his upcoming show with "The Golem" at Cornell University this Wed. March 4th!
02/15/2020
· 4-1/2 Stars out of 5 for THE COMPLETE JEFF BUCKLEY AND GARY LUCAS SONGBOOK in Highlands (France)
02/14/2020
· Check out an article about Gary's upcoming 40 year retrospective album release "The Essential Gary Lucas" in Broadway World
02/08/2020
· Just confirmed—on Sat. April 4th Gary will be presenting a 2-1/2 hour MASTERCLASS at The School of Jazz and Contemporary Music at The New School in Manhattan in association with the Creative Music Studio in Woodstock—class starts at noon, more details tba
02/08/2020
· Just confirmed: Gary is opening solo for his friends Wishbone Ash at Le Plan on Thursday May 21st just outside Paris at 1 Avenue Louis Aragon, 91130 Ris-Orangis
02/08/2020
· Check out a teaser clip for Gary's forthcoming double CD 40 year retrospective album "The Essential Gary Lucas", released April 15th
02/06/2020
02/03/2020
· Polish actress Anna Podolak just added to the lineup of GARY LUCAS & FRENZ Wed. Feb. 19th 7pm at Joe's Pub NYC—they will perform this little toe-tapper by Krzysztof Komeda, tickets here
02/02/2020
· New UK show just announced for Thurs. April 30th in London at The Troubadour in support of the release April 15th of the new GL double CD retrospective album "The Essential Gary Lucas", tickets here
01/25/2020
· This Sunday at 3pm Gary is performing a live solo score to a film about the great Jonas Mekas by Ken Jacobs at Anthology Film Archives in NYC in support of a book release party for a new edition of Jonas' diaries, "I Seem to Live", edited by film maker Chuck Smith, special guests include Ed Sanders, Richard Barone, Ken and Flo Jacobs, Stella Schnabel, and others
01/23/2020
· Another great review just in from Italy in MusicZoom for THE COMPLETE JEFF BUCKLEY AND GARY LUCAS SONGBOOK (Esordisco), English translation here
01/22/2020
· Photo to the left just added to the Through the Past, Brightly section: Poster for Jan. '96 classical concert at the old Knitting Factory NYC to promo new classical magazine Tutti, see a clip from CNN here
01/19/2020
· Review from Bruce Lee Gallanter's Downtown Music Gallery Newsletter NYC 1/17/20 of THE COMPLETE JEFF BUCKLEY AND GARY LUCAS SONGBOOK, voted Best Album of 2019 in Classic Rock Italia
01/14/2020
· POSTPONED, STAY TUNED - Save the date: Feifei Yang and Gary will be performing 30's Chinese pop at the LUNAR NEW YEAR GALA this Tues. Jan. 21st at 7pm at The Penn Club of New York, 30 West 44th St. Come and celebrate Chinese New Year and Chinese-American friendship. Guest speaker will be Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, and there will be dinner and cocktails. More info coming soon!
01/08/2020
· "THE COMPLETE JEFF BUCKLEY AND GARY LUCAS SONGBOOK" VOTED ALBUM OF THE YEAR IN CLASSIC ROCK MAGAZINE!!
"The Niro and Gary Lucas are the combination of the year" according to Classic Rock Magazine! We thank all the journalists who voted 'The Complete Jeff Buckley and Gary Lucas Songbook' as Best album of 2019. The year has just begun and it's already exciting!
01/03/2020
12/29/2019
· Read a live review of Gary and The Niro's live show in Milan last week, English translation here
· New live review of Gary and The Niro's concert in Rome, Italy in Mescalina Magazine, English translation here
12/27/2019
· Gary, The Niro and Francesco Arpino perform an acoustic "Story Without Words" live for Italian national newspaper La Reppublica in a hotel lobby in Italy
12/17/2019
· Just confirmed: Wed. March 4th, Gary Lucas plays his live soundtrack accompanying an incredible new restoration of the classic 1920 German expressionist horror film "The Golem" (d. Paul Wegener and Carl Boese) at the Cornell Cinema at Cornell University in Ithaca NY, photo to the left by Arjen Veldt
· Listen to Gary solo acoustic on Co Live! broadcast yesterday on national Dutch radio NTR, taped at Nick Vollebregt's famous jazz club in Laren Holland
12/14/2019
· Read a great new review of THE COMPLETE JEFF BUCKLEY AND GARY LUCAS SONGBOOK in the new issue of Relix
12/12/2019
· Read a new article/interview with Gary Lucas in Italian Rolling Stone about working with Jeff Buckley, English translation here
12/10/2019
· Read a great new review of Gary's new album with The Niro on JP's Music Blog
11/28/2019
· Check out the poster for Gary's upcoming shows in Italy with The Niro
11/28/2019
· Just added to the upcoming Italian tour with The Niro, Fri. Dec. 20th in Milano at Serraglio
11/26/2019
· Just confirmed: Wed. Feb. 19th, 7pm, Joe's Pub NYC - GARY LUCAS AND FRENZ, with special guests Ernie Brooks, Billy Ficca, Jason Candler, Feifei Yang, and all the way from the UK, Pierre Roxon, more tba
11/26/2019
· English translation of new review of "The Complete Jeff Buckley and Gary Lucas Songbook" in Polish music blog LongPlay-recenzje
11/21/2019
· Just confirmed: Sun. Dec. 15th, Gary performs live solo acoustic on the long-running show live from the famous jazz club Nick Vollebregt Jazz Cafe in Laren Netherlands, hosted by his old friend Co de Kloet. The show will be broadcast from 7-9pm that night on national Dutch radio NTR. Famous musicians who have played at the Jazz Cafe include Chet Baker, Dizzy Gillespie, Art Blakey and Bill Evans.
11/21/2019
· New interview with Gary from Mexican cultural mag Las Juguetes-Rabioso, English translation here
11/10/2019
· UPCOMING GARY LUCAS SHOWS IN FRANCE, BELGIUM, NETHERLANDS AND ITALY THROUGH NEW YEAR'S

Gary Lucas and Yass Body Masterclass Tour
Sat. 30/11 : Le Metaphone 9-9 bis, Oignies, France
Sun. 01/12 : Amul Solo, Lille, France
Mon. 02/12 : CEMC, Clamart Henri Dutilleux Conservatoire de la Musique, Clamart, France
Wed. 04/12 : Conservatory of Music, Dunkerque, France

"Grace" Tributes in Belgium and Netherlands
Fri. 13/12 : "Grace" Tribute with Dutch musicians at C-Mine Genk Belgium
Sat. 14/12 : "Grace" Tribute with Dutch musicians at Eindhoven Musiekgebouw

Gary Lucas and Jeff Buckley Songbook Italian concerts with The Niro and Francesco Arpino
Wed. 18/12 : Druso, Bergamo
Thu. 19/12 : Astro Club, Pordenone
Sat. 21/12 : Bad King, Perugia
Sun. 22/12 : Area Fuori Tema, Bologna
Mon. 23/12 : i vizi del Pellicano, Correggio (MO)
Thu. 26/12 : BLAH BLAH Torino
Fri. 27/12 : MONK Roma, Roma
Sat. 28/12 : Mercato Nuovo, Taranto
Sun. 29/12 : Anche Cinema, Bari
11/09/2019
· New Italian Tour Dates just announced for Gary Lucas and The Niro!!

18/12 Druso, Bergamo
19/12 Astro Club, Pordenone
21/12 Bad King, Perugia
22/12 Area Fuori Tema, Bologna
23/12 i vizi del Pellicano, Correggio (MO)
26/12 BLAH BLAH Torino
27/12 MONK Roma, Roma
28/12 Mercato Nuovo, Taranto
29/12 Anche Cinema, Bari

Booking:
Musiche Metropolitane e La Fabbrica Etichetta Indipendente
11/07/2019
· By kind invitation of the US Embassy in Mexico, Gary is honored to be giving a solo concert for disadvantaged Mexican children this Fri. night Nov. 8th at the Biblioteca Benjamin Franklin in Mexico City at 7pm
11/06/2019
11/05/2019
· With Solange Garcia in Mexico City about to play Spanish "Dracula" at Cine Tonala 11/2/19 for Day of the Dead
11/02/2019
· With Gary's friend and collaborator Sandra Bernhard at the Chutzpah! Festival in Vancouver Canada 11/1/19
10/30/2019
· Gary's two Day of the Dead shows with Spanish "Dracula" are a pick in Mexico's national newspaper La Jornada today
10/23/2019
· 8 out of 10 in OA Plus (Italy) for The Niro featuring Gary Lucas - "The Complete Jeff Buckley and Gary Lucas Songbook", English translation here
10/18/2019
· Read a new interview with Gary from The Georgia Straight about his upcoming concert in Vancouver at the Chutzpah! Festival Oct 30th with his live soundtracks for Spanish "Dracula" and "Frankenstein"
· View the poster for Gary's upcoming "Grace" tribute show in the Netherlands
10/12/2019
· Updates made to the Tour section
10/10/2019
· View the poster for Gary's upcoming charity concert in Mexico City at Biblioteca Benjamin Frank on Fri. Nov. 8th
10/10/2019
· Rave review of THE COMPLETE JEFF BUCKLEY AND GARY LUCAS SONGBOOK from Indie-Zone (Italy), English translation here
10/05/2019
· Check out the posters for Gary's 2 special Day of the Dead shows with Spanish "Dracula" in Mexico! Sat. Nov. 2nd at Cine Tonala in Mexico City, and Sunday Nov. 3rd at Teopanzolco Centro Cultural in Cuernavaca!
10/03/2019
· Read a rave review of THE COMPLETE JEFF BUCKLEY AND GARY LUCAS SONGBOOK from Magazzini Inesistenti, English translation here
10/02/2019
· Check out great reviews of THE COMPLETE JEFF BUCKLEY AND GARY LUCAS SONGBOOK featuring Gary and The Niro from the latest issue of UnCut Magazine and in the latest issue of Il Manifesto Italy, English translation here
· Watch a new clip for "She is Free", one of the Buckley/Lucas songs that graces the album—released in Italia Oct. 4th and in the US Nov. 8th on Esordisco
09/28/2019
· Write a new song with Gary at Hookist.com!! Gary's looking for lyrics to go along with a new instrumental of his, check out the story so far on YouTube here and here—submit your lyrics now
09/12/2019
· Read a new interview with Gary from J Dubber Music Promotions
08/24/2019
08/23/2019
· Celebrating 25 years of "Grace", Gary shares the original Gods and Monsters studio demo version from 1991

photo by Jack Vartoogian
08/23/2019
· Two more gigs announced in Mexico City:

Sat. Nov. 2nd SPECIAL DAY OF THE DEAD SHOW at Cine Tonala in Mexico City - Spanish "Dracula" rises again, time tba

Fri. Nov. 8th free Masterclass and Solo Acoustic concert for disadvantaged Mexican children at the Biblioteca Benjamin Franklin in Mexico City, times tba—this is Gary's 7th time playing there!
08/20/2019
· Gary is interviewed in an article about the 50th anniversary of "Trout Mask Replica" in the latest Pop Matters
08/10/2019
· Listen to "No One Must Find You Here", one of 5 unreleased Lucas/Buckley songs featured on the forthcoming album by The Niro and Gary Lucas, THE COMPLETE JEFF BUCKLEY AND GARY LUCAS SONGBOOK, released Oct. 4th on Esordisco

photo taken in Rome 7/21/19 by Paolo Soriani
08/10/2019
· Check out the complete interview with Gary about working with Jeff Buckley and his forthcoming album with the Niro, THE COMPLETE JEFF BUCKLEY AND GARY LUCAS SONGBOOK as it ran in Italian national newspaper Il Messagero 7/20/19
08/03/2019
· Check out a new clip of Gary playing live solo acoustic on a rooftop in Porto Portugal—thanks to Tiago Ferreira
08/03/2019
· Another rave review of Gary and The Niro's teaser concert at Villa Ada Rome 7/21/19 in Post.it Roma

photo by Paolo Soriani
08/03/2019
08/02/2019
· Another rave review for Gary and The Niro's live tribute in Rome last week 7/21/19 in End of a Century magazine

photo by Paolo Soriani
07/29/2019
· Read a live review from Metropolitan Magazine of Gary's concert with Italian vocalist The Niro on 7/21/19 at Villa Ada in Rome, a teaser for their new album "The Complete Jeff Buckley and Gary Lucas Songbook", released Oct. 4th on Esordisco

See some images from the concert in updates made to the Photos

photo by Paolo Soriani
07/29/2019
· New interview with Gary in The Times of Israel about performing "The Golem" at The Metrograph NYC recently
07/27/2019
· Just confirmed: by popular demand, Gary returns to The Colony in Woodstock with his one-man multimedia show "From Beefheart to Buckley and Beyond"—featuring stories from his 40 year career in music, rare clips, and lots and lots of guitar spanning his 30 plus albums on Fri. Sept. 6th at 8:00pm
07/23/2019
· Front page of Italian national newspaper Il Messagero's cultural section 7/21/19, see it larger here
07/20/2019
· Gary is interviewed in Italian national newspaper Il Messagero about working with The Niro on "The Complete Jeff Buckley and Gary Lucas Songbook"—released Oct. 4th on Esordisco
07/20/2019
· Gary plays a special outdoor concert tribute to Jeff Buckley in Rome's largest park Villa Ada tomorrow Sunday July 21st at 9:30pm with singer The Niro and producer Francesco Arpino as a teaser for the Oct. 4th release of "The Complete Jeff Buckley and Gary Lucas Songbook" album on Esordisco
07/12/2019
· Check out Joseph Arthur's cool new YouTube podcast "Come to Where I'm From", featuring Gary being interviewed for 2 hours on all phases of his career by JA
07/11/2019
· EARLY HALLOWEEN:
Just confirmed for Wed. Oct. 30th at the Chutzpah! Festival in Vancouver BC
"DRACULA VS. FRANKENSTEIN"
2 of Gary's favorite live film scores
George Melford's Spanish "Dracula" at 7pm
and James Whale's "Frankenstein" at 9pm on the MainStage
07/02/2019
· Just confirmed: Italian vocalist Davide Combusti (The Niro), keyboardist/producer Francesco Arpino and Gary with a smoking rhythm section behind them will perform selections from their forthcoming album THE COMPLETE JEFF BUCKLEY AND GARY LUCAS SONG BOOK (coming this fall on Esordisco) at lovely Villa Ada, a beautiful open-air park in Rome on Sunday July 21st at 8pm

photo of The Niro and Gary by Paolo Soriani
06/20/2019
06/20/2019
· From Jian Xiao, who headed up the restoration of 1934 Chinese silent film classic "The Goddess", which Gary recently accompanied with his original live solo score at the Transylvania International Film Festival:
"Thank you very much Mr. Gary Lucas for playing your live solo guitar soundtrack for "The Goddess" at TIFF. This film is about a tragedy in early Shanghai, China. Gary Lucas uses his guitar plus his understanding of the film to show the essence of the film vividly. At the climax of the film, his guitar score drives the audience to tears. This is the best time I've seen famous diva actress Ruan Lingyu's show-stopping scene driven by music outside of China. Lucas' score promotes the integration of Eastern and Western cultures, so that European audiences can better understand the film."
—Jiao Xiang, China Film Archive, Beijing 2019.6.18

photo by Nicu Cherciu
06/17/2019
· New interview podcast with Gary on Fred.FM about his live performance with "The Goddess" last week at the Transylvania International Film Festival
06/08/2019
· Some fantastic photos by Nicu Cherciu from Gary's sold-out show with "The Goddess" at the Transylvania International Film Festival 6/5/19
06/07/2019
· Sold-out and standing ovation for Gary's show with "The Goddess" in the Church of the Holy Trinity at the Transilvania International Film Festival in Cluj Romania 6/5/19
05/31/2019
· Hey guys I'm playing solo acoustic here in the West Village at legendary jazz/blues watering hole The 55 Bar Sunday June 16th from 3-5pm...which happens to be Bloomsday for all you James Joyce fans...and also the actual 50th anniversary to the day of the release of Trout Mask Replica...expect the unexpected
05/03/2019
· With Feifei Yang at the Museum Of Chinese in America (MOCA)'s party for the opening of their new exhibition "The Moon Represents My Heart: Music, Memory and Belonging" 5/1/19 NYC
04/30/2019
· New album THE COMPLETE JEFF BUCKLEY AND GARY LUCAS SONGBOOK coming this fall from Italian label Esordisco featuring Davide Combusti (The Niro) and produced by Francesco Arpino; this news item just appeared in the Italian music magazine Buscadero
04/26/2019
· Just confirmed: Gary, Feifei Yang, and Jason Candler will bring THE EDGE OF HEAVEN to The Cutting Room NYC on Tues. May 28th at 9:30pm, with hypnotic visuals by Kristopher Anton

photo by Frederic Foto
04/24/2019
· Rave review in the latest issue French music mag Rock&Folk for Gary's live solo show in Paris March 9th
04/18/2019
· New interview with Gary for Paris-based website La Chaîne Guitare (The Guitar Channel), check out the podcast interview here—merci Pierre Journel and Laurent David

photo: with Pierre Journel
04/17/2019
· Flash!! Gary was just invited to perform his celebrated solo score for the 1934 Chinese silent film "The Goddess" at the Transylvania International Film Festival (TIFF) on Wed. June 5th in Cluj Romania—his second time performing at this cool festival, a special event of TIFF 18's Focus China program
04/16/2019
· Check out the new track "Toby's Place" featuring Gary along with UK drum and bass meisters Arkell and Hargreaves on the new On-U Sounds compilation "Pay It All Back Vol. 7", produced and mixed by Adrian Sherwood
04/11/2019
· Just confirmed: Gary will perform his celebrated live solo score accompanying a brand new restored print of "The Golem" struck from the original German negative on Sat. June 15th at the Metrograph, NYC's premier arthouse cinema; part of his ongoing live score retrospective there, curated by Jacob Perlin and Bob Rubin
03/21/2019
· Rave review from Frederic Bonnaud, Directeur general de la Cinematheque francaise, for Gary's new live solo score for Erich Von Stroheim's "The Wedding March", which he premiered in Paris on March 1st
03/14/2019
· Gary packed the Sunset Jazz Club with his tribute to Jeff Buckley and Captain Beefheart Sat. March 9th—special guests included Davide Combusti (The Niro) and Francesco Arpino from Rome pictured here, plus Yass Body, David Konopnicki, David Fenech, Laurent Davd and special guest Jan-Philippe Rykiel; read an appreciation here by writer Julie Blore-Bizot

photo to the left: Gary, The Niro and Francesco Arpino at Sunset Jazz Club Paris 3/9/19
03/05/2019
· Gary packed the Cinematheque francaise in Paris on Fri. March 1st with the world premiere of his new live solo score accompanying Erich Von Stroheim's 1928 silent masterpiece "The Wedding March"
02/22/2019
· Check out a live clip of Gary, Feifei Yang and Jason Candler at Joe's Pub at the Public NYC 2/20/19 performing "The Moon Represents My Heart" as part of their EDGE OF HEAVEN project with special guest Yao Wang on guzheng
02/21/2019
· This Fri. night Fed. 22nd at The Colony in Woodstock, with Gary's special guests Josiah Longo and Mimi Sun Longo sitting in!
02/09/2019
· Save the date: Fri. March 1st Gary returns to la Cinematheque francaise in Paris at 8:30pm to perform the world premiere of his new live solo score accompanying Erich Von Stroheim's 1928 romantic silent drama "The Wedding March" (La Symphonie nuptials) in the Henri Langlois Theatre
01/28/2019
· The European premiere of Gary's live solo score for Luis Bunuel's "El Angel Exterminador" at Sala BBK in Bilbao Spain a Pick in El Correo 1/27/19
01/17/2019
· Two upcoming NYC shows just confirmed:

Mon. Feb. 4th, 8pm, Mercury Lounge NYC - Gary performs solo on "Opening Day", celebrating the opening of the Mercury Lounge 25 years ago to the day on a bill with friends and collaborators Richard Barone, Peter Stampfel and Laura Cantrell, tickets here

Fri. Mar. 15th, 8pm, City Vineyard on Pier 26, NYC - An Evening with Gary Lucas solo acoustic, with his special guest Feifei Yang sitting in, tickets here
01/15/2019
· Photo to the left: Full House for Gary's performance with his live solo score for "The Unholy Three", part of his ongoing retrospective of his live scores at The Metrograph NYC 1/11/19, view a clip here
photo by Phil Mango
12/22/2018
· Just confirmed: Fri. Jan. 11th Gary is performing his live solo score accompanying Tod Browning's 1923 silent thriller "The Unholy Three" starring the great Lon Chaney at NYC's premier arthouse The Metrograph at 7 Ludlow Street right on the edge of Chinatown
More info and tickets here
12/14/2018
· Just confirmed: Gary is playing solo acoustic at The Colony in Woodstock on Fri. Feb. 22nd! Tickets here
12/05/2018
· Just confirmed: Gary, Feifei Yang, and Jason Candler are bringing THE EDGE OF HEAVEN to Joe's Pub at The Public in Manhattan on Wed. Feb. 20th at 7pm!! Tickets here
· Excellent review from the People's Daily New York of Gary's friend and collaborator Feifei Yang's concert at Flushing Town Hall Dec. 2nd featuring Gary as special guest! (English translation here)
11/26/2018
· Gary with The Band's Garth Hudson and Joziah Longo after an epic night playing in Woodstock at The Colony with The Slambovian Circus of Dreams 11/24/18

photo by Tink Lloyd
11/19/2018
11/15/2018
· Gary's Soundcloud page is spotlighted in Dangerous Minds today!

painting by Don Van Vliet
11/10/2018
· Gary is special guest of his collaborator and friend Feifei Yang on Sun. Dec. 2nd at 2:30pm at her Flushing Town Hall solo concert with band!!
10/21/2018
10/15/2018
· Gary is sitting in with his buddies psychedelicious band The Slambovian Circus of Dreams at their big Halloween show in Irvington Sat. Oct 27th at 8:00 PM at the Grand Slambovian Halloween Ball at the Irvington Town Hall Theater, 85 Main Street, Irvington, NY 10533, Box Office: 914-591-6602, boxoffice@irvingtonny.gov, or get tickets online here
...and he's doin' it again with them at their Thanksgiving show at The Colony in Woodstock! Friday, November 23rd, 2018 8:00 PM, The Colony, 22 Rock City Road, Woodstock, NY, tickets here
Basically Gary's doing "From Beefheart to Buckley and Beyond" with the Circus backing him up!

photo: with Josiah Longo from the Slambovians at Gary's recent show at The Cutting Room NYC
10/05/2018
· Photo to the left just added to the Through the Past, Brightly section: The contact sheet for Gary's Village Voice Centerfold photo in Sept. 1992 courtesy photographer Michel Delsol...the photo selected was the third down on the left hand side
· Monday Oct. 15th Gary is the guest of his pal Mitch Goldman on WKCR-FM from 6-9pm playing and discussing all things Mingus—listen live at wkcr.org 89.9 FM
· Please visit RMT Music Productions here
09/26/2018
· One of the best nights of Gary's life at The Cutting Room NYC 9/27/18 "From Beefheart to Buckley and Beyond" with special amazing guests Feifei Yang, Jason Candler, Joziah Longo, Jann Klose and Lila Palmer—big thanks to RMT Productions for getting this show rolling in the UK!
09/26/2018
· Listen to a new interview with Gary conducted by Mia Berman on Mia's World, Skye Crescent Radio
09/22/2018
· On Sat. Oct 20th Gary is honored to perform at a Benefit for longtime lister-supported freeform commercial free radio station WFMU as part of their Wake 'n Bake Benefit Auction at Monty Hall in Jersey City from 8 to 9pm, more details here
· Join an evening of resistance and hope through music at this Benefit for the Democratic candidate slate Fri. Nov. 2nd from 8-11pm at the Sidewalk Cafe NYC—donations will be taken for Democratic Candidates in need in the last days before the Nov 6 election. Performers include: Gary (with Feifei Yang and Jason Candler), Jeffrey Lewis, Matt Keating, Joseph LeDoux and more. Gary, Feifei and Jason go on around 10:30pm
09/20/2018
· Gary is going on legendary NYC radio personality Bob Fass' long-running show "Radio Unnameable" tonight at midnight on WBAI—listen live here
09/19/2018
· Gary is honoured to have made Loudersound.com's new "Vote for the Greatest Guitarists of All Time" list—please vote for him!
09/19/2018
09/12/2018
· Check out a cool new 5 page interview with Gary in the latest issue of TOTAL GUITAR
09/07/2018
· I was happy to give these guys a new solo acoustic track for their new charity album Temple of the Cat Vol. 3, the benefits will go to cat and dog shelters in Spain—please download it for a very good cause!
09/01/2018
· RIP Village Voice—what a drag
Gary was their centerfold boy in Fall '92
Thanks to Richard Gehr for being a continuous supporter of Gary's music all those years ago and up to the present day
08/31/2018
· Check out a recent interview with Gary by Alan James Patterson for his Boston Free Radio "Voices of Time show" beginning at 38:30...all about working with Captain Beefheart, Nona Hendryx, lotsa good stuff

photo: with Don Van Vliet 7/15/80 taken by Dali Declair
08/24/2018
· Gary just finished intensive recording in Ramsgate UK with legendary dub producer Adrian Sherwood on a new project plus—stay tuned!!
08/24/2018
· Page from the new Fall program for the Metrograph theater, NYC's premier art house cinema, spotlighting Gary's performance on Fri. Oct. 19th performing his original live solo guitar score to the legendary 1931 Spanish-language "Dracula"—the first entry in a new ongoing retrospective series of Gary's film scores curated by Jacob Perlin and Robert Melvin Rubin
08/11/2018
· Save the Date: On Thurs. Oct. 19th Gary is performing his live solo guitar score accompanying the legendary Spanish-language "Dracula" (1931, d. George Melford) at NYC's pre-eminent arthouse cinema the Metrograph. Filmed in Spanish with an all-Latin cast at night in Hollywood on the sets of Todd Browning/Bela Lugosi's "Dracula", the film is regarded by most cineastes as superior to its more famous companion. This show will mark Lucas' first performance in a new ongoing retrospective series of his live film scores at the Metrograph
Gary's second live film score performance will take place there early in the New Year tba soon, stay tuned!

photo: performing with Spanish "Dracula" at the Jerusalem Film Festival July 2013
08/08/2018
· Listen to Gary's new live solo score accompanying Pudovkin's 1925 silent Russian comedy "Chess Fever", recorded live at the Bolshoi Classical Music Festival in Drvengrad Serbia 7/15/18 by invitation of director Emir Kusturica
08/07/2018
· Author and critic Gary Lippman re: TOUCHED BY GRACE:
The late great Southern novelist Harry Crews often touted the virtue of "getting naked" in the art one makes—and "naked" is exactly what the musical wunderkind Gary Lucas gets in Touched By Grace, his memoir about his friendship and artistic partnership with the late great singer-songwriter Jeff Buckley. Talk about wearing one's proverbial heart on one's sleeve! Lucas is so vulnerable in his book—painfully, beautifully vulnerable—that he surpasses nearly every other first-person music testimony on the market. What's more, Touched By Grace serves as a detailed primer on how to decide on, commit to, remain committed to, and work your proverbial ass off in a lifetime career as a working artist. In prose as well as music, Lucas goes for broke—and wins. Big.
08/07/2018
· New interview with Gary for Facebook group Jeff Buckley - Latinoamerica conducted by Sol Valdez, English translation here
08/04/2018
07/29/2018
· Gary packed The Loft at City Winery NYC on Wed. July 25th with many Chinese music lovers of all persuasions with his new Edge of Heaven Live trio project featuring Feifei Yang on vocals and erhu and multi-instrumentalist Jason Candler; review from fan Brad Martin:
"Well, Wed. night's Gary Lucas show at the City Winery NYC was every bit as good as I expected it to be! Gary was accompanied by Feifei Yang on vocals and Jason Candler on sax and percussion in a program that featured wonderful renditions of Mid-Century Chinese Pop songs from the Edge of Heaven CD (and the forthcoming Vol 2) as well as a few other classics from American artists Jeff Buckley, Bob Dylan and Jefferson Airplane—sung in Mandarin!"
· Read a new interview with Gary in Sputnik News Serbia, English translation here
07/29/2018
07/22/2018
07/21/2018
· Interview with Gary in Serbian national newspaper Blic!
07/20/2018
· Gary laying a copy of Ryan H. Walsh's excellent book "Astral Weeks: A Secret History of 1968" on legendary director and Bolshoi Classical Music Festival curator Emir Kusturica
photo by Ksenia Lamshina
07/18/2018
· Gary performing yesterday morning 7/17/18 on Russian National Radio Mayak, broadcasting live from the Bolshoi Classical Music Festival in Drvengrad Serbia—listen here at 2:08
07/17/2018
· Gary with some of the young Serbian classical virtuosos who asked for a photo with him on the way to breakfast the morning after the extremely well-received premiere of his new live solo score for Pudovkin's silent comedy "Chess Fever" at the Bolshoi Classical Music Festival in Drvengrad Serbia 7/16/18
07/16/2018
· Gary's premiere of his new live score for Pudovkin's 1925 silent comedy "Chess Fever" at the Bolshoi Russian Music Festival in Drvengrad Serbia was a big hit last night!! Listen to an interview with Gary for Moscow's Radio Cultura this morning conducted by Ksenia Lamshina
07/14/2018
· Gary just arrived in Kustendorf Serbia to perform at the Bolshoi Russian Music Festival the premiere of his new live score for Pudovkin's 1925 silent comedy "Chess Fever" tomorrow July 15th at the invitation of his friend famed film director Emir Kusturica
07/10/2018
· New recording session with Gary, Jason and Italian vocalist Simone Moncada in NYC 7/6/18
photo by Debbie Sanna
07/10/2018
· Pic recently unearthed taken by Andy Chertow (Papa Andy) of a one-off project known as The ZimmerMen featuring Gary on slide guitar, Andy on bass, Dro Ostrow drums, and Holly Rock vocals, who recorded a reggae version of Bob Dylan's "Positively 4th Street" in 1983
07/06/2018
· With Gary's friend and collaborator Damo Suzuki and the late Michael Karoli (far left) backstage after a gig in 1998 at The Cooler NYC. Thanks to Doug Rotz for spotting this pic in the new MOJO in a great feature about Damo. Thumbs up always, old friend!
07/06/2018
· Facebook Promotion for Gary's upcoming appearance at the BOLSHOI RUSSIAN MUSIC FESTIVAL in Kustendorf Serbia July 14-18th:

American guitarist Gary Lucas, who performed with the leading jazz musicians of the world, in his unique musical style provides a live sound track for the Russian silent comedy "Chess Fever" by Vsevolod Pudovkin on the second day of the festival!
07/02/2018
· Thanks to Robert Williams for sharing this hitherto unseen photo taken during the Beefheart tour of Europe in 1980
06/30/2018
06/23/2018
· Mexico-inspired Gary Lucas t-shirt now available for purchase in the Merchandise section!
06/23/2018
· Gary is honored to have been invited by his old friend and collaborator Hal Willner to perform in his tribute to legendary composer Nino Rota on Fri. July 27th as part of Lincoln Center Out Of Doors Summer Concerts at Damrosch Park
06/20/2018
· From webmaster Tanya: Please join me in wishing Gary a very HAPPY BIRTHDAY today!!
06/13/2018
· With the great Seymour Stein (legendary Sire Records chief who signed The Ramones, Talking Heads, Madonna and many others) at the reception at McNally Jackson Books for Seymour's new memoir "Siren Song"
photo by MaryEllen Cataneo
06/11/2018
· A lovely live review just in of Gary's recent live solo show in Newcastle at The Cluny 5/5/18
06/11/2018
· Save the date: Fri. June 22nd Gary in sitting in with his friend and collaborator Jann Klose for his new album release party at The Cutting Room NYC
06/08/2018
· Gary has just been invited by famed director Emir Kusturica to open the BOLSHOI CLASSICAL MUSIC FESTIVAL on a mountain in Kustendorf Serbia Sat. July 14th with his original live solo score accompanying "Chess Fever" (original title: Shakhmatnaya goryachka), a 1925 short comedy directed by Eisenstein contemporary Vsevolod Pudovkin and Nikolai Shpikovsky. This film incorporates actual footage of the Moscow 1925 chess tournament and features cameos by many top chess masters of the time, and Gary's score will draw on many Russian classical music motifs.
06/02/2018
· Backstage at The Iridium NYC with Gary and Feifei Yang at Gary's Gods and Monsters show 5/31/18
05/29/2018
· RIP JEFF BUCKLEY, 21 years gone today...Check out a rare clip of Gods and Monsters with Jeff and Gary performing their song "Cruel" at St. Ann's Church Brooklyn 3/13/92
05/26/2018
· Just confirmed: Gary will perform his arrangements of classical music for solo guitar at the annual BOLSHOI FESTIVAL OF RUSSIAN MUSIC held on a mountain in lovely Kustendorf Serbia July 14-17th—curated by famed director Emir Kusturica
05/17/2018
05/16/2018
05/13/2018
· Gary with his old friend mixologist extraordinaire Adrian Sherwood after Gary's show in Ramsgate 5/11/18
05/12/2018
· Great review of Gary's show at Liverpool Philharmonic Hall last Friday in Urbanista Magazine!
05/11/2018
· Nice review of Gary's show in Newcastle last Sat. night at The Cluny
05/10/2018
· New interview with Gary to celebrate his appearance at FOCUS Wales tonight with Damo Suzuki
05/07/2018
· Rave review for Gary's performance solo and with Emilio Sorridente and his band last week at the MUSEO DEL ROCK in Catanzaro Calabri from Sounds36.com
· Gary has received a standing ovation every night so far on his current UK Solo Tour: in Liverpool, Newcastle and Glasgow (where he received two standing ovations during the encore last night)

photo: Gary in front of St. Luke's Church in Glasgow where he performed
05/06/2018
· UK SOLO TOUR: Gary received a standing ovation in Newcastle last night Sat. 5/5 and in Liverpool Fri. night 5/4 to kickoff his 12-City UK solo tour "An Evening with Gary Lucas: From Beefheart to Buckley and Beyond"
Photo by Reuben Tyghe
05/05/2018
· Gary with Natalie McCool at a secret gig in Liverpool on 5/3/18—Natalie performed "Grace" and "Mojo Pin" last night 5/4/18 to kick off Gary's solo tour at Liverpool Philharmonic Hall
05/04/2018
· Gary with legendary CAROLINE COON (center) at her opening yesterday 5/3/18 at The Gallery in Liverpool titled Caroline Coon The Great Offender. Gary met her years ago when she managed The Clash—she is now a prominent feminist-erotic artist with major exhibitions at Tate Modern and the Saatchi Gallery
photo by Reuben Myles Tyghe
05/03/2018
· Special guest vocalists just announced for Gary's UK solo tour beginning tomorrow May 4th at Liverpool Philharmonic Hall include Emma Buckley in London May 14th, Luke De-Scisio in Corsham May 19th and Bristol May 20th, Addie Brik in Glasgow May 6th, and Yass Body in Colchester May 13th and Newbury May 17th. Additionally, Gary's friend and collaborator Ed Laurie will open for him in London May 14th
05/02/2018
· To celebrate his upcoming 12 city UK tour, check out a new interview with Gary from Music Radar: "Music is the most immediate and magical of all the art forms."
04/28/2018
· Gary packed the Museo Del Rock in Catanzaro Italy Thurs night 4/26/18 with his "Touched By Grace" Tribute to Jeff Buckley featuring Emilio Sorridente and his band
· Update made to the Through the Past, Brightly page
04/25/2018
· Gary sold out his show with "The Golem" at Politeama Tolentino in Italy 4/23/18
04/23/2018
· Gary is interviewed about working with Jeff Buckley in Italian national newspaper La Repubblica 4/21/18
04/20/2018
· Gary's upcoming May UK solo tour dates are listed on the back cover of the new issue of Uncut!
04/17/2018
· New interview in Italian from Sound36 Magazine! English translation here
04/16/2018
· Check out a clip of Gary with his new resonator guitar, a gift from the Shanghai Rematch Music Instrument Co. Ltd. of mainland China
04/15/2018
04/14/2018
· New interview with Gary about working with Don Van Vliet on NPR's Sound Opinions, and a rave review in High Times for Gary and Nona Hendryx's "The World of Captain Beefheart" album
04/11/2018
· Just confirmed: Sun. Jan. 27th at Sala BBK in Bilbao Spain and Mon. Jan. 28th tba, the European premiere of Gary's live solo score accompanying Luis Buñuel's masterpiece "El Angel Exterminador"
04/06/2018
· New interview for Gary's show "Artlore Studio Presents: An Evening with Gary Lucas!" tonight Fri. April 6th in Erie Pennsylvania
04/04/2018
· Photos and review of Gary's free show for disadvantaged children at the Biblioteca Benjamín Franklin in Mexico City last week from Cultura Blues magazine
04/02/2018
· Read a new interview with Gary in Spanish from Mexican magazine Cultura Blues, see the English translation here
03/29/2018
03/24/2018
· Gary plays a free solo concert electric and acoustic tonight 3/24/18 at 9pm at Los Insurgentes in Mexico City
photo by Xavier Baviera
· New interview with Gary from North of the Internet
03/24/2018
· Read a rave review of of Gary's FLEISCHEREI duo with Caroline Scruggs live at the James River Film Festival in Richmond last Sun. 3/18/18:
GARY LUCAS PLAYS THE FLEISCHER BROS.! at the James River Film Festival Richmond, VA.
"On Sunday, March 18, a once in a lifetime performance was given at the legendary Byrd Theatre (b. 1928). Guitar star/virtuoso Gary Lucas treated the eager audience to numerous 1930s Fleischer Brothers cartoons, with fascinating histo ric facts, and the accompaniment of hometown fave vocalist Caroline Scruggs.
This reviewer has never witnessed in one sitting such an animated, musical tour de force. It was a dynamic show that moved without pause. Max and Dave Fleischer were of the school of cartoonery in which every object bounced and morphed like rubber and the art often traveled at rapid rate laterally across the screen in a an ebullient explosion of visuals, sound, and hilarity. Sheer cinematic surrealistic poetry!
Lucas both soloed and played the tunes with the talented and vivacious Scruggs lusciously crooning in her best Betty Boop-Kewpie Doll voice. Plus Lucas let several of the cartoons unfold without music or vocals allowing audience to revel simply in the pure genius of the Fleischers. Betty, Bimbo, Koko the Clown, Popeye, Olive Oyl, Bluto, Cab Calloway, and Louis Armstrong came alive right there with us in the theater for 90 magical minutes."
—Trent Nicholas, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
photo by Magali DeVulpillieres
03/23/2018
· New announcement for Gary's upcoming UK solo tour just out in the new MOJO
03/22/2018
· Gary heads to Mexico City next and gives a solo concert for disadvantaged children at Biblioteca Benjamin Franklin in Mexico City this Fri. 3/23 at 7pm—free and open to the public. On Sat. 3/24 he performs a solo electric and acoustic concert at Los Insurgentes at 9pm, and then goes into the studio in Cuernavaca to collaborate with hot Mexican band Rojo Marfil and producer Felipe Souza
03/17/2018
· Gary is interviewed in Richmond Magazine for his appearances this weekend at the James River Film Festival in Richmond Virginia with "The Golem", a masterclass, and his FLEISCHEREI Max Fleischer music project!

photo: the official tee-shirt of the James River Film Festival 2018
03/17/2018
· Gary's FLEISCHEREI duo with Richmond jazz singer Caroline Scruggs performing songs from the Betty Boop and Popeye cartoons of pioneering animator Max Fleischer this Sun. afternoon at the historic Byrd Theatre is a Pick in the Richmond Style Weekly newspaper 3/16/18
03/13/2018
· Argentinian fan Sol Valdez on TOUCHED BY GRACE:
"I will never forget the excitement I felt when I held in my hands 'Touched by Grace' for the first time. As a fan of Jeff Buckley, an artist surrounded by mystery, anytime you get the chance to know more about him it's a huge opportunity to try to get to know him and understand him a little bit more.
It occurred that a bond was created between us, I don't know how weird this may sound, but I felt this book was like a companion to me. I would never leave my house without it. I needed to read it ALL THE TIME.
Also, it made me felt like I was there while I was reading, Gary's descriptions and feelings make you feel you are part of it, i.e: The St Ann Tribute to Tim Buckley (I recommend to read it while listening to the concert).
Mr. Lucas did a great job blending both stories (his and Jeff's) and I can assure you that it will haunt you."
Available from JAWBONE Books
03/12/2018
· THE WORLD OF CAPTAIN BEEFHEART is getting airplay in Japan on NHK FM, Japan's NPR
03/08/2018
03/07/2018
· Check out the poster for Gary's April 6th show at Artlore in Erie PA!
03/07/2018
· Next week Gary is performing at the JAMES RIVER FILM FESTIVAL in RICHMOND VIRGINA—his 4th time there!

Fri. March 16th, 7:30pm - Grace Street Theatre, Richmond, Virginia - Gary Lucas plays "The Golem", a special event of the James River Film Festival

Sat. March 17th - Schindler Gallery, Richmond, Virginia - Gary Lucas masterclass

Sun. March 18th, 1:30pm - Byrd Theatre, Richmond, Virginia - Gary Lucas' Fleischerei tribute to the music of animation pioneer Max Fleischer's Betty Boop and Popeye cartoons featuring vocalist Caroline Scruggs
03/06/2018
· Just confirmed: Thurs. April 26th in Calabria Italy, "Touched By Grace": Gary's tribute to Jeff Buckley featuring vocalist Emilio Sorridente at the Museo del Rock - Catanzaro
03/06/2018
· New article from SinoVision about Gary's Chinese New Year show 2/16/18 with Feifei Yang and Jason Candler at the Laurie Beechman Theatre in NYC, also check out a clip of "Grace" from the show
03/06/2018
· An excerpt and Q & A from Gary sold-out show at La Cinematheque francaise 2/19/18 accompanying Tod Browning's "Le Club Des Trois" (The Unholy Three) with his original solo score—special thanks to Nicolas Le Thierry d'Ennequin, Annick Girard, Wafa Ghermani, Nicole Brenez and all the nice people at La Cinematheque
03/04/2018
· Listen to the GARY LUCAS SPECIAL 2018 broadcast from 3/4/18 on Co Live!, producer Co De Kloet's long-running show on national Dutch radio NPO. This survey of Gary's extensive recording and performing career features live tracks recorded at the Paradiso Amsterdam with Gary and the Metropole Orchestra plus guest vocalists Nona Hendryx, Jolene Grunberg, Alessio Franchini and others. Part one | Part two
03/03/2018
· Just confirmed: Sat. March 24th at 9pm, Los Insurgentes, Mexico City - Gary Lucas gives a solo concert
03/03/2018
· Gary is honored to be performing again at the Biblioteca Benjamín Franklin in Mexico City in a special solo concert for disadvantaged children Fri. March 23rd at 7pm—free and open to the public
03/02/2018
02/28/2018
· New interview with Gary in Jewish Currents, "The Test of Great Music is to Make the Spine Tingle"
02/27/2018
· These live clips were filmed at Gary's sold-out show last Sat. night 2/24/18 at the Sunset Jazz Club in Paris, featuring Jean-Philippe Rykiel on keyboards, David Konopnicki on fretless guitar, Losseni Kone on calabash and Tim Watt on vocals, performing Duke Ellington's "Fleurette Africaine", a medley of "Grace" and Edith Piaf's "Hymne a l'amour", and Dollar Brand (Abdullah Ibrahim)'s "Bra Joe from Kilimanjaro"
02/25/2018
· Gary sold-out his show at Sunset Jazz Club in Paris last night 2/24/18—his second sold-out show in Paris this week after his live score at Le Cinematheque Francaise 2/19/18!!
Photo: a blast from the past taken on the road by Sandrine Olivier in Chelles France on tour a few years ago
02/22/2018
· A cool write-up for Gary's Paris shows at La Cinematheque Francaise and Sunset Jazz Club in A Nous Paris 2/19/18
02/20/2018
· Gary sold-out the 426 seat Henri Langlois Theatre—the main theatre—at La Cinematheque Francaise last night 2/19/18 with his live score accompanying Tod Browning's 1925 silent thriller "Le Club Des Trois" (The Unholy Three). His concert proved so popular that many people were turned away before the show commenced at 7:30pm. Gary performed without stopping for an hour and half to an audience of all ages, including many families with children. A lively Q&A ensued afterwards.

Photo by Jean-Paul Bellanger
02/19/2018
· By popular demand, Gary's concert tonight—the European premiere of his live solo score accompanying Tod Browning's "Le Club Des Trois" (The Unholy Three) at La Cinematheque Francaise in Paris—was just bumped up to the 400-plus seat Henri Langlois Theatre
02/16/2018
· THE EDGE OF HEAVEN LIVE tonight Fri. Feb. 16th Chinese New Year @ The Laurie Beechman Theatre NYC is a Pick in the Village Voice!!

"Guitarist Gary Lucas gathers no moss. He has recently performed live scores to films by Rene Clair and Curtis Harrington, launched a funky Captain Beefheart covers project with singer Nona Hendryx, and played tributes to former collaborator Jeff Buckley. But nothing reflects this virtuosic maverick's charm and taste more than The Edge of Heaven, his 2010 revival of the lush midcentury Chinese film music Lucas fell in love with while living in Taiwan. This collection of astringently sentimental instrumentals and vocals focused on Zhou Xuan and Bai Guang, two of China's so-called Seven Great Singing Stars, with Lucas's flowing guitar providing ongoing reinterpretation of the music's nostalgic beauty. Here Lucas will revisit and expand his China adventure alongside Feifei Yang, a rising vocal star who also performs on the erhu (a two-string fiddle), and Jason Candler on reeds and percussion."
—Richard Gehr
02/13/2018
· Part two of Gary and Feifei Yang's interview on Weiwei Gao's popular SinoVision tv program, touching on Gary's roots in Chinese music and including a duo performance of Bai Kwong's "If I'm Without You". The duo with Jason Candler on sax will perform this on Fri. Feb. 16th for Chinese New Year when THE EDGE OF HEAVEN LIVE lands at the Laurie Beechman Theatre in NYC. Tickets here
02/10/2018
02/09/2018
· Announcing Gary Lucas Italian Solo Tour April 2018:

18/04 Bravo Caffe, Bologna - "From Beefheart to Buckley and Beyond" - with my special guest Alessio Franchini
19/04 Diavolo Rosso, Asti - "From Beefheart to Buckley and Beyond"
21/04 Flog Auditorium, Florence - Gary is a special guest of Alessio Franchini and his band for their multi-media salute to Jeff Buckley "A Touch of Grace"
22/04 Ricomincio da Tre, Perugia - "From Beefheart to Buckley and Beyond"
23/04 Politeama, Tolentino (MC) - Gary Lucas plays "The Golem"
24/04 L'Asino che Vola, Roma - "From Beefheart to Buckley and Beyond"

Big thanks to my man in Italy Luca Zannotti and Musiche Metropolitane

photo: GL in Urbino Italy 2014
02/09/2018
· Just in from director Emir Kusturica to Gary about his performance at the 11th Kustendorf Film Festival in Serbia: "Thanks again for nailing it in the festival...great was all what you have done in Kustendorf."
02/06/2018
· Rave review for Gary's performance with Rene Clair's 1924 "Entr'acte" at the opening ceremonies of Emir Kusturica's 11th Kustendorf Film Festival 1/16/18:
"The 11th Kustendorf Film & Music Festival held in the snowy mountains of western Serbia couldn't have gotten off to a better opening night start in January 2018 than with Gary Lucas on guitar captivating an enthusiastic audience of filmmakers from around the world along with locals who danced with joy and appreciation to Lucas' blend of everything from blues and jazz and beyond!"
—Andrew Horton, film critic for Cineaste magazine & The University of Oklahoma Professor of Film & Media Studies

Check out Gary performing his original live solo scores to a fragment of the 1918 lost Russian Futurist "Bound By Film" (starring Vladimir Mayakovsky and Lilya Yur'evna Brik) and to Rene Clair's 1924 surrealist classic "Entr'acte" filmed on the opening night of the 11th Kustendorf Film & Music Festival in Serbia
02/06/2018
· Part one of Gary's appearance with Feifei Yang on Weiwei Gao's SinoVision tv show broadcast last Friday here and in mainland China—part two will air this Fri. Feb. 9th, stay tuned
02/04/2018
· On Gary's World Premiere of his live solo scores for the Short Films of Curtis Harrington:
"Gary Lucas's live scores for a selection of Curtis Harrington's short films at Roulette perfectly captured the jagged rhythms and neurotic visual ambiance of these rare surrealist avant-garde gems. Lucas's frenzied guitar tropes alternating with lush pastoral passages underlined the apocalyptic climax of Harrington's ingenious ultra-rare 1942 adaptation of Poe's 'The Fall of the House of Usher', filmed when Harrington was still in high school."
—Richard Porton, Cineaste Magazine

Thanks to Susan Karabush for this brief clip from Gary's performance Fri. night at Roulette Brooklyn accompanying Harrington's 1946 "Fragment of Seeking"
02/03/2018
· LOCKED AND LOADED: Jamming with The No Smoking Orchestra at the Kustendorf Film & Music Festival in Serbia 1/17/18 with major domo Emir Kusturica to Gary's right and lead guitarist Dragomir Herendic to his left
· Robert Christgau, "The Dean of American Rock Critics", gives THE WORLD OF CAPTAIN BEEFHEART an A MINUS in the latest issue of Noisey
· Cool new Spanish review and Podcast just in from Tomajazz
02/02/2018
· Tonight at 9:55pm EST, Feifei Yang and Gary are guests on SinoVision TV's Weiwei Gao Show—tonight they are broadcasting Part One, a week from tonight they will broadcast Part Two, same time
They are being interviewed and performing songs they will play live on Chinese New Year Fri. Feb. 16th when they present "THE EDGE OF HEAVEN LIVE" at The Laurie Beechman Theatre on West 42nd St. at 7pm with Jason Candler on reeds and percussion and Kristopher Anton on dreamy projections of old Shanghai, you can watch the segment live tonight Fri. 2/2 on their portal at 9:55pm here
01/31/2018
01/31/2018
01/30/2018
· Gary returns to play his annual solo concert for disadvantaged children and also give a Masterclass at Biblioteca Nacional in Mexico City Thurs. March 23rd—free and open to the public!
· Gary's THE WORLD OF CAPTAIN BEEFHEART ensemble featuring Nona Hendryx gets an excellent live review for their City Winery NYC show last week in Manhattan Beat
· New interview in Serbian with Masha Radovic for Sputnik News Serbia with photos and clips from the Kustendorf Film Festival 1/19/18
01/28/2018
· DON'T OPEN THAT DOOR: This Fri Feb 2nd Gary is performing the world premiere of his live solo scores accompanying the surrealistic short films of visionary film maker Curtis Harrington ("Night Tide", "Queen of Blood") at Roulette in Brooklyn at 8pm—Films to be screened include "Fragment of Seeking" (1946), "Picnic" (1948), "On the Edge" (1949), "The Assignation" (1953), and "The Fall of the House of Usher" (1942) which Harrington made while in high school, tickets here, and check out an interview conducted by Kurt Gottschalk with Gary about his new project
01/27/2018
· Cool that Brian Eno is a Beefheart fan! He retweeted Gary's interview from Please Kill Me about working with Don Van Vliet
01/26/2018
· Announcing Gary's May 2018 UK Solo Tour Dates

TICKETS ON SALE NOW — click here

Fri 4th May | LIVERPOOL | Royal Liverpool Philharmonic? | Tickets

Sat 5 May | NEWCASTLE | The Cluny | Tickets

Sun 6 May | GLASGOW | Saint Luke's & The Winged Ox | Tickets

Tue 8 May | EGREMONT (CUMBRIA) | Florence Arts Centre? | Tickets

Thu 10 May | WREXHAM | FOCUS Wales? 2018 | w/ Damo Suzuki? | Tickets

Fri 11 May | RAMSGATE | Ramsgate Music Hall | Tickets

Sun 13 May | COLCHESTER | Colchester Arts Centre? | Tickets

Mon 14 May | LONDON | Bush Hall | Tickets

Tue 15 May | EXETER | Exeter Phoenix | Tickets

Thu 17 May | NEWBURY | Arlington Arts? | Tickets

Sat 19 May | CORSHAM | The Pound | Tickets

Sun 20 May | BRISTOL | The Fleece Bristol | Tickets

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01/25/2018
01/24/2018
· New interview in English with Masha Radovic for Sputnik TV taped 1/16/18 at Emir Kusturica's Kustendorf Film & Music Festival in Serbia
01/23/2018
· Gary is interviewed in Please Kill Me about The World of Captain Beefheart
01/20/2018
· Read an interview with Gary from "Serbia Today" (the original "Serbia Today" article contains clips of Gary performing)
·Photos from Gary's opening night performance at the Kustendorf Film and Music Festival in Serbia from national newspaper "Novosti"
·Check out a clip of the Kustendorf opening night ceremonies with excerpts from Gary's performance
01/20/2018
· KUSTURICA RIDES AGAIN: Gary with Emir Kusturica backstage at the Kustendorf International Film and Music Festival about to sit in with him and the No Smoking Orchestra bandito style 1/18/18
01/19/2018
01/13/2018
· Nona Hendryx is our special guest vocalist along with special poetry readings by Tammy Faye Starlight and Bob Holman at THE WORLD OF CAPTAIN BEEFHEART special multi-media event at City Winery with rare clips, rare tracks, rare poetry and rare art, and more special guests, tickets here
· Another excellent review in The Morton Report for our new album THE WORLD OF CAPTAIN BEEFHEART on Knitting Factory Records
01/11/2018
· Gary is honored to be playing opening night of famed film director Emir Kusturica's Kustendorf Film & Music Festival next Tues. night Jan. 16th on a mountain top near the Serbian/Bosnian border
Gary will perform his original music accompanying a fragment of the lost Russian Futurist 1918 "Bound By Film" starring and written by Vladimir Mayakovsky, and also perform his live solo score accompanying Rene Clair's 1924 surrealist film "Entr'acte"
Cinema greats attending the festival include Italian director Paolo Sorrentino ("Il Divo") and recent Palme d'Or winner Ruben Ostend ("The Square)
See the full festival program here
01/10/2018
· Gary and Feifei Yang were interviewed and performed on Weiwei Gao's popular SinoVision tv program at the Laurie Beechman Theatre NYC Jan. 8th in anticipation of their upcoming "Edge of Heaven Live" show Fri. Feb. 16th with Jason Candler. The show will be broadcast on SinoVision soon—stay tuned!
· THE WORLD OF CAPTAIN BEEFHEART is the #4 Album of 2017 on KMUW!! Read another sterling review in Black Grooves and United Mutations
01/09/2018
· Just confirmed: Sat. April 21st in Florence Italy Gary is a special guest as part of Alessio Franchini's multi-media Tribute to Jeff Buckley "A Touch of Grace" at the Auditorium Flog
01/07/2018
· Feifei Yang and Gary at CCTV's new "Super Baby" talent competition's Award Ceremonies in Flushing, where they performed "The Moon Represents My Heart" as an acoustic duo to great response 1/5/18
01/06/2018
· Flash!! Gary has just been invited to perform his live solo guitar score accompanying Rene Clair's 1924 surrealist masterpiece "Entr'acte" on opening night of famed director Emir Kusturica's 11th Kustendorf International Film and and Music Festival Tues, Jan. 16th in Serbia on a mountain near the Serb/Bosnian border...Gary will also perform his original music to a recently re-discovered fragment of the lost 1918 Russian silent feature "Shackled by Film", written by and starring Russian futurist Vladimir Mayakovsky
photo: Gary performs with "Entr'acte" live at the Malaga Fantasy Film Festival in 2009
01/02/2018
· Gary and Feifei Yang interviewed at CCTV's new "Super Baby" talent competition for gifted Chinese children in Flushing 12/16/17 where they were part of the judging panel. The winners will be announced this Friday 1/5/18, and Feifei and Gary are also going to perform on the show!
01/01/2018
· THE WORLD OF CAPTAIN BEEFHEART special multi-media show lands at CITY WINERY NYC Mon. Jan. 22nd at 8pm. Rare clips, rare tracks, rare art, special guests and an incendiary performance by our Gary's new ensemble featuring Jesse Krakow, Jordan Shapiro, Richard Dworkin and a very special guest vocalist tba!! Tickets here
· And a nice way to start the New Year with a good review from Beefheart.com of THE WORLD OF CAPTAIN BEEFHEART featuring Nona Hendryx!
Their new CD is on Knitting Factory Records
12/30/2017
· Just confirmed: Gary is so honored to have been invited to perform on Jan. 16th at the opening of famed film director Emir Kusturica's 11th Kustendorf International Music and Film Festival held on a mountaintop near the Serbian/Bosnian border. He's been invited to provide a live score for the only extant fragment of the legendary lost 1918 Russian futurist silent feature "Shackled By Film" written and starring Vladimir Mayakovsky and directed by Nikander Turkin—as well as perform one of his existing live film scores tba. Here's a frame from "Shackled By Film".
12/29/2017
· Cool review of Gary solo acoustic at Quinn's in Beacon NY a couple weeks ago
· Rave review of the new THE WORLD OF CAPTAIN BEEFHEART album just in from Bruce Gallanter at the Downtown Music Gallery
12/28/2017
· RIP ROSWELL RUDD     Gary was so honored to know Ros and to play with him—a fantastic guy and a phenomenal musician

photo by Phil Mango taken at Ros' 78th birthday celebration at (le) poisson rouge 11/24/13—check out clips of them performing together here and with Gods and Monsters here
12/28/2017
· Jan. 15th 2018 will be Don Van Vliet's 77th birthday, and to celebrate, please check out Kurt Loder's SiriusXM Radio / Volume "True Stories" talk show at 1pm EST on Feb. 12th when he will be interviewing Gary and Nona Hendryx about THE WORLD OF CAPTAIN BEEFHEART—the show will be archived online for a month at SiriusXM
· Another cool review just in from Daggerzine for THE WORLD OF CAPTAIN BEEFHEART featuring Nona Hendryx on Knitting Factory Records
12/28/2017
· Gary is a judge with Feifei Yang on CCTV's new "Super Baby" talent competition for gifted Chinese children—the awards ceremony will be held in Flushing on Jan 5th 2018
12/28/2017
· Gary and Feifei Yang have been invited to be profiled by famous Chinese tv star Weiwei Gao as a two part episode on her popular SinoVision talk show, which they will be filming in January—here Gary and Feifei check out some of the many books written by Weiwei
· Check out Mike Barnes' 2017 wrap-up in the new issue of THE WIRE
12/24/2017
· Happy Holidays you guys from Caroline Sinclair and I!
12/23/2017
· Just confirmed: Sat. Feb. 26th in Paris at the Sunset Jazz Club, a solo tribute to Jeff Buckley and Captain Beefheart with my very special guests Jean-Philippe Rykiel on keyboards, David Konopnicki on fretless guitar, and Tim Watt on vocals, tickets here
12/23/2017
· Got our MOJO working! 4 Stars for THE WORLD OF CAPTAIN BEEFHEART in the latest issue
· THE WORLD OF CAPTAIN BEEFHEART is #4 in Hornet's end of year wrap-up of the 20 Best Albums of 2017 by LGBTQ Artists—featuring Nona Hendryx
12/23/2017
· New interview in Psychology Today about THE WORLD OF CAPTAIN BEEFHEART

"A psychiatrist is someone who wants to die in your other life"
—Don Van Vliet

painting: "Dark Light" by Don Van Vliet
12/15/2017
· Just confirmed for London's Bush Hall Mon. May 14th! Tickets here
· New interview with Gary about all things Beefheart on Liberty Music.com
12/13/2017
· Great piece about The World of Captain Beefheart from KMUW!!
12/09/2017
· 8 out of 10 in PopMatters for The WORLD OF CAPTAIN BEEFHEART featuring Nona Hendryx and Gary Lucas on Knitting Factory Records
· Just confirmed: Gary is performing solo Sunday May 6th in Glasgow at St. Luke's, tickets here
12/05/2017
· New interview with Gary in Guitarhoo.com
· Read a rave review of THE WORLD OF CAPTAIN BEEFHEART in Stereo Embers Magazine
12/03/2017
· Gary and Feifei Yang are both judges on CCTV's new Chinese youth talent competition "Super Baby", pictured here at the press conference in Flushing NY 11/29/17
11/30/2017
· Check out a live session of The World of Captain Beefheart on Irene Trudel's WFMU show yesterday, and a new interview with Gary about working with Captain Beefheart in Songfacts

l to r: Jordan Shapiro, Jesse Krakow, Nona Hendryx, Richard Dworkin and Gary
11/29/2017
· Fantastic review of THE WORLD OF CAPTAIN BEEFHEART in the Vancouver Sun!
11/28/2017
· Gary has been invited to play a solo acoustic set from 6:30pm to 7pm at Theater 80 St Marks on Sun Jan. 21st to kick off the annual ACKER AWARDS for excellence in Avant-Garde expression
11/26/2017
· Listen to Co De Kloet's show which features an interview and selections from our new WORLD OF CAPTAIN BEEFHEART album featuring Nona Hendryx on Knitting Factory Records—the segment begins at 19:18:44 with a blast from the past from our original symphonic Beefheart show at the Paradiso Amsterdam

Painting: "Last of a Dying Breed" by Don Van Vliet
11/23/2017
· Check out a new acoustic version of "Grace" recorded by Gary at Eastcote Studios in London in September, plus an interview about working with Jeff Buckley, and a trailer for the clips
11/23/2017
· Just confirmed for Fri. May 11th at Ramsgate Music Hall in the UK!! Tickets here
11/23/2017
· Gary's friend Dutch producer Co de Kloet will broadcast excerpts from the original World of Captain Beefheart concert featuring Nona Hendryx and the 65 piece Metropole Orchestra recorded live at the Paradiso in Feb. 2013, and also spin some tracks from their new album this Saturday night on Dutch national radio NTR at 7-9pm Dutch time; also on Sun night at 8pm Dutch time Co will broadcast an hour long excerpt of the original symphonic Beefheart concert at the Paradiso; listen live here, and get the podcast here
· Great reviews of THE WORLD OF CAPTAIN BEEFHEART album from The Vinyl District and from Schizomusica!
11/22/2017
· Cool article about THE WORLD OF CAPTAIN BEEFHEART featuring Gary and Nona Hendryx in PopMatters!!

New album out NOW on Knitting Factory Records
11/21/2017
· Gary gives a loving look back on working with Jeff Buckley in a new interview recorded at Eastcote Studios in London in Sept. 2017 and directed by Cathrine Classen Holst
Special thanks to Dyre Gormsen and Jesper Mattsson

Photo by Chris Buck
11/18/2017
11/17/2017
· Happy Birthday Jeff!! Check out "Grace" in Mandarin live with Feifei Yang and Jason Candler from the NYC Jeff Buckley Tribute 11/12/17
11/17/2017
· Just confirmed: Gary is performing solo in Bristol UK on Sun. May 20th at The Fleece!!
11/15/2017
· Gary is featured in a long article about The Bluecoat Gallery's recent Captain Beefheart Weekend in Liverpool Nov. 10-13th 2017!
From Beefheart biographer Mike Barnes:
"Gary Lucas played a brilliant set, with a lot of people dancing. After Gary played sort of medley of Sure 'Nuff 'N Yes I Do, when the applause died down one scouser bellowed out 'That was fook'n boss!' They shore do love their Beefheart up there."
11/14/2017
· Just confirmed: Gary is performing a solo tribute to Jeff Buckley Wed. Feb. 28th at the Melkweg in Amsterdam with his very special guest Dutch vocalist Jolene Grunberg and more tba! Tickets here
11/11/2017
· Just confirmed: THE WORLD OF CAPTAIN BEEFHEART is performing at City Winery NYC on Monday Jan. 22nd with some very special guests, stay tuned!!
· Rave review and interview with Nona and Gary in the Village Voice!!

painting to the left: "Bromboline Frenzy" by Don Van Vliet
oil on canvas
11/05/2017
· Just confirmed: On Chinese New Year Friday Feb. 16th Gary, Feifei Yang, and Jason Candler are performing "THE EDGE OF HEAVEN" LIVE at The Laurie Beechman Theatre at 407 West 42nd St. at 7pm...dreamy 1930's Chinese pop with stunning projections of 30's Shanghai vistas by Kristopher Anton...purchase tickets here
photo to the left by Jesse Winter
11/04/2017
· Great article in Dangerous Minds about the new World of Captain Beefheart album with free streaming link—available for one week only!
11/02/2017
· Rave review of The World of Captain Beefheart in the latest issue of The Wire Nov. 2017
10/30/2017
· Nice review of The World of Captain Beefheart album in The Rock and Roll Report—album out Nov. 10th on Knitting Factory Records
10/27/2017
· CAPTAIN BEEFHEART WEEKEND IN LIVERPOOL: On Sat. Nov. 11th Gary is on a mid-afternoon panel at 2:45pm at the Bluecoat Gallery with Captain Beefheart biographer Mike Barnes, and that evening performing solo at 10pm and ALSO jamming with young musicians at District nightclub in Liverpool
10/26/2017
· Check out the poster for the 10th annual NYC Jeff Buckley Tribute Sun. Nov. 12th at Arlene's Grocery—Gary is headlining at 11pm with his special guests Feifei Yang and Jason Candler performing "Grace" in Mandarin
10/24/2017
10/17/2017
· just confirmed: Gary is performing solo acoustic in Paris on Sat. Feb. 24th at Sunset Jazz Club—2 sets
A double hit in Paris for him that week, as he is also performing the European premiere of his live solo score accompanying Todd Browning's "The Unholy Three" (1925) at La Cinematheque Francaise on Mon. Feb. 19th at 7:30pm
10/15/2017
· SURE 'NUFF 'N' YES WE DO: Check out this track from the new album THE WORLD OF CAPTAIN BEEFHEART featuring Nona Hendryx released Nov. 10th on Knitting Factory Records, and check out a rave reviews of the new album in Goldmine Magazine and The Morton Report!
10/14/2017
· Just confirmed: Gary is performing the European premiere of his live solo score for Todd Browning's 1925 silent thriller "The Unholy Three" at La Cinematheque Francaise in Paris on Monday Feb. 19th!!
photo: the original 1925 French release poster
10/12/2017
· THE GOLEM WALKS AMONG US: Gary is performing his live score accompanying the amazing 1920 silent horror film "The Golem" at Alamo Drafthouse Cinemas across the US soon. Tickets can be purchased here for his show in Brooklyn Thurs. Oct. 26th, here for Houston Sun. Oct. 29th, here for Austin Oct. 30th, and here for El Paso Nov. 1st Day of the Dead—AND he's performing his live score accompanying the 1931 "Frankenstein" in Austin on Halloween Oct. 31st—tickets here!!
10/10/2017
· From Yuliana Galitskaya Mahler re: TOUCHED BY GRACE:
"I read your book in four days. It was a riveting, can't put the book down read. So open. I found it very well written and very revealing. One really gets an insight into your music writing - as well as thought - processes."
10/04/2017
· Just confirmed: Gary is reprising his live score accompanying THE GOLEM—along with a version of his FLEISCHEREI project saluting the wonderful animations of Max Fleischer—at the historic art-deco Byrd Theatre in Richmond Virginia for the JAMES RIVER FILM FESTIVAL on Sat. and Sun. March 17th and 18th
09/30/2017
· Just confirmed: Gary will give a Masterclass at the New School in NYC on Fri. Feb. 2nd from 4-6pm, more details tba
· Also: Purchase 2 tickets to the great Guadalajara Grooves and Blues Festival Nov. 17th and 18th and enter to win a dinner with Gary!! For tickets please call Maria Sara at 3314553926 (if in Mexico), from outside Mexico dial +15213314553926. First 10 ticket buyers will receive a free Grooves and Blues Festival t-shirt!! Promo ends Oct. 6th
09/29/2017
· 3 cool photos by Sergei Mihailov (see here, here, and here) from Gary and Nona Hendryx's sold out show with THE WORLD OF CAPTAIN BEEFHEART at Joe's Pub at the Public NYC last week—plus a rave advance review of their new album from the Nashville Blues Society...and a clip taken by a fan at the show from YouTube
09/27/2017
· Just confirmed: Sun. Dec. 3rd Gary plays solo acoustic at Quinn's in Beacon NY at 9pm with his special guest Jordan Shapiro sitting in on keyboards
09/25/2017
· THE WORLD OF CAPTAIN BEEFHEART: Check out 2 cool drawings of the band (Gary, Nona Hendryx, Jesse Krakow, Jordan Shapiro and Richard Dworkin) sketched live on-the-spot by Joan Chiverton, a New York Times/Wall Street Journal-published artist, during their sold-out show at Joe's Pub at The Public NYC 9/20/17—click here and here
09/21/2017
· THE WORLD OF CAPTAIN BEEFHEART at JOE'S PUB NYC LAST NIGHT—SOLD OUT AND STANDING OVATION—THANK YOU NEW YORK!!
New album released 11/10 on Knitting Factory Records
photo by Caroline Sinclair 9/20/17
l to r: Gary and Nona Hendryx
09/20/2017
· THE WORLD OF CAPTAIN BEEFHEART is sold-out at Joe's Pub NYC tonight!! Read about Nona Hendryx and the project in the NY Post
09/17/2017
· At the Moon Festival performing with Feifei Yang 9/15/17—sold out at at Lincoln Center!! Gary writes: "I am so honored!! One of the best nights of my life. Some of the biggest musical stars of China performed there. It was truly thrilling to be part of this beautiful evening."
09/15/2017
09/09/2017
· Hey it's sold-out!!
Gary discusses his collaboration with Jeff Buckley on the Mary Anne Hobbs show today on BBC Radio 6 Music at 40 minutes in
09/08/2017
· Gary is performing with Feifei Yang and an 80-piece Chinese orchestra at Alice Tully Hall in Lincoln Center next Friday Sept 15th (Feifei and Gary are pictured on this poster)
09/06/2017
· Gary is interviewed in Spanish Mexican magazine "La Jornada Semanal" recorded after performing a solo concert for disadvantage children in Mexico City at the US Embassy Library Biblioteca Benjamin Franklin, English translation here
09/06/2017
· Gary is interviewed and performs live on 9/4/17 on Shawn Lee's program on Soho Radio at their West End Studios in London, archived for your pleasure here—segment starts at 5:11, and Gary performs an acoustic version of "Grace" on his 1942 Gibson J-45 at 1:18:33
08/31/2017
· Somewhere in Athens Greece 8/28/17
08/25/2017
· Gary is going on Soho Radio in London on Monday Sept. 4th between 4-6pm GMT to play solo acoustic, and to talk about his career and about performing at the upcoming Jeff Buckley Tribute at Upstairs at the Ritzy Cinema on Sat. Sept. 9th in Brixton, listen live here
08/22/2017
· DEM BONES: at the Alter Schlacthof in Wels Austria 1993—photo by Manfred Rahs
08/19/2017
· Read a new essay by Gary in The Vinyl District about his relationship to PVC!
08/18/2017
· New article in Broadway World about Gary and Nona Hendryx's forthcoming album THE WORLD OF CAPTAIN BEEFHEART, released Nov. 10th on Knitting Factory Records. They are playing a teaser gig at Joe's Pub at the Public Theatre NYC Wed. Sept. 20th, two shows at 7pm and 9:30pm—reserve your tickets here
08/11/2017
· Read a new interview with Gary by Dominic Ross from The Digital Fix: "I don't enjoy chasing anyone to do anything anymore, fuck it. Be your own hero."
08/09/2017
· SHINE ON: Fri. Sept. 15th Gary is performing with Feifei Yang and a full Chinese orchestra at Alice Tully Hall in Lincoln Center for the annual Moon Festival—view the poster here, and check out more about Gary and the Moon Festival in Mandarin here
08/04/2017
· Just confirmed: on Sat. Nov. 11th in Liverpool England, Gary is speaking on a panel, performing a solo set, and jamming with young Don Van Vliet-influenced musicians (including Dave McCabe of The Zutons) for the Bluecoat Gallery's event "CAPTAIN BEEFHEART: TWENTIETH CENTURY VISIONARY"
08/03/2017
· Just confirmed: Gary is returning solo to perform at Quinn's in Beacon NY Sun. Nov. 12th with his special guest Jordan Shapiro sitting in
07/26/2017
· Coming Wed. Sept. 20th at Joe's Pub at The Public NYC—a teaser live gig for Gary's forthcoming album "THE WORLD OF CAPTAIN BEEFHEART" featuring the fabulous Nona Hendryx, TWO BIG SHOWS at 7pm and 9:30pm, new album released this fall on Knitting Factory Records
Tickets here
07/22/2017
07/11/2017
07/07/2017
· Hot Summer gig in Pori! Gary performs his first ever show in Finland to celebrate the 200th anniversary of underground club Validi Karkia for delighted fans on 7/2/17
photo to the left by Pentii Dassum
Watch the complete one and a half hour Gary Lucas solo acoustic concert performed in Pori Finland!!
Part One | Part Two
07/05/2017
· A Cultural Award received last year—May 2016—from Casa Gaia in Havana Cuba for giving a solo concert during their 15th anniversary celebrations
07/03/2017
· Outside Pori's Validiki Karkia club where Gary performed solo acoustic for their 200th anniversary show on July 2nd
07/01/2017
· Gary is heading for Copenhagen airport with fond memories of my concerts here this week...next stop Pori Finland, his first time playing in that country this Sunday at Karkia Validi...here's a preview from today's Satakunnan Kansa newspaper
06/30/2017
· Gary's Copenhagen Beefheart Tribute is a Pick in Danish national newspaper Politiken
06/28/2017
· This Sunday Gary is performing a special concert in Pori Finland—his first time playing in that fair country. A special concert for the 200th show of Validi Karkia underground club. A pick in the biggest Finnish rock magazine!
06/20/2017
· Gary and Feifei Yang are pictured in the NY China Press Sunday about their recent performance June 8th at Joe's Pub at The Public Theater NYC
06/18/2017
· Just confirmed: we are doing a teaser showcase for our new album THE WORLD OF CAPTAIN BEEFHEART featuring the fabulous Nona Hendryx at Joe's Pub at The Public NYC, Wed. Sept. 20th, 2 shows at 7pm and 9:30pm
Our new album is released Oct. 12th on Knitting Factory Records worldwide—Stay tuned!!
photo to the left by Michel Delsol
06/16/2017
· Just confirmed: Gary is performing solo and giving an acoustic masterclass at the Guadalajara Grooves and Blues Festival in Mexico Nov. 17th-19th!!
06/11/2017
· See a Big Hello from Gary to Vanløse, København, Denmark about his upcoming gigs there end of June
06/06/2017
· Gary is giving a big Tribute to Jeff Buckley in Madrid Thurs. June 22nd and Fri. June 23rd at Recoletos Jazz Club featuring 4 stunning Spanish divas and spoken-word alchemist Bruno Galindo
· Just confirmed: Gary is performing at the London Jeff Buckley Tribute at the Brixton Ritzy on Sat. Sept. 9th!!
06/06/2017
· Gary Lucas' FLEISCHEREI rave review from United Mutations
05/29/2017
· RIP JEFF BUCKLEY—20 Years Gone Today. Listen to the original studio demo of "Grace"
05/27/2017
· New poster on the left for Gary's upcoming June 8th Joe's Pub show with special guest vocalist Feifei Yang!
05/25/2017
· New poster on the left for Gary's solo concert at the State Theater in Varnsdorf Czech Republic on Wed. June 14th!
05/22/2017
· Sun. June 11th in Prague, Gary is performing on acoustic guitar with a free-jazz ensemble led by Michal Hruby featuring the cream of Czech improvisers at Kavarna Liberal—it's part of his upcoming Czech excursion which includes performing in a new film by Pavel Gobl featuring his old friend The Plastic People of the Universe saxophonist Vratislav Brabenec...performing a solo acoustic concert at the State Theater in Varnsdorf Wed. June 14th...and jamming with Richard Mader and friends at Club Blues Bahnhof in Prague on Thurs. June 15th
05/21/2017
· New poster for Gary's upcoming two nights solo acoustic in Porto Portugal June 24-25th
05/18/2017
· RIP CHRIS CORNELL—He was a friend and I was honored to play with him

photo: with producer Steve Lillywhite and Chris at the "Carry On" sessions in LA Sept. 2006
05/18/2017
· 'TIS THE SEASON
Just confirmed: I am performing my live solo score accompanying "THE GOLEM" at the Alamo Drafthouse Cinemas in Brooklyn Oct. 26th, Houston Oct. 29th, Austin Oct 30th, Austin Oct. 31st (with my live score for "Frankenstein"—a kind of Golem), and in El Paso Texas Nov. 1st—the Day of the Dead

photo by Hector Marquez | taken at the 53rd Valladolid Film Festival, Valladolid Spain 10/27/08
05/16/2017
· Check out a rough mix of new track "The Mad World" from Gary's forthcoming album "The Edge of Heaven Vol. 2"—a 30's Chinese pop song by Chow Hsuan featuring Feifei Yang on vocals and Jason Candler on sax
05/13/2017
· Gary Lucas at Rocket Number Nine, Fri. May 19 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm:
From Captain Beefheart to Jeff Buckley, Leonard Bernstein to Lou Reed, John Cale to Patti Smith, Allen Ginsberg to Nick Cave, among countless others, there's never been a guitarist like the legendary Gary Lucas.
"One of the best and most original guitarists in America" —David Fricke, Rolling Stone.
Join us for a night of music on Friday, May 19th. Gary Lucas will be performing an acoustic set, as well as signing copies of his book "Touched By Grace: My Time With Jeff Buckley."

Rocket Number Nine Records
50 N Front St., Kingston, NY | 845-331-8217
05/13/2017
05/11/2017
· Just confirmed, some June GL Danish dates around a (heheh) secret recording projekt:
Wednesday June 28th - Morgensang at Kulturstationen Vanlose (Copenhagen), Jernbane Alle 38
Thursday June 29th - GL with Simon Nielsen Orregaard and his gang at Mojo Blues Bar, Longangstraede 21C, 1468 Kobenhavn K
Friday June 30th - GL at Kulturstationen Vanlose (Copenhagen), Jernbane Alle 38, screening of Lars Movin's short Beefheart film before the performance
05/08/2017
· Check out the new poster for Gary's upcoming solo concerts in Madrid Thurs. June 22nd and Fri. June 23rd
05/06/2017
· Gary just confirmed to play a solo acoustic show Thurs. June 8th at Joe's Pub NYC at 7:30pm; his special guest vocalist will be Feifei Yang, with whom he is currently recording "The Edge of Heaven Vol. 2"

Photo to the left by Emil Mohr
05/05/2017
· Gary is performing a solo concert with special guests centering around an homage to Jeff Buckley Thurs. June 22nd & Fri. June 23rd at Recoletos Jazz Club in Madrid, Spain, Calle Recoletos 18; singers include the alluring Mercedes Ferrer, Alana Mike, Cecilia Krull and Miryam Latrece—plus his old friend and collaborator Spanish poet Bruno Galindo will offer up some of his spoken word magic
05/04/2017
· New interview with Gary by Emil Mohr in Musikkpraksis, the leading Scandinavian music magazine: Page 1 | Page 2
05/02/2017
· Read a 5 Star Goodreads review of Gary's book "Touched By Grace: My Time with Jeff Buckley" from Pablo Cordero
04/28/2017
· Check out clips of Gary performing live in Mexico City last week at Biblioteca Benjamin Franklin, including a solo acoustic version of "Grace"
04/24/2017
· Today is Yom HaShoah (??? ?????)
Holocaust Remembrance Day
Never Forget

GL performs solo acoustic before the General Assembly of the UN for Holocaust Memorial Day 1/27/17
04/22/2017
· Gary is performing live on Oscar Sarquiz Figueroa's famous radio program "Migrante" this Mon. April 24th at 2pm Central Daylight Time on Radio Ciudadana, 660 AM del Instituto Mexicano de la Radio, IMER, listen live here

photo to the left: Xavier Baviera and Gary at Biblioteca Benjamin Franklin Mexico City 4/18/17
04/17/2017
04/15/2017
04/13/2017
04/13/2017
· Nice live review of Gary's recent solo show at Quinn's in Beacon, NY from Thomas Jenkins:
"I had the pleasure of catching Gary Lucas solo at the low key and unassuming Quinn's in Beacon, NY on Sunday, April 2nd. What a treat! It was like having a guitar legend in my living room! I knew of Gary's work with Captain Beefheart certainly but was still fairly new to the man's rich and broad musical output over several decades. Let's just say that now I'm a huge fan. Gary's performance was mind-blowing and his stage persona is simply a funny, engaging, unpretentious, creative human that loves what he does. I won't even attempt to describe what this music is. All I know is that to me, he's the only guitar player alive that matters."
—Tom Bone Todd Jenkins
Drawing on the left by Dutch fan Henk Langeveld done at the Melkweg Amsterdam
· Alessio Franchini e Il Circolo Dei Baccanali - "Tutto Duo Cambiare In Un Attimo" added to the Discography
04/09/2017
· Mark Hazen on "I HAVE A CAT", the last lengthy interview with Don Van Vliet (Captain Beefheart) conducted by Co de Kloet and set to music by Gary Lucas:
"Just listening to 'I Have a Cat'...The interviewer is really good, strangely good even! Don seems to trust him and jives along with him beautifully. Together they elongate time. Your respectful and reverent fly on the wall atmospherics that fill the huge spaces between their commentary makes the whole experience multi dimensional. I can't think of anyone else on earth pulling this off while keeping it completely reverent and authentic. Thanks for keeping the fountain gushing!"
Available now digitally from OkayMusic, download it here
04/06/2017
· Gary is quoted in the Observer today about working on The Clash for CBS Records in a previous lifetime...to the left is one of the posters he created for them
04/06/2017
· Next up: Gary is giving a Masterclass and a Solo Acoustic concert at Biblioteca Benjamin Franklin in Mexico City Tues. April 18th, by invitation of the U.S. Embassy Mexico
04/06/2017
· Sun. April 30th at 2pm Gary will the guest of Mr. Mike Edison—writer, musician, raconteur and good guy—on his long-running Heritage Radio Network podcast "Arts and Seizures". He'll be playing live, discussing the 3 albums with 3 excellent collaborators he currently has out on release through Okaymusic (Gary Lucas and Toni Dezso's "Go Nutz!", Najma Akhtar and GL's "Rishte", his Don Van Vliet spoken word and music collaboration with Co De Kloet "I Have a Cat") and the 4th, "Find It Amigo: The Great Lost Gods and Monsters Live Album", out May 12th on OPM. Listen live here
04/04/2017
· Rave review from Gary's solo concert last night 4/2/17 at Quinn's in Beacon NY from programmer James Keepnews:
"Yes, there have been some amazing nights at Quinn's over the last 3+ years but Gary Lucas' two sets last night were on some wholly other kind of world-historical stuff. On both acoustic and electric, he utterly galvanized the SRO crowd with his supreme artistry and his between-song patter also had the room in stitches — cat can truly work a room! Special guest Ben Neill also totally brought his A+++ game on mutant trumpet and laptop, playing as well as I've ever heard him. If you weren't there, what can I tell you — your considerable loss. Fortunately, I suspect he'll be back at the Q PDQ. Thanks again to Gary, Tom, Che, George, everyone at Quinn's who helped make last night a thrilling success and to everyone who came out. I'm not much of a weeper but when Gary kicked off Set 2 with this little number he wrote and which Jeff Buckley set words and melody to subsequently, I pretty much lost it. Thanks again, Gary — next time!"
04/02/2017
04/01/2017
· Just released digitally on Okaymusic!! "I HAVE A CAT"—the last lengthy interview with Don Van Vliet a/k/a Captain Beefheart, conducted by Co De Kloet and set to music by Gary Lucas Download here
· Gary's solo shows tomorrow night at Quinn's in Beacon NY are a Pick in the Hudson Valley Chronogram
03/29/2017
· Just confirmed: In protest of alt-right obergruppenfuhrer Richard Spencer's recent depiction of the media as "soulless golem", Gary is performing his live solo score for "THE GOLEM" (1920, d. Paul Wegener and Carl Boese) at the Alamo Drafthouse NYC in Brooklyn on Thurs. Oct. 26th

photo: performing with "The Golem" at the 53rd Valladolid Film Festival in Spain
03/29/2017
03/29/2017
· Just confirmed: Tues. April 18th I am giving a masterclass and performing a solo acoustic concert for disadvantaged children at Biblioteca Benjamin Franklin in Mexico City
03/28/2017
· Coming this Friday March 31st on Okaymusic worldwide: "I HAVE A CAT", the last lengthy interview with Don Van Vliet conducted by Co De Kloet, and set to music by Gary Lucas

painting: "Cat's Got His Tail" by Don Van Vliet
1985
oil on wood
03/27/2017
· Gary is mentioned in the Class Notes section of the Yale Alumni Magazine 4/2017
03/19/2017
· Rave Reviews for GARY LUCAS / TONI DEZSO - Gary and Toni Go Nutz! (Rare Lumiere 017; digitally available from Okaymusic):
From Downtown Music Gallery NYC's newsletter (click here), and from screenwriter Francis McCarthy: "Arresting, gripping, hypnotic. Multi-layered harmonics draw you in and hold you fast, a soundtrack to your dreams."
03/18/2017
· Gary at home after rehearsing with Dutch jazz vocalist Julia Werner, who will perform "Grace" with him this Tues. night 3/21/17 at the Birthday Tribute to Giorgio Gomelsky at Niagara, 112 Ave. A and 7th St. in the East Village...they will go on at 10pm
03/17/2017
· Gary was just invited to perform solo acoustic for US Consul General in Milan Ambassador Philip Reeker and invited guests on Tues. May 2nd. Joining him will be his friend and collaborator Alessio Franchini—the second time they have performed for the US Consul General in Milan
03/14/2017
· 3 European Gary Lucas solo dates just confirmed:
Thur.-Fri. June 22nd-23rd - Recoletos Jazz Club, Calle Recoletos, 18, Madrid, Spain
Sun. June 25th - Soliloquios, Rua das Carmelitas, 100, 3e, Porto, Portugal
03/11/2017
· Gary has just been invited to perform at performance artist Deenah Vollmer's Poetry/Protest Music event Thurs. March 30th at Counter Evolution, 37 W. 17th St.—a Benefit for Make the Road New York, the local immigrants rights organization—also appearing are Jeffrey Lewis, Devon Church, poet Josef Kaplan, Susan Hwang and others
photo: performing in the Hellfire Caves High Wycombe England for the marriage of Yuliana Galitskaya and Alec Mahler June 2011
03/09/2017
· Just out!! New album "Gary and Toni Go Nutz!" Explosive instrumental sonic wonderment on Rare Lumiere, digitally distributed by Okay Music, features "Trout Fishing in Trump Amerika" and other toe-tappers, check out the long-form animation "Cyberpunk" by Rokus Kalapis with music from the new album
03/05/2017
· Interview with Rick Karr about Gary's love of live film scoring for silent and sound films which was broadcast last night Sat. March 4th on NPR's Weekend All Things Considered, listen to the complete broadcast and read the transcript here
photo: performing the world premiere of Gary's new live score for Orson Welles' 1938 silent surrealist classic "Too Much Johnson" at Roulette Brooklyn 1/27/17
03/03/2017
· Tomorrow Sat. March 4th Gary is being interviewed by Rick Karr on NPR's Weekend All Things Considered, tune in at 5pm EST on 93.9FM and 820AM, or listen here!
02/28/2017
· Watch excerpts from the world premiere Jan. 27th 2017 of Gary Lucas' new live score accompanying Orson Welles' silent surrealist comic masterpiece "Too Much Johnson", recorded, filmed, and edited by Phil Mango at Roulette Brooklyn
02/28/2017
· Gary was just confirmed to play solo acoustic at a memorial birthday concert for the late great Giorgio Gomelsky (Yardbirds, Stones, Gong, Julie Driscoll and so much more) Tues. March 21st at Niagara Bar on Ave A, he will go on at 10pm
02/26/2017
· Just confirmed: New GARY LUCAS album coming your way—"FIND IT, AMIGO: THE GREAT LOST GODS AND MONSTERS LIVE ALBUM" CD out Fri. May 12th on the OPM label through Dot Time Records
Photo by Arjen Veldt, Amsterdam, l to r: Jerry Harrison, Ernie Brooks, Jason Candler, Billy Ficca, and yrs truly
The album also features Joe Hendel and special guest Felice Rosser, Jazz-Rock-Psychedelic madness featuring many original songs, plus music by Miles Davis, Suicide, Syd Barrett, Television, Modern Lovers, Abdullah Ibrahim and more
· Flash! Mutant trumpeter Ben Neill is sitting in on Gary's Sun. April 2nd solo concert at Quinn's in Beacon NY
02/25/2017
· Check out a new interview with Gary on Captain Beefheart in Classic Rock Lifestyle Italia #52, March 2017, and see the English original of Gary's interview first done over the net with Gabriele Marino and then translated into Italian
02/24/2017
· Arthur Brown was just phenomenal last night—totally brilliant, singing fabulously, better than ever!! The NYC crowd at (le) poisson rouge went berserk. Backstage he was utterly friendly and warm—a genuine diamond geezer
photo by Caroline Sinclair
02/23/2017
· Sin of Omission: DownBeat Magazine gives Gary big props in a review of a new book "Jews and Jazz"
02/16/2017
02/04/2017
· Gary gets a thumbs up from DownBeat in a review of the premiere of his new live score for Orson Welles' "Too Much Johnson" at Roulette Brooklyn 1/27/17
02/03/2017
· Check out the clip for Gary Lucas & Alessio Franchini's "A Touch of Grace" European tour
02/02/2017
· NY Times film critic Glenn Kenny on the world premiere of Gary's new live score for Orson Welles' 1938 silent surrealist film "Too Much Johnson":
"The inchoate genius of Orson Welles further illuminated by the ingenious musical inventions of Gary Lucas. Lucas' ecstatic, dreamy, cleverly referential score takes Welles' unfinished work and floats it on a regenerating psychedelic nimbus."
· Gary is quoted re: Jorma Kaukoken in an article by John Kruth celebrating the 50th anniversary of the release of Jefferson Airplane's "Surrealistic Pillow" album in the NY Observer
02/01/2017
· Just confirmed: "A Touch of Grace" Jeff Buckley Tribute with Gary Lucas and Alessio Franchini on vocals, on Thurs. May 4th in Rome, Italy at the Auditorium Parco della Musica
01/28/2017
· Gary performs in this official live clip at the UN before the General Assembly 1/27/17 for International Holocaust Remembrance Day
01/24/2017
· Gary profiled in the Brooklyn Daily today for his new live score for Orson Welles 1938 silent film "Too Much Johnson", world premiere this Friday Jan. 27th at Roulette Brooklyn at 8pm
· Gary gets a shout out plus on Mike Edison's podcast series "Arts and Seizures", starting at 26:26
01/23/2017
· This just in from Richard Gehr in Relix Magazine re: Gary Lucas' FLEISCHEREI album on Cuneiform Records:
"Swing, you sinners. During the pre-Hays Code '30s, Fleischer Studios' cartoons purveyed family-friendly sexual innuendo from scantily clad vixens, giant circus clowns, talking dogs, unmarried mothers, and horny sailors amid luridly pulsating black-and-white backgrounds. Guitarist Gary Lucas and his flippy-floppy jass combo reanimate the music of these debaucherously delightful Betty Boop and Popeye cartoons on Fleischerei! (Cuneiform). Lucas's dazzling slide guitar work and Sarah Stiles's saucy soprano will teleport you to some of the pre-war America's trippier environments. You'll want to listen to songs like 'The Broken Record' on permanent repeat."
· Clip of Gary at the Women's March NYC 1/21/17
01/21/2017
· TONIGHT!! In the spirit of the Inauguration, "Trout Fishing in Trump Amerika" is getting a spin this Sat. night Jan. 21st on Co De Kloet's long-running "Co Live!" program on national Dutch radio NPO—tune in at 7pm Dutch time, 1 pm EST, listen live here; as featured on the new "Gary and Toni Go Nutz!" album from Gary Lucas and Toni Dezso—listen here
· Gary was interviewed on legendary Bob Fass' Radio Unnameable show at 12:30am last night on WBAI in NYC to wax wroth re Trumpasoreass Erectus, listen around 30 minutes in here from WBAI's digital archive; he comes back again a second time in the program for more of the interview at 1:22:49
01/19/2017
· Just confirmed: I am going on legendary Bob Fass' Radio Unnameable tonight Thurs. Jan. 19th on WBAI 99.5 FM New York at 12:30am EST to talk about my upcoming appearances at the UN and Roulette Jan. 27th, and new albums and stuff, maybe play live solo acoustic from my livingroom (it's a phoner) if Lulu and Caroline will let me :-) Listen live here
· Read the latest Press Release
01/17/2017
· On Fri. Jan. 27th Gary will perform solo before the General Assembly as part of their Holocaust Remembrance Ceremonies. He will perform around 11:20am after speeches by the Secretary General and the US and Israeli ambassadors. Any friends and supporters who would like to attend should register on the UN website asap. Registration closes on Jan. 20th and no-one will be allowed into the venue if they have not registered. Everyone coming to the event must bring photo id with them.
01/15/2017
· Happy Birthday Don Van Vliet (Captain Beefheart), who would have been 76 today Jan. 15th!! Please enjoy a selection of Don Van Vliet's art from Gary's private collection, and this reminiscence about his early experiences working with Don from "Dangerous Minds"
01/13/2017
· Just confirmed, Gary performs solo acoustic on Feb. 14th at the Music Hall of Williamsburg in NYC as part of a special Valentine's Day VILLAGE OF LOVE Planned Parenthood of NYC Benefit Concert & Dance, also featuring Kid Congo Powers, Eleanor Friedberger and others
01/08/2017
· Gary with the late great Bernie Worrell 5 years ago today 1/8/12 backstage at (le) poisson rouge after sitting in with him and his band for the NYC Winter Jazzfest
12/30/2016
· GARY LUCAS' FLEISCHEREI CHOSEN AS ONE OF THE BEST ALBUMS OF 2016 IN DOWNBEAT!!
12/29/2016
12/23/2016
· Read a rave from The Audiophile Voice re: Gary Lucas' FLEISCHEREI album
· Check out a live clip from Gary's solo acoustic concert at the Gaia Arts Center in Havana Cuba last May
12/18/2016
· Just confirmed: European Dates for "A TOUCH OF GRACE" TRIBUTE TO JEFF BUCKLEY featuring Alessio Franchini on vocals and Gary:
4/28 Zoetermeer - NL - Borderij
4/29 Heerlen - NL - Heerlen Theatern
5/3 Mainz - DE - Frankfurter Hof
5/5 Madrid - ES - Sala Chango
5/6 Barcelona - ES - Sala Bikini
More dates coming very soon
Special Thanks to SWEX Music and Production
12/13/2016
· MAGIC PRAGUE: Just confirmed—Gary is collaborating with digeridoo player extraordinaire Ondrej Smeyka in his annual psychedelic phantasmagoria Peace Concert to be held at the Bethlehem Chapel in Stare Mesto in Prague on Fri. Dec. 8th 2017
12/13/2016
· With Gary's friend Vida Neuwirthova at the Club Blues Bahnhof Sat. night 12/10/16—Vida is a member of the Board of the Jewish Community Centre in Prague and is the leader of the Children's Jewish Theatre—she has just booked Gary to perform there for Hannukah 2017
12/13/2016
· With Gary's oldest friend in Prague Richard Mader a/k/a Faust who operates sumptuous Studio Faust Records, the underground studio complex home to such artists as Killing Joke, Jay Z, Keith Levene, Ted Parsons, Neo, Jaz Coleman and more—Gary is currently immersed in recording a new solo acoustic album with Faust at the controls
12/12/2016
· Listen beginning at 1:01:15 to Co De Kloet's interview on 12/11/16 with Gary on his show "Co Live!" on national Dutch radio NPO 2—hear Gary perform solo acoustic at the Amsterdam Musik Conservatorum (courtesy Prof. Jack Pisters), plus Co also plays some cool live tracks they recorded over the years in Holland—just click here and scroll to it
12/09/2016
· This Sunday night Gary is interviewed and performs live solo acoustic as a guest on Co De Kloet's long-running Dutch radio program "Co Live!" on Radio NPO, listen here at 5pm EST
12/07/2016
12/05/2016
· Just confirmed: Gary is performing solo acoustic and then jamming with the cream of the Czech underground at Club Blues Bahnhof in Prague this Sat. night Dec. 10th; invited guests include Richard Mader, Robert Vasicek, Vratislav Brabenec, David Nemec, Eva Turnova and Pavel Zaijek
11/30/2016
· Review and cool pics in Brooklyn Vegan of the "Hendrix in Harlem" show at the legendary Apollo Theater 11/26/16
11/28/2016
· Gary rocks out on Jimi Hendrix's "Night Flying Bird" live with Liv Warfield and Fishbone in this clip from the "Hendrix in Harlem" concert at the Apollo Theater NYC 11/26/16
11/26/2016
· Happy Thanksgiving from Gary, Caroline and Lulu!
11/17/2016
· Just confirmed: Gary is giving 2 days of Masterclasses and Songwriting Workshops at the Amsterdam Musik Conservatorum Dec. 7th and 8th
11/05/2016
· Gary is performing in the upcoming high-profile Hendrix in Harlem concert at the Apollo Theater NYC Sat Nov. 26th starring Fishbone, with special guests including Gary's friend and collaborator Nona Hendryx and legendary Ernie Isley, more details here
· Gary's FLEISCHEREI duo at the Boston Jewish Film Festival this Thursday Nov. 9th is a Pick of the Week in the Boston Globe today
11/04/2016
· Gary just heard that his STEREOPTICON acoustic album with Jann Klose has received a first round nomination as Best Folk Album at the Grammys, listen here
11/01/2016
· Check out the poster for Gary's solo concert for disadvantaged youth at Biblioteca Benjamin Franklin in Mexico City Fri. Nov. 18th
· Watch "The Lotus Pond Shanghai" on Vimeo
10/29/2016
· Just confirmed: Gary is joining Fishbone as their special guest at the Hendrix in Harlem event at the Apollo Theater in NYC on Sat. Nov. 26th—which also features his friend and collaborator Nona Hendryx and the great Ernie Isley plus more!!
10/29/2016
· From jazz programmer James Keepnews: Thrilled to announce a date we have just confirmed: the legendary guitarist / composer / producer / educator Gary Lucas will appear at Quinn's in Beacon NY in a solo performance on Sunday, April 2 at 8 PM. A member of the final incarnation of Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band, Mr. Lucas' past collaborators include such esteemed artists as: Leonard Bernstein, Jeff Buckley, Allen Ginsberg, Lou Reed, John Cale, Dr. John, Iggy Pop, Patti Smith, Nick Cave and David Johansen, among countless others. Gary will perform two sets at Quinn's: one acoustic, one electric. Definitely block off 4/2/2017 on your calendars now and join us for what promises to be one of the most incredible performances yet to be presented at Quinn's—and, you know, we've had one or two not-bad ones over the past three years. Don't miss it!
10/28/2016
· Just confirmed: Gary is performing the world premiere of his new live solo guitar score accompanying Orson Welles's recently rediscovered silent surrealist masterpiece "TOO MUCH JOHNSON" at ROULETTE BROOKLYN Fri. Jan. 27th
10/28/2016
· Just confirmed: Gary is performing a solo acoustic concert and masterclass for disadvantaged youth in Mexico City on Fri. Nov. 18th at the Biblioteca Benjamin Franklin, by invitation of the US Embassy as part of their Music Outreach Program—it's his third time performing for them, and he is so honored
10/27/2016
· New clip of Gary and jazz mama Tamar Korn at the City Winery NYC 10/9/16 with their FLEISCHEREI duo—next up, Gary and Tamar take FLEISCHEREI to the Boston Jewish Film Festival Thurs. Nov. 10th at the Coolidge Corner Theatre, tickets here
10/22/2016
· Check out a cool clip of Gary live solo acoustic at the Manderley Bar at the McKittrick Hotel NYC 10/19/16
10/20/2016
· Read a review of Gary's recent solo acoustic concert at the Internet Festival in Pisa Italy 10/6/16 from radioeco.it, in Italian and in English
10/15/2016
· Gary is performing solo acoustic this Wednesday night Oct. 19th at the swanky Manderley Bar at The McKittrick Hotel, set starts at 10:20pm
10/13/2016
· This Sunday at 11am, Gary's first show with jazz mama Tamar Korn at City Winery NYC!! Betty and Bagels with a Schmear of Olive Oyl plus many Max Fleischer cartoon classics
10/11/2016
· Gary is interviewed by TV 24 Wien after his recent solo performance at the Jewish Museum Vienna for their "Stars of David" exhibition 10/1/16
10/08/2016
· New interview recorded in Pisa with Gary right before his concert at the Cinema Lumiere for the Internet Festival 10/6/16
10/03/2016
· Just confirmed: Gary will play solo and with special guests at the annual Jeff Buckley Tribute in NY at Arlene's Grocery Sun. Nov. 13th!!
10/02/2016
· Photo to the left: Doing an interview with Wien tv24 after a wonderful gig at the Judisches Museum Wien playing solo acoustic for their excellent "Stars of David" exhibition on Jewish music on 10/1/16
Special thanks to Dr. Alfred Stalzer who curated the exhibition and took this pic, and Danny Fields for getting the ball rolling
09/30/2016
· Gary is honored to have just been invited to perform solo at the Holocaust Remembrance ceremony to be held at the UN before the General Assembly on Friday Jan. 27th 2017...listen to "On an Overgrown Path"
photo to the left by Arjen Veldt
09/27/2016
· Interview this morning with Gary and his Pearly Clouds partner Toni Dezso on Hungarian national TV M-1
09/26/2016
· Gary is in Budapest now getting ready for his Pearly Clouds show this Fri. at 8pm at FONO Budapest—a Pick in Jazz Hungary today
09/22/2016
· Gary now has his own Gary Lucas app, Gary Lucas Tour!! Follow Gary Lucas' tour dates, projects, music stream, social media & photos!
Download FREE for iOS (iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch) here, or for Android here
Big thanks to Jay Rohrer at 1 Week App for App design, Margot Des Alysés for website design, and Tanya Weiman for site maintenance
09/20/2016
09/18/2016
· Check out a Don Van Vliet (Captain Beefheart) drawing from Gary's collection which first appeared in Rolling Stone magazine in 1979
· Gary was interviewed and performed live in a taped segment for "The Oleg Frish" show on RTVi, a privately owned Russian-language tv channel whose primary audiences are the Russian-speaking communities of Israel, Germany and the US; watch the broadcast in Russian here, and check out Gary's instrumental 'Will O' the Wisp" at 12:12
09/14/2016
· Gary's interview with Dutch radio personality Co De Kloet re: all things Max Fleischer which aired on his "Co Live!" programme on national Dutch radio NPO last Sunday is archived here, listen at 19:02:00
09/12/2016
· Photo surfaces of the Boss and Gary with Caroline Sinclair backstage at the afterparty for the "The Nebraska Project" at the World Financial Center NYC Jan. 2006
· Big thanks to Spencer Leigh at BBC Radio Merseyside in Liverpool England for playing "I Want a Clean Shaven Man" from Gary's FLEISCHEREI album on his "On the Beat" programme last night 9/11/16, listen at 1:43:22 here
09/10/2016
· This Sunday night Gary is interviewed by Dutch Zappa-Beefheart go-to guy/radio legend Co De Kloet about his new FLEISCHEREI project—Music from Max Fleischer's Betty Boop and Popeye Cartoons—at 8:00pm Dutch time (2:00pm Eastern time) on his show "Co Live" on national Dutch Radio NPO—listen here, and check out an excerpt from "Betty Boop for President" here
· Also Gary is performing with his FLEISCHEREI acoustic duo—Music from Max Fleischer's wonderful cartoons—on Sunday Oct. 2nd at Porgy & Bess Jazz Club in Wien with Viennese chanteuse Tini Kainrath...on Sun. Oct. 16th at the City Winery NYC with jazz mama Tamar Korn...and on Thurs. Nov. 10th at the Boston Jewish Film Festival at the Coolidge Corner Theatre in Brookline with Tamar Korn—along with screenings of many pre-Code Fleischer cartoon classics
09/09/2016
· Gary is closing the STARS OF DAVID exhibition on Jewish musicians of the 20th Century at the Jewish Museum of Vienna solo Sat. Oct 1st at 9:30pm & 10:30pm, see an interview for Jewish Leadership website Leadel
09/06/2016
· This Friday, September 9th Gary is being interviewed and performs solo acoustic on RTVI on the "Friday Night With Oleg Frish" program at 4:00pm EDT + at 11:00pm EDT, then on Monday Sept. 12th at 7:30am EDT—from the show's press release: "Gary Lucas is the iconic guitarist, songwriter, soundtrack composer, and a recording artist with more than 30 solo albums. He has been described as 'the greatest living electric guitar player'. Do not miss this Friday Night With Oleg Frish and Gary Lucas!"
09/06/2016
· Just confirmed: Gary is performing solo at the Internet Festival in Pisa Italy on Thurs. Oct. 6th at Lumiere Pisa
09/05/2016
· Check out a new clip of Gary performing Skip James' "I'm So Glad" at Matt Umanov Guitars NYC 9/3/16
09/04/2016
09/03/2016
· Updates made to the Awards page
09/02/2016
· New remix of Pearly Clouds "I Dislike How Times Are Changing" by Df Tram...Pearly Clouds play FONO Budapest live on Fri. Sept. 30th
· Gary picks his favorite music to take on the road in a Bravotv.com round-up of 14 musicians including Meat Loaf, Andy Gill and others
08/30/2016
· Just confirmed: Gary is honored to be performing in Shanghai on Fri. Nov. 4th with the lovely Sally Kwok songs from his 30's Chinese pop project "The Edge of Heaven" on the occasion of the gala 30th wedding anniversary celebration of Sally and Andrew Bull at the landmark art-deco palace Peace Hotel on the Bund—it's also Andrew's 60th birthday!!
08/26/2016
· Gary's Boston Jewish Film Festival Nov. 10th gig with his Fleischerei duo featuring Tamar Korn and plenty of Max Fleischer cartoon madness will be held at the gorgeous Coolidge Corner Theatre in Brookline, Massachusetts
· Another Satisfied Customer Dept.—From John Morrison on Gary's Summer Sale: "Hi Gary, I just got the Gods and Monsters DVD. I love it. About a year ago, I happened to catch part of it on tv, and said 'wow who are these guys? This is fantastic!', but I couldn't find anything else about the band. Then the article from Ted Drozdowski came along, and I became an instant fan. What you do is truly inspiring to me, and I look forward to hearing and purchasing more of your material, and maybe hearing you play live some time."
· New 4 Star review of Gary's acclaimed "Busy Being Born" album (Tzadik) just surfaces on the net
· Updates made to the Masterclass page and the Pearly Clouds site
08/25/2016
· Just confirmed: Gary is performing two solo acoustic sets at the Judisches Museum Wien at 9:30pm and 10:30pm on Sat. Oct 1st closing their 5-month long "Stars of David" exhibition, a salute to Jewish musicians of the 20th Century
08/23/2016
· 22 years ago today Aug. 23rd 1994 Jeff Buckley's "Grace" album was released—opening with "Mojo Pin", co-written and performed by Gary
08/16/2016
08/09/2016
· UPCOMING FALL GARY LUCAS SHOWS:
Fri. Sept. 30th—Pearly Clouds headline the Fono Buda in Budapest
Sat. Oct. 1st—solo at the Judisches Museum Wien as part of their "Stars of David" exhibition on Jewish Musicians
Sun. Oct 2nd—Gary Lucas' FLEISCHEREI featuring Tini Kainrath plus Max Fleischer cartoons at the Porgy & Bess Jazz Club Wien
Sun. Oct. 16th—Gary Lucas' FLEISCHEREI featuring Tamar Korn plus Max Fleischer cartoons at City Winery NYC
Thurs. Nov. 10th—Gary Lucas' FLEISCHEREI featuring Tamar Korn plus Max Fleischer cartoons at the Boston Jewish Film Festival
More Dates coming soon...
photo to the left by Lars Klove
08/07/2016
08/06/2016
07/30/2016
· Two clips filmed at Gary's recent acoustic guitar Masterclass at Russo's in Asbury Park—in the first Gary plays "Rise Up to Be", his original instrumental that became the template for Jeff Buckley's "Grace", and in the second acoustic masterclass clip Gary plays his arrangement of Leos Janacek's "On An Overgrown Path" 15. Allegro
07/27/2016
· Updates made to the Photos
photo to the left: Brooklyn Blowhards at the Maritime Museum Red Hook, l to r: Art Bailey, Stephen LaRosa, Jeff Lederer, Allison Miller, Steve Bernstein, Joe Fiedler and GL 7/23/16
07/26/2016
· RIP Sandy Pearlman, one of the most brilliant and talented creative minds in music and a good friend and supporter of Gary's
07/22/2016
· Just confirmed: Gary is bringing his FLEISCHEREI project—Music from Max Fleischer's Betty Boop and Popeye Cartoons—to Vienna in October, performing solo acoustic at the Jewish Museum of Wien Sat. Oct 1st as part of their "Stars Of David" Jewish music exhibition...then bringing his FLEISCHEREI duo featuring Viennese singer Tini Kainrath into the Porgy and Bess Jazz Club Sun. Oct 2nd along with choice animation gems from the Fleischer catalog
photo: director and gag writer Dave Fleischer was always a swell dresser, here flanked by Fleischer Studios animation icons Gulliver and Popeye outside the Fleischer animation hub in Miami
07/21/2016
· Rave review for Gary's performance with "The Goddess" at Pioneer Works in Red Hook Brooklyn on 7/8/16 by Cineaste Magazine editor Richard Porton:

"The Brooklyn premiere of Gary Lucas' live score for THE GODDESS, a classic 1930's Chinese silent melodrama directed by Wu Yonggang and starring Ruan Lingyu, was a memorable event at Pioneer Works in Red Hook on Fri. July 8th. Lucas' score, which intersperses motifs from well-loved 30's and 40's Chinese pop songs with original themes, made a haunting film even more haunting. Lucas' guitar wizardry never amounts to virtuosity for its own sake. His score only enhances our appreciation of this melancholy tale of a 'fallen woman's' fate."
—Richard Porton, editor of Cineaste Magazine
07/19/2016
· Happy Birthday to genius animator Max Fleischer who would have been 133 years old today!! Check out Gary's blog post at Classic Movie Hub about Max's 1930 cartoon masterpiece "Swing You Sinners"
· New review of Gary Lucas' FLEISCHEREI in the Port Washington News
07/17/2016
· RIP ALAN VEGA—Gary's friend and collaborator
Listen to "Life Kills"
Photo from Gods and Monsters 25th Anniversary Show at the Gramercy Theatre NYC 6/8/2009
07/14/2016
· Pearly Clouds - "Pearly Clouds" and Gary Lucas' Fleischerei featuring Sarah Stiles - "Music from Max Fleischer Cartoons" CDs autographed by Gary are now available in the Merchandise section
07/12/2016
· Check out Gary's acoustic tribute to the great Roswell Rudd
· Please support the medical fund for Gary's old friend Sandy Pearlman (Blue Oyster Cult, the Dictators, the Clash)—one of the most brilliant figures in the history of rock
07/10/2016
· Today is the 75th anniversary of the massacre of the Jewish community in Jedwabne Poland which took place on July 10 1941—NEVER FORGET

"Jedwabne" by Gary Lucas & Gods and Monsters

Letter from Jedwabne

Legacy of Jedwabne

drawing by Cheyenne Schiavone
07/10/2016
· TONIGHT at 10pm EDT!! Jeff Buckley and Gary Lucas' version of Bob Dylan's "Farewell Angelina" is featured on Cameron Crowe's new "Roadies" series on Showtime!!
Photo to the left by Chris Buck
07/09/2016
· New video "Nobody's Talking" by Gary Lucas & Jann Klose, directed by Deangela Napier, the 4th single from their album STEREOPTICON—read a review from Beach Sloth 7/8/16
07/08/2016
· Rave review for Pearly Clouds just in from Jazz Weekly: "Wondrous and wonderful. Nothing to compare it to—like travelling to uncharted lands."
07/06/2016
· This Fri. night at visionary art's space Pioneer Works in Red Hook Brooklyn!! Gary plays "The Goddess", accompanying the legendary 1934 Chinese silent film with his original solo guitar score...followed by a duo concert of songs from his celebrated 30's Chinese pop album "The Edge of Heaven" with vocalist and erhu virtuoso Feifei Yang
07/04/2016
· Updates made to the Photos
Photo to the left: Gary and Remember Jones at their "Touched By Grace" Tribute to Jeff Buckley, House of Independents, Asbury Park 7/2/16
07/03/2016
· Photo to the left: Outside the Jeff Buckley Tribute in Asbury Park 7/2/16
06/30/2016
· Gary is interviewed in the Asbury Park Press for his July 1st and 2nd tribute to Jeff Buckley TOUCHED BY GRACE, with singer Remember Jones
06/29/2016
06/27/2016
· Gary is giving a free workshop for guitarists of all ages this Sat. Jul 2nd in Asbury Park NY
06/25/2016
06/24/2016
· Photo to the left: A Blast from the Past - Backstage at the first NYC show of The Clash at the Palladium on 14th St. in 1979, l to r: Topper Headon and Joe Strummer (in profile), GL, Al Fields "The Village Legend", Jay Rohrer (partially obscured), Billy Altman, David Johansen (facing Billy), Andy Warhol
· Gary is featured in the NY Post today 6/24/16: The new Cameron Crowe tv show "Roadies" (starring Gary's friend Imogen Poots) is using a live version of Jeff Buckley and Gary performing Bob Dylan's "Farewell Angelina" on their July 10th episode on Showtime Networks
06/23/2016
· Poster for Gary's upcoming show at Pioneer Works in Red Hook with "The Goddess"
· Updates made to the Photos, including a shot of Gary in the studio cutting a track for Buryat-Mongolian wundersinger Namgar at Eastside Sound Studios NYC
· Also Gary recently jammed with Russian pop singer and violin virtuoso Ada Pasternak out in the streets of the West Village in a clip that received 3000 hits in one day on Facebook, see a photo here
06/17/2016
· Photo to the left: Jann Klose and Gary Lucas having a great gig at Joe's Pub NYC 6/17/2016, photo by Phil Mango
06/17/2016
· Photo to the left: Gary with raconteur/musician Oleg Frish after being interviewed and performing on his RTVi program for Russian viewers, 6/14/16 (see the full image in the Photos)
06/15/2016
· Gary is interviewed by Ted Drozdowski in the latest issue of Premier Guitar Magazine (June 2016)—on sale now!
06/10/2016
· This photo of Gary and Jeff Buckley at Coney Island in Feb. '92 is by ace photographer Chris Buck from his forthcoming book of celebrity portraits "UNEASY"—please support Chris' Kickstarter campaign!
06/8/2016
· Rave review for Fleischerei in the Long Island Weekly!
· Read a translation of a new in-depth interview with Gary in Italian music and culture magazine Gagarin, see the original here
06/01/2016
· Updates made to the Photos
photo to the left: Playing Grace at Bowery Poetry Club NYC 5/29/16, photo by Caroline Sinclair
05/29/2016
05/27/2016
05/25/2016
· Just confirmed: Gary and Jann Klose coming up at Joe's Pub in NYC Fri. June 17th!!
· Check out the English translation by Geronimo Bruno Cico Casartelli of Gary's stellar FLEISCHEREI review in All About Jazz Italia
05/18/2016
· Gary's solo concert in Havana last Sat. 5/14/16 at the Gaia Arts Center was a Pick in Cuban national newspaper Granma last Friday
05/12/2016
· Check the cool poster for Gary's solo concert in Havana this Sat. May 14th at the Gaia Arts Center, where Gary has played many times before, in celebration of Gaia's 15th anniversary
05/09/2016
05/06/2016
· Cool review of Pearly Clouds in Veritas Vampirus newsletter
05/05/2016
· For Holocaust Remembrance Day (Yom HaShoah): "Terezin"—Gary Lucas solo guitar
NEVER FORGET
05/04/2016
· New interview with Gary and Jann from The Examiner, and a fabulous live review of their Stephen Talkhouse Show in Amagansett 4/30 from Musicguy247
photo by Caroline Sinclair at The Cutting Room NYC 5/2/16
04/30/2016
· Gary and Jann Klose's gig at The Stephen Talkhouse in Amagansett TONIGHT is a Pick in the Long Island Weekly
04/29/2016
· At the CDO Summit at Reuters with Jann Klose 4/26/16
04/28/2016
04/26/2016
· TWO GARY LUCAS & JANN KLOSE "STEREOPTICON" RECORD RELEASE PARTIES—THE STEPHEN TALKHOUSE LI THIS SAT. & THE CUTTING ROOM MON. 5/2
04/24/2016
· Robert Christgau gives an A- to Gary Lucas' FLEISCHEREI album at Noisey/Vice.com
04/23/2016
· Just confirmed: Friday July 8th Gary is performing his live solo score accompanying Chinese silent film classic THE GODDESS (1934, d. Wu Yonggang) starring the incandescent Ruan Lingyu at visionary artist's space Pioneer Works in Red Hook, Brooklyn at 8pm, and as a special bonus, the amazing Chinese vocalist Feifei Yang will perform several 30's Chinese pop classics with Gary as featured on his album "The Edge of Heaven"
· Excellent review of the new PEARLY CLOUDS album from the Gapplegate Guitar and Bass blog
04/21/2016
· Photo to the left: Gary performs his solo tribute to pioneer Jewish animation genius Max Fleischer at the City Winery Chicago Freedom Seder 4/18/16, photo by Mitch Myers
· Cool new animated clip for PEARLY CLOUDS track "Two Roads" by Rokus Kalapis
04/15/2016
· Excellent review of Gary's new PEARLY CLOUDS album with Tóni Dezső and Enikő Szabó in Ink19 Magazine
04/14/2016
· New interview from Icon Fetch with Gary about working with Jann Klose on STEREOPTICON
· Photo to the left: Gary at EastSide Sound NYC 4/13/16 working on...
photo by Jesse Krakow
04/12/2016
· Gary had big fun on the Heritage Radio Network on Sunday playing on Mike Edison's "Arts and Seizures" radio show live from Roberta's in Bushwick, hear the show on demand here
04/09/2016
· Big article in Italian national newspaper La Repubblica today about Gary's late partner and collaborator Jeff Buckley that mentions Gary's book Touched By Grace, Italian vocalist Alessio Franchini with whom Gary has performed many tributes to Jeff, and director Dan Algrant's film Greetings From Tim Buckley about Jeff's early days in NYC in which Gary was portrayed by Tony Award winner Frank Wood (Gary's current partner and collaborator Jann Klose is the voice of Tim Buckley in that film)
04/08/2016
04/06/2016
· Excellent review of Pearly Clouds just in from fROOTS Magazine (UK), album released tomorrow on Trapeze Records!!
04/03/2016
· Cool new review for Gary and Jann Klose's STEREOPTICON from Indie Music!
· Two album release party showcases for STEREOPTICON coming soon at The Stephen Talkhouse in Amagansett LI Sat. April 30th, and at The Cutting Room in Manhattan Mon. May 2nd, more details coming soon
04/02/2016
· Pearly Clouds, Gary's new psychedelic world music trio with Enikő Szabó and Tóni Dezső, were played 4/1/16 on BBC 3's "World on 3" programme hosted by Lopa Kothari, who called them "unusual but often compelling" (listen here at :44), their new album is released April 8th on Trapeze Records
· Great Facebook post with link to an interview with Gary about his STEREOPTICON album with Jann Klose on IconFetch.com!
· Photo of Gary reading the 4 Star review for his STEREOPTICON album with Jann Klose in the new issue of MOJO, taken at Frankie's Spuntino, West Village NYC 4/1/16, photo by Caroline Sinclair
03/26/2016
· Excellent review of FLEISCHEREI in the latest issue of GOLDMINE 3/16
· Read an interview with Steve Addabo about recording the new "You and I" Jeff Buckley compilation, which this week entered the US Top 200 Billboard Charts at #57, Jeff's highest ever chart position in the US!
· A blast from the past: New photo of Gary Lucas and Van Dyke Parks surfaces from the Harry Smith Tribute at St. Ann's Church 11/12/99, photo by Ebet Roberts
03/25/2016
· Gary performing his score with "The Exterminating Angel" at Pioneer Works Brooklyn 3/18/16
03/24/2016
03/22/2016
· Today Tues. March 22nd at 9pm CET 4pm EDT Gary is featured with his psychedelic world music trio Pearly Clouds (Gary, Enikő Szabó and Tóni Dezső) on Radio Television of Serbia on a program featuring guitar heroes of world music, including Malian "Mandinka" guitarist Delimdi Tunkara and Cuban Elijades Ochoa of the Buena Vista Social Club, listen here, and see a description of the program
· 4 STAR REVIEW for STEREOPTICON in the new MOJO!!
· "Lucas Bolsters Bunuel": excellent review by jazz critic Jim Macnie of Gary's live score for Luis Bunuel's surrealist masterpiece which had its US premiere at visionary artist's space Pioneer Works in Red Hook Brooklyn Fri. 3/18/16
03/21/2016
· Nice customer review on Amazon for the new Jeff Buckley "You and I" compilation, which features a solo version of Jeff and Gary's song "Grace". The album is #2 on the Australian album charts and #16 on the UK album charts this week, and on the iTunes charts the album is #5 in Italy this week and #3 in France this week
· Cool new video for Gary and Jann Klose's song "Fairweather from their STEREOPTICON album
03/19/2016
· With Caroline Sinclair before Gary's packed show at Pioneer Works in Red Brooklyn 3/18/16 with Bunuel's "The Exterminating Angel"
03/18/2016
· Great Max Fleischer and FLEISCHEREI write-up in Dangerous Minds!!
· Gary's show with "The Exterminating Angel" at Pioneer Works in Red Hook tonight at 8pm is a Weekend Pick in the New York Observer—scroll down to read
03/17/2016
· MA NISHTANA: Gary is performing solo acoustic at the City Winery NYC Seder on Wed. April 13th and at the City Winery Chicago Seder Mon. April 18th along with David Broza, Peter Yarrow, and other greats...
· New interview with Gary from Liverpool England blog site Coney's Loft
03/16/2016
· Two new reviews of Jeff Buckley's new "You and I" compilation album including Gary and Jeff's song "Grace": USA Today and The Guardian
03/11/2016
· New Jeff Buckley rarities collection "You and I" released today 3/11/16—featuring Jeff's solo version of Gary and Jeff's song "Grace". Read an article from Consequence of Sound and a review in the Huffington Post—and check out the original "Grace" studio demo from 1991, as featured on Jeff Buckley & Gary Lucas' "Songs to No One" album (Knitting Factory Records)
03/10/2016
· Check out the poster on the left for Gary's upcoming show accompanying Luis Bunuel's 1962 surrealist classic "The Exterminating Angel" at Pioneer Works in Red Hook March 18th, and the poster for his TOUCHED BY GRACE Tribute to Jeff Buckley with Remember Jones at House of Independents in Asbury Park July 1st and 2nd
03/09/2016
· "MEMORABLE NIGHT!! MAX WOULD HAVE BEEN PROUD OF WHAT YOU DO!"
—from Max Fleischer's granddaughter Ginny Mahoney, after Gary's FLEISCHEREI show Sat. March 5th at the AFI Silver Theatre in Silver Spring MD for the Washington Jewish Film Festival
03/08/2016
· Excellent review of Gary's STEREOPTICON album with Jann Klose in the Gapplegate Guitar and Bass Blog
· Check out two new interviews with Gary: one from GuitCast.com (starts at 34:05), and the other from the "Nakedly Examined Music" podcast series with Mark Linsenmayer
03/07/2016
· Group hug: l to r: MaryAnne Tom, Jamie Mahoney, Gary, Ginny Mahoney (Max Fleischer's granddaughter), Sarah Stiles, Jim Mahoney and Joe Fiedler Backstage at AFI Silver Theatre 3/5/16
03/06/2016
· With Ginny Mahoney, Max Fleischer's granddaughter at AFI Silver Theatre before their packed FLEISCHEREI show for the Washington Jewish Film Festival Silver Spring MD 3/5/16
03/05/2016
· New blog preview of Gary's super FLEISCHEREI show tonight at AFI Silver Theatre in MD
· Feature article on Gary's FLEISCHEREI project in The Washington Post
· Great new review of FLEISCHEREI in The Vinyl District, and tonight's FLEISCHEREI show is a pick in The Washington Post
· Gary is interviewed in Billboard about new Jeff Buckley album "You and I" which features their song "Grace"
03/02/2016
· Happy Birthday Lou Reed
· New interview with Gary from ComicsDC.com about his FLEISCHEREI project
03/01/2016
02/28/2016
02/27/2016
· Watch a video of the Memorial Service for Giorgio Gomelsky here—Gary performs at 2:05:56
02/26/2016
· Cool review of STEREOPTICON in Geoff Wilbur's Music Blog
· Photo of Gary and Jeff Buckley in the new issue of UNCUT regarding the new Jeff Buckley compilation "You and I", which features a version of their song "Grace", out March 10th
02/21/2016
· US premiere of Gary's live score accompanying Luis Bunuel's 1962 surrealistic classic "The Exterminating Angel" at visionary artist's space Pioneer Works in Red Hook Fri. March 18th!!
· Gary and Jann Klose's STEREOPTICON album is #3 on the WPKN FM charts this week from Bridgeport Conn.!
02/19/2016
· Great new FLEISCHEREI review just in from Gapplegate Guitar and Bass Blog
02/18/2016
· Gary and Sarah Stiles perform "The Broken Record" live at the Museum of the Moving Image's FLEISCHEREI event 2/7/15...see the full 6-piece ensemble at the AFI Silver Theatre in Silver Spring MD Sat. March 5th! See the poster here
02/17/2016
· Gary has been working in the studio in Mexico City with progressive hip-hop duo ILLUMINARI...stay tuned! l to r: IZ St, Celestine Angel, GL
02/13/2016
· Download the new ALTERNATIVE ALTERNATIVE radio show live from Loughborough University's LCR courtesy the UK DJ Richard Heath, which features at:
09.20pm Gary Lucas' FLEISCHEREI - "Do Something"
10.05pm Gary Lucas' GODS AND MONSTERS - "Whip Named Lash"
10.45pm Gary Lucas & Jann Klose STEREOPTICON - "Nobody's Talking"
Gary is Artist of the Term on the show this semester
· Check out an article about Gary Lucas & Jann Klose's STEREOPTICON cover photo shoot from Julia Crowe's new Guitar Blog
02/10/2016
· Packed theater and wonderful response to Gary's FLEISCHEREI event with Sarah Stiles at the Museum of the Moving Image Feb. 7th!!
From David Schwartz, chief curator of the Museum of the Moving Image: "The Fleischer event was amazing and the response was rapturous; I can't remember a more enjoyable program in our theater. Thanks to you and Sarah."
See the full ensemble at the Washington Jewish Film Festival Sat. March 5th at the AFI Silver Theatre in Silver Spring Maryland!
02/05/2016
· FLEISCHEREI is released today! The album just received a rave review in The Big Takeover!
· Gary Lucas & Sarah Stiles are a Pick in the NY Observer Arts section today for their Sun. show at The Museum of the Moving Image
02/04/2016
02/03/2016
· Check out 3 songs recorded live at City Winery NYC by Gary and Jann Klose from their new STEREOPTICON album
01/31/2016
· Released Feb. 5th on Cuneiform Records: Gary Lucas' FLEISCHEREI: Music from Max Fleischer Cartoons featuring Sarah Stiles—stream "The Broken Record" from the new album and pre-order it here now!!
· First FLEISCHEREI review just in from Tim Lucas (Sight and Sound, Video Watchdog)—see Gary and Sarah Stiles live at the Museum of the Moving Image in Queens Sun. Feb. 7th 2pm
01/29/2016
· Rave review for Gary Lucas & Jann Klose: Stereopticon from Short and Sweet NYC: "Stereopticon is simply a high-class collection from two masters at the game combining their talents seamlessly."
· Gary Lucas & Jann Klose CD STEREOPTICON, personally signed by Gary, is now available for purchase in the Merchandise section
01/26/2016
· Gary got the royal treatment at Jack White's Third Man Records in Nashville on Monday 1/25/16, and was invited by Third Man label chief Ben Blackwell to track an instrumental in their famous Record Booth (previous artists recording there include Willie Nelson and Neil Young)
Gary was in Nashville to work with Live singer Chris Shinn on new songs, more info soon
01/25/2016
· Just confirmed: Gary is performing the US premiere of his live solo score accompanying Luis Bunuel's 1962 surrealist classic "The Exterminating Angel" (El Angel Exterminador) at Pioneer Works, the visionary artist's space in Red Hook Brooklyn on Fri. March 18th
01/22/2016
· Gary's full FLEISCHEREI ensemble will appear with select Max Fleischer cartoons at the Washington DC Jewish Film Festival Sat March 5th!!
· Just confirmed: Gary is featured in "TOUCHED BY GRACE"—a gala live tribute to Jeff Buckley and the "Grace" album Fri. and Sat. July 1st and 2nd featuring vocalist Remember Jones (Anthony D'Amato) in Asbury Park's hot new venue House of Independents through the auspices of the Axelrod Performing Arts Center
01/20/2016
· Gary is Artist of the Term in 2016 on Prof. Dick Heath's LCR (Loughborough Campus Radio) programme "The Alternative Alternative Show", which goes out live from Loughborough University in the UK midlands near Nottingham, listen on Thursday nights at 9pm GMT (4pm EST) here
· Gary featured in the Jan 2016 Class Notes of the Yale Alumni Magazine
01/16/2016
· Check out a clip of Gary performing solo acoustic at his Masterclass for Disadvantaged Children at the Biblioteca Benjamin Franklin in Mexico City, where he performed by invitation of the U.S. Embassy 12/8/15
· Brooklyn Blowhards album added to the Discography
01/14/2016
· RIP Giorgio Gomelsky—a great man and a good friend of Gary's
photo to the left: Gary with Giorgio Gomelsky at CBGB's Oct. 1988
01/12/2016
· RIP DAVID BOWIE - Gary mourns the loss of one of the greatest creative talents of all time—who also had great ears for other music: in a 1997 interview with the Village Voice, David Bowie named "Grace" as one of 10 albums he would take with him to a desert island
· Gary's interview on BBC Merseyside with Spencer Leigh is up now permanently on Soundcloud
01/10/2016
· Gary's music is featured tonight on Co De Kloet's long-running "Co Live!" program on national Dutch radio's NPO Soul en Jazz Radio 6 at 5pm EST, listen live here
· Listen to Gary's comprehensive hour-long interview with veteran Liverpool journalist and Beatles expert Spencer Leigh on his BBC Radio Merseyside program "On the Best", recorded during Gary's recent 4 night Artist in Residence at Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Hall—broadcast today 1/10/16 and archived here for 28 days
01/09/2016
01/08/2016
01/07/2016
· Just confirmed: Gary's interview with longtime Liverpool journalist and Beatles expert Spencer Leigh regarding Jeff Buckley and other stuff which was recorded while he was Artist in Residence at Liverpool Philharmonic Hall last month will be broadcast this Sunday Jan. 10th at 5pm GMT on Spencer's "On the Beat" programme on BBC Radio Merseyside—listen live here, an archive link will also be up and available for 28 days after the broadcast
01/01/2016
· First review just in for STEREOPTICON from DC Rocks—and it's a honey!! Released Jan. 8th on Cosmic Trigger
· Gary was just alerted that they are teaching his song "Grace", co-written with Jeff Buckley, in UK music school curriculums—and they have one thing wrong here in a major way, claiming the song is scored for two guitars, bass, drums and synth. In fact, there are no synths to be found on the original 1991 studio demo nor on the final "Grace" album version (Gary performed on both versions). All synth sounding parts on these track are actually Gary's "magical guitarness" (per Jeff in the "Grace" liner notes). For a full explication on the writing and recording of this song and all other collaborations bweteen Gary Lucas and Jeff Buckley please check out Gary's book "Touched By Grace: My Time with Jeff Buckley" (Jawbone Press)
· A poster conceived by Gary for The Clash's first American tour in 1979 when Gary worked for CBS Records Creative Services Dept. is prominently featured in a current exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in NYC, "Making Music Modern: Design for Ear and Eye", through Jan. 18th 2016
12/30/2015
· View a new clip of Gary performing at his Masterclass at the Biblioteca Benjamin Franklin in Mexico City 12/8/15
12/29/2015
· Writer Bill Bamberger on "Touched By Grace"
· First gig of the New Year—just confirmed: Sarah Stiles and Gary perform 3 FLEISCHEREI Betty Boop songs from their forthcoming album at the Manderley Bar at The McKittrick Hotel in NYC Sunday January 10th
12/23/2015
· Read a re-appreciation of Gary's landmark 30's Chinese pop album "The Edge of Heaven" by the Wall Street Journal's chief pop critic Jim Fusilli on 12/22/15 on the Re: New Music website
12/19/2015
· The legendary 1930 Spanish-language "Dracula", which Gary scored and has performed with at the Havana Film Festival, Sevilla Film Festival, Transylvania International Film Festival, Mexico's Cineteca Nacional, Southbank Center Queen Eizabeth Hall, AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center, The Silent Movie Theater in Hollywood, and at the New York Film Festival (amongst other places) is one of 25 films just admitted into the National Film Registry of The Library of Congress "as motion pictures that deserve to be preserved because of their cultural, historic or aesthetic importance."
12/18/2015
· Check out "Secret Wings", new clip from Gary and Jann Klose's forthcoming album STEREOPTICON, released Jan. 8th on Cosmic Trigger Records—pre-order it here...this Mon. night Gary will be Jann's special guest at Rockwood Music Hall NYC at 8:30pm
11/22/2015
· Gary receives the Premio Ciampi Lifetime Achievement Award, named for one of Italy's most famous songwriters Piero Ciampi, at the Premio Ciampi Festival, Teatro Carlo Goldoni, Livorno Italy 11/21/15, see a close-up of the award here
11/17/2015
· Gary Lucas' FLEISCHEREI—the full monty, featuring Sarah Stiles and Gary's 5 piece swinging jazzy ensemble—will perform (with lots of pre-code Max Fleischer cartoons on hand) Sat. March 5th at the AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center in Silver Spring Maryland as part of the Washington Jewish Film Festival—new album released Feb. 5th on Cuneiform Records
11/15/2015
· Gary received a standing ovation from the packed Proctors Theatre audience in Schenectady Fri. the 13th for his "Vampyr" live score and "Cinefantastique" mini concert, see a photo of Gary outside Proctor's Theatre before the show, and a photo after receiving a standing ovation for his performance
11/13/2015
· New album of previously unheard Jeff Buckley songs out in March includes a version of "Grace"
· Gary's Fri. the 13th VAMPYR show in Schenectady a Pick of the Week in the Albany Times Union
· Gary is performing a Masterclass and a Solo Concert for Disadvantaged Children in Mexico City at the Biblioteca Benjamin Franklin on Tues. Dec. 8th as part of the US Ambassador's Music Outreach Program, see the poster
· This week marks the 77th anniversary of Kristallnacht...NEVER FORGET
11/11/2015
11/07/2015
· Gary has recorded a new composition "Will 'o the Wisp" for The Acoustic Guitar Project, and will perform it live Dec. 12th in NYC, venue tba
· See the poster for Gary's 2015 Italian tour
· More information on Gary's upcoming performance on Nov. 14th accompanying "Road Dreams" at the Lisa Cooley Gallery, NYC
10/28/2015
10/26/2015
· A blast from the past: Gary receiving a Lifetime Achievement Award for his work with Jeff Buckley from Italian legend Vinicio Caposella at the Baressi Festival in Parma Italy Oct. 2013
· "Horizonal" by Ben Neill added to the Discography
10/22/2015
· Gary, singer Jann Klose and their lyricist partner Dan Beck are interviewed on Q104.3FM New York's classic rock station Sun. Nov. 1st at 7:15am by Shelli Sonstein re: their song "Mary Magdalene", dedicated to the victims of Hurricane Sandy
10/14/2015
10/11/2015
10/07/2015
10/06/2015
10/03/2015
·4 new Italian solo dates for Gary just announced for November!!
09/29/2015
·Sold-out show and standing ovation for "A State of Grace" Sunday night at the Enmore Theatre in Sydney Australia!! More pictures here
· New interview with Gary about "A State of Grace" in The Music.com Australia
· Rave review for "A State of Grace" at the Enmore Theatre in Sydney Australia from themusic.com.au
09/26/2015
·Rave review from the Brisbane Festival in Australia Fri. night in Tom Magazine!
09/23/2015
09/21/2015
09/19/2015
·Gary is interviewed in The Canberra Times and in Brag Magazine (Australia, see the cover and the interview) about A State of Grace: The Music of Tim and Jeff Buckley concerts he is Music Director of with Gods and Monsters—6 shows Down Under beginning next Week
09/09/2015
·Gary rocks out on Lou Reed's "Sweet Jane" on legendary Italian tv show "Red Ronnie's Live at the Roxy Bar" last spring with well-known Italian musicians Enrico Ruggeri on vocals, Fausto Mesolella on guitar, and Paolo Belli on drums
· Interview with Gary for Italy's Il Messagero on June 19th before performing at the "Moon in June" Festival in Umbria
09/07/2015
09/04/2015
·A blast from the past which just surfaced on the Getty Images feed of Gary solo live at the BimHuis Amsterdam Oct. 5th 1995, photo by Frans Schellekens
08/29/2015
08/28/2015
08/27/2015
08/26/2015
·This week is the 21st anniversary of the US release of Jeff Buckley's "Grace" album, originally issued on Aug. 23rd 1994
· Check out a press release about Gary's 2 charity concerts last week in Sotogrande Spain
08/22/2015
08/19/2015
·Gary and his wife Caroline Sinclair are interviewed for Israeli tv on writer/comedian Naor Zion's new show "Eat and Run NYC", which aired 8/18/15 in Israel, Gary and Caroline appear at 9:40 minutes into the program
08/13/2015
·Check out a preview of Gary's upcoming fall "Vampyr" show at Proctor's in Schenectady...and a preview of Gary's charity concert for disabled children in Sotogrande Spain next week, sponsored by the Santa Maria Polo Club
08/05/2015
·Gary is profiled in Spanish newspaper El Periodico de Sotagrande for his upcominng charity solo concerts there Aug. 19th and 20th
· Check out a new clip of Gary and Gods and Monsters rehearsing for "A State of Grace: The Music of Tim and Jeff Buckley"
07/31/2015
·Gary tears it up with Italian blues rocker Angelica Angie and her band Santa Margaret on "Red Ronnie's Live at the Roxy Bar" national Italian tv program live from Milano 3/22/15
07/28/2015
·Wednesday, Jul. 29th, 3:00pm-5:30pm: Boston Free Radio - Gary is interviewed on the show "Voices of Time", listen live here
07/25/2015
·A blast from the past—Gary is profiled in Guy Oseary's 2001 book "Jews Who Rock" spotlighting 100 Jewish rockers including Dylan, Leonard Cohen, Laura Nyro, Randy Newman, Mike Bloomfield et al.
· Gary's schedule just announced for his late November shows at Liverpool Philharmonic Hall as ARTIST IN RESIDENCE:
Thurs. Nov. 26th
8pm: Gary Lucas—Jeff Buckley Symposium 
Fri. Nov. 27th
8pm: Gary Lucas—"Frankenstein" with live score
Sat. Nov. 28th
2pm: Gary Lucas Masterclass 
8pm: Gary Lucas—In Concert with special guests
Sun. Nov. 29th
2pm: Gary Lucas—Masterclass 
8pm: Gary Lucas—Captain Beefheart Symposium with special guests
07/18/2015
07/17/2015
·Gary has been invited as Artist in Residence at the newly renovated Liverpool Philharmonic Hall for 4 nights late Nov. with a variety of his projects—stay tuned!!
07/12/2015
·Check out the new PEARLY CLOUDS website—Gary, Eniko and Toni play the Sziget Festival in Budapest—the largest open-air music festival in Europe—on Sat. Aug. 15th at 1am on the Jazz and Classical Stage
07/11/2015
·Gary is interviewed about his old friend legendary rock catalyst Danny Fields in the NYC premiere of "Danny Says", a documentary by Brendan Toller opening at the Sound and Vision Festival at the Film Society of Lincoln Center 7/29
07/09/2015
·Enjoy some beautiful drawings by Don Van Vliet a/k/a Captain Beefheart from Gary's private collection—click on the images to enlarge and read the backstory behind each drawing
06/25/2015
·Rave review of Gary's concert last night in Milano, and the concert was a Pick in La Repubblica
06/24/2015
·After rocking the "Moon in June" Festival in Isola Maggiore Umbria this weekend, Gary plays Club Ohibo in Milano tonight 6/24/15 with the cream of Italian rock musicians
06/16/2015
·Pearly Clouds (Gary, Eniko Szabo and Toni Dezso) had a fantastic gig in Budapest on Sunday and have been invited to return there to play on the main stage at the Sziget Festival this August—the largest music festival in Europe—stay tuned!
· Read an interview with Gary about working with Jeff Buckley from the Australian Broadcasting Corporation
06/05/2015
06/02/2015
05/28/2015
·Check out this new clip for "Dance of Destiny"—music by Gary, with crowd-sourced lyrics courtesy Hookist.com
05/24/2015
·View the tour poster for Gary's upcoming Italian shows!!
05/22/2015
·Gary performs as part of Alessio Franchini's Announcing "A State of Grace: The Music of Tim and Jeff Buckley" (link into webflyer jpeg below)--a special series of concerts Down Under (link into Instagram poster) mid September featuring Gary & Gods and Monsters , Martha Wainwright, Steve Kilbey and many others, more details here (link into pdf pages)"A Touch of Grace" Tribute to Jeff Buckley at the "Moon in June" Festival on June 20th (Gary's birthday) at Isola Maggiore on LakeTrasimeno, Umbria Italy—curated by Italian singer/songwriter Vinico Caposella, whom Gary will perform with on June 21st
· View the poster for Gary's show with Pearly Clouds in Brumov Czech Republic June 18th
05/16/2015
·Check out a clip of Gods and Monsters live at the Tribute to legendary producer Giorgio Gomelsky in NYC 5/15/15!!
05/14/2015
05/09/2015
·New clip of Gary and Sarah Stiles performing music from their Fleischerei project live in NYC last week
05/04/2015
·Check out "Gary Lucas in France" made for The Travel Channel by director Eli Kabilio ( a blast from the past)
05/02/2015
·Just confirmed: Thurs. June 18th, S.G. Pitas Theatre, Broumov Czech Republic - Gary Lucas performs his live solo score accompanying James Whale's 1931 horror classic "Frankenstein", opening will be Gary's new project Pearly Clouds featuring Eniko Szabo and Toni Dezso
04/29/2015
·FLEISCHEREI singer Sarah Stiles just nominated for a Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in the Broadway hit "Hand to God"!!
04/26/2015
·This Fri. May 1st at Cornelia Street Cafe NYC at 6pm Gary is performing with Sarah Stiles their FLEISCHEREI songs from Betty Boop and Popeye cartoons
· Gary is appearing Sat. May 2nd at 6pm at Bookbook as part of Independent Bookstore Day in NYC, where he will be signing copies of "Touched By Grace"
· Gary plays solo acoustic in Baltimore at the Single Carrot Theatre Wed. May 6th 9pm for Don Palmer's 60th Birthday—open to the public 
· Check out a clip from Gary's 2 hour solo acoustic show at Cafe OTO in London last week
04/24/2015
·Just confirmed! Gods and Monsters performing on Sat. May 16th at the Long Island City Arts Festival, more details tba
04/23/2015
·Read about Gary receiving the US Consul General in Milan's Award for Cultural Diplomacy from Romanian music & culture website Click Zoom Bytes
04/22/2015
·New YouTube clip of Gary live in London last week solo acoustic at Cafe OTO!!
04/20/2015
·Check out Gary's interview and live appearance last Fri. on Joe Cushley's "Balling the Jack" show on Resonance FM in London plus new music from Pearly Clouds
04/13/2015
·Just confirmed: Gary is going to play solo acoustic live and chat on Joe Cushley's Balling The Jack Radio Show on Resonance FM at 9pm UK time this Fri. night April 17th live from London, listen here
04/07/2015
·Check out a clip of Gary's new live solo score accompanying James Whale's 1931 horror classic "Frankenstein"!!
04/04/2015
·Letter from U.S. Consul General in Milan Ambassador Philip T. Reeker to Gary in appreciation of Gary's concert last week for invited artists, writers and journalists at the Ambassador's residence in Milan
· Read about about Gary's upcoming concert with his Wild Rumpus collaborator Beardyman at the Jazz Cafe in London April 20th
· Nice review with live clip from Gary's duo improv performance with Lukas Ligeti Mon. night at The Stone
04/01/2015
03/29/2015
03/28/2015
·Check out an article about Gary and Alessio Franchini's "A Touch of Grace" tribute to Jeff Buckley in Milan from Italian national newspaper La Republicca
03/23/2015
03/21/2015
03/14/2015
·Gary has contributed a track to "Temple of the Cat Vol. 2", a new album whose proceeds will go to animal shelters in Spain, check it out here
03/13/2015
03/06/2015
·RIP Albert Maysles November 26, 1926 - March 5, 2015 A longtime friend of Gary's, who was honored to compose music for the HBO/Maysles Brothers documentary "Lalee's Kin"...photo of Albert Maysles and Gary at Centre Pompidou Paris during a Maysles Brothers retrospective 3/20/2010
03/04/2015
·Gary is thrilled and honored to have been invited to perform a solo acoustic concert by the U.S. Consulate General Milan on Sat. March 21st...and is bringing along his friend Alessio Franchini to perform some of the songs they are performing Fri. March 20th in their "A Touch of Grace" tribute in Milano
03/01/2015
·New dates just added: The return of Gods and Monsters at Rough Trade NYC Sat. April 4th...and more!!
· Marquee Moon: Gary performed his original live score for "Frankenstein" to a packed AFI Silver Theatre in Silver Spring MD 2/27/15
02/06/2015
·View the poster for Gary's upcoming March tour of Italy
02/03/2015
·New interview from Polish music site PopUpMusic...and check out a live clip of Gary recently taken by his friend Vlad Oboronko
01/28/2015
·New book just out: Tamar Barzel's NEW YORK NOISE: RADICAL JEWISH MUSIC AND THE DOWNTOWN SCENE (Indiana University Press), here's an excerpt about Gary's "Golem" project, which he is performing Feb. 26th at AFI Silver Theatre in Silver Spring Maryland
· JUST CONFIRMED: TWO ITALIAN SOLO SHOWS with his very special guest Alessio Franchini on Thurs. March 19th at Diavolo Rosso in Asti (Gary's favorite Paolo Conte's hometown) and Mon. March 23rd at Bravo Caffe in Bologna
01/26/2015
·Gary's performance of THE GOLEM at the Washington DC Jewish Film Festival 2/27 at AFI Silver Theatre in Maryland is a pick in Indiewire.com in their festival wrap-up—scroll down here
01/24/2015
01/22/2015
·Willy Mason will be one of the guest vocalists in "State of Grace"—A Tribute to Jeff and Tim Buckley" that Gary is preparing with writer Jeff Apter for Sept. 2015 Down Under
01/17/2015
01/14/2015
·Gary just confirmed for April 15th solo acoustic at Cafe OTO in London, with special guests tba
01/13/2015
01/11/2015
·Just confirmed: Sat. March 7th Gary is performing his new FRANKENSTEIN score live w/ the film in Broumov Czech Republic!!
01/10/2015
01/07/2015
01/01/2015
·Gary starts the new year with a bang next Wed. Jan. 7th at Dixon Place NYC with his solo show "From Beefheart to Buckley and Beyond", with his special guest vocalist Sarah Stiles sitting in...check out Gary's new solo acoustic arrangement of Duke Ellington's "Fleurette Africaine"
12/25/2014
·Letter from US Ambassador to Mexico Earl Anthony Wayne re: Gary's recent solo concert at the Benjamin Franklin Library in Mexico City, see photos from the show here and here
12/22/2014
12/19/2014
·Gary Lucas salutes Barack Obama on his bold initiative to normalize Cuban-American relations with "Out from Under", featuring Haydee and Suylen Milanes and Los Van Van, recorded in Havana
12/18/2014
·Peter Hammill and Gary Lucas live in Mexico City rated one of the Best Concerts of 2014 in GASTV.MX
· Check out photos from Gary's recent show with Peter Hammill in Mexico City! photo 1 | photo 2 | photo 3 
12/13/2014
·New clip of "Vampyr" with Gary's new live score which he premiered 11/1/14 at AFI Silver, read a rave for the show from AFI chief programmer Todd Hitchcock
· "Gary Lucas Plays Bohemian Classics" album is now available for New digital download worldwide through Rare Lumiere, check out a cool review from the Gapplegate Guitar and Bass Blog 
· "TOUCHED BY GRACE" cited as one of the BEST BOOKS OF 2014 in Roy Trakin's annual roundup in HITS Magazine
12/01/2014
·Check out Gary's new solo arrangement of the Allegro from Janacek's "On an Overgrown Path"
11/24/2014
11/22/2014
·OF MEN AND MONSTERS: Just confirmed: Gary is returning for two consecutive nights at the AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center in Silver Spring MD in late Feb. performing his live solo scores accompanying "THE GOLEM" (1920, d. Paul Wegener and Carl Boese) on Thurs. Feb. 26th and accompanying "FRANKENSTEIN" (1931, d. James Whale) on Fri. Feb. 27th New CAPTAIN BEEFHEART 4 album box set SUN ZOOM SPARK out now on Rhino, with liner notes by Rip Rense, including some quotes from Gary
11/21/2014
11/19/2014
·Nice review just in for Gary and Peter Hammill's concert last week in Mexico City, from GASTV.MX
11/18/2014
·In honor of the 25th Anniversary of the VELVET REVOLUTION (Gary is of Bohemian descent on his father's side): clip 1 | clip 2 | clip 3 | clip 4
11/17/2014
·Happy Birthday Jeff Buckley 
· Photo from Gary's new "Fleischerei" project's premiere at BAM 11/15/14, plus a clip of "That's My Weakness Now" from the show
11/15/2014
·Gary is interviewed in BLUES GR (Greece)...plus he's quoted in an article about new Captain Beefheart box set in The Wall Street Journal
· Gary with Belgian music legend ARNO backstage at Joe's Pub NYC after his fantastic show there Thurs. night 11/13/14, photo by Michele Amar
11/13/2014
·Gary is interviewed in Time Out NY this week about his Fleischerei premiere at BAM this Sat. Nov. 15th at 9pm! 
· Interview with Gary about "Fleischerei" in The Jewish Week
11/08/2014
·Gary Lucas' "Fleischerei": Music from Betty Boop and Popeye Cartoons, coming Sat. Nov. 15th to BAM Cafe
11/07/2014
·Gary at Milenio Television Mexico City yesterday for an interview about his OTHERWORLD show with Peter Hammill this Sun. at 6pm at Teatro de la Ciudad Esperanza Iris, and his free solo acoustic show for disadvantaged youth at the Biblioteca Benjamin Franklin today at 7pm—interview throughout the day Fri. 11/7 here
11/06/2014
·Review of Gary's new live score for VAMPYR at AFI Silver Theatre 11/1
11/05/2014
·Happy Birthday Peter Hammill!! Gary is looking forward to their OTHERWORLD duo show together this Sun. night in Mexico City
· Photos by Paul Hyland from Gary's recent shows at the AFI Silver Theatre in Silver Spring Maryland with "Vampyr" and Spanish "Dracula"
11/04/2014
·Gary is giving a free solo acoustic concert for disadvantaged youth in Mexico City this Fri. 11/7 at the Benjamin Franklin Library by invitation of the US Embassy
· Check out a cool new video "Manhattan Desert" on Vimeo with music by Gary and saxophonist Toni Dezso, and visuals by Croatian animation whiz Rokus Kalapis
11/03/2014
·Great review from Cineaste Magazine editor Richard Porton re Gary's new live score for "Frankenstein", which premiered on Halloween at United Palace Theatre in Harlem
11/01/2014
·Nice review of Gary's live score for The Goddess at Symphony Space 10/9/14 from the New York City Jazz Record
10/29/2014
·Lucas Klose's "Mary Magdalene" story is going viral on CBS News and 101WINS News Radio today
· Gary's premiere of his new live score accompanying "Frankenstein" on Halloween this Fri. at the United Palace Theatre in Harlem is a Pick in the Daily News today!!
10/24/2014
·Nice review from writer Richard Gehr of Gary's performance at Symphony Space with "The Goddess" 10/9/14
· Gary is playing a free solo acoustic concert for disadvantaged youth in Mexico City Fri. Nov. 7th at the Benjamin Franklin Library at 7pm, by invitation of the U.S. Embassy in Mexico and U.S. Ambassador Earl Anthony Wayne
10/14/2014
· Fri. Oct. 17th Gary is a guest on the "Mijke & Co Live" radio show on Dutch national Radio 6 at 4:30pm EST, listen here
10/11/2014
·Tonight Sat. 10/11 at 9pm Italian time radio station Controradio (FM 93,6, 98.9 from Tuscany, Italy, streaming on www.controradio.it will broadcast a special show dedicated to Gary and his Otherworld project with Peter Hammill with an interview with Italian journalist Giulia Nuti
10/09/2014
·Gary is interviewed for the Berkshire Eagle/Bennington Banner about his show Sat. night at Mass MOCA with "The Goddess"
10/08/2014
·Gary performs at Symphony Space in NYC tomorrow night 10/9 with his live score for Chinese silent classic "The Goddess"—use code GODDESS20 to order tickets at Gary's special discount through the Symphony Space website, in person at the box office, or over the phone...he performs with the film Sat. night 10/11 at Mass MOCA in Williamstown Ma., read a profile in The Rogovoy Report today
10/05/2014
·New interview with Gary just online in Italy
10/03/2014
·Gary is depicted at :55 in a new trailer for "Greetings from Tim Buckley" which is opening now in Japan
· The Yale Alumni Magazine focuses on Gary in their latest issue
10/02/2014
·Listen to Gary's interview with Co de Kloet on Dutch National Radio 6 re: "Touched By Grace" 9/30/14
10/01/2014
·3 new reviews of TOUCHED BY GRACE just in...from artist Andrea Szurczik-Wallenta, musician Mark Prescott, and writer Chris Burbul:
"The wonderful touching real story of two genius musicians. A look inside the music biz and a honest report about living as an independent artist. Very brilliantly written, encouraging for all artists." —Andrea Wallenta
"Brilliantly written. Compelling, a true story. This book is all heart and Rock n Roll." —Mark Prescott
"Fantastic book! Finished it about a month ago. A classic rock and roll tale well told! Bravo Gary!" —Chris Burbu
09/17/2014
·An article in the Long Island Weekly about a video shoot yesterday 9/16 for Gary's new Lucas Klose project with singer Jann Klose
09/16/2014
·Added "The Music (Songs You May Have Missed)" to the Discography
09/12/2014
·Gary's "Grace" tribute this Sun. at Baby's Alright a pick in the Village Voice
· Sun. Oct. 5th Gary's new acoustic duo LUCAS KLOSE with singer Jann Klose, performs at a relaxed Sunday Social gathering at the LIC BAR 45-58 Vernon Blvd. Long Island City
· Thurs. Dec. 18th Gary is on the panel of "From Genesis to Kings: Jewish Punk and its Aftermath" at the 92nd Street Y, organized by Steven Lee Beeber author of "The Heebie-Jeebies at CBGB's" with Handsome Dick Manitoba and more luminaries
09/10/2014
·Check out the world premiere of Gary's new live score for "Frankenstein" at the United Palace Theatre in Harlem this Halloween!
09/09/2014
·Gary announces the grand prize winner of the Hookist Songwriting Collaboration!
09/05/2014
09/03/2014
09/02/2014
08/26/2014
·In celebration of the 20th anniversary of "Grace", collaborate with Gary and write the lyrics to music he wrote with Jeff in mind—meet him at Hookist.com!
08/24/2014
·Nice review of "Touched By Grace" from the Captain Beefheart Radar Station's Steve Froy
08/19/2014
·Gary had a terrific live debut for his new FLEISCHEREI project (Music from Max Fleischer's Betty Boop and Popeye Cartoons) at a party at The Bridge Golf Club in Bridgehampton Long Island on Sun. 8/17—video clips coming—meanwhile check out photos and listen to "The Music Goes Round and Round" and "Betty Boop's Penthouse"
08/15/2014
·It was 20 years ago today...that Jeff Buckley's "Grace" was released in the UK and Europe
08/08/2014
·FLEISCHEREI, Gary's new 6-piece tribute to the music from Max Fleischer's delightful Betty Boop and Popeye cartoons, featuring Sarah Stiles on vocals and Joe Fiedler on trombone, take it to The Bridge in Bridgehampton LI 8/17 for a private party debut—going public soon! Check out their take on "The Music Goes Round and Round"
08/04/2014
08/02/2014
·Exciting news: Gary has just signed on as Music Director for "BUCKLEY"—a tribute to both Tim and Jeff Buckley to premiere in Sydney, Melbourne and other Australian cities in Fall 2015—with a narration written by his friend Jeff Apter (author of "A Pure Drop")
07/30/2014
·Just confirmed: Gary will be giving a Masterclass and seminars at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam Thurs. Oct. 16th—topics covered include extended guitar technique, fingerpicking, the craft of songwriting with an emphasis on "Grace" and "Mojo Pin", and Gary's adventures in the music biz
07/29/2014
07/24/2014
·Just confirmed: Gary is performing solo and speaking in Oslo at the Kulturhuset Sunday Sept. 21st as part of Colleen 'Cosmo' Murphy's "Classic Album Sundays" event focusing on Jeff Buckley's "Grace" album
07/19/2014
·New feature on Gary in the latest issue of GUITAR CLUB Magazine (Italy)
07/13/2014
07/02/2014
·This Fri. night July 4th Independence Day Gary is sitting in with otherworldly Mongolian/Buryat world music star vocalist NAMGAR at Barbes in Park Slope at 8pm
· From Music Industry pro Robert Singerman on TOUCHED BY GRACE
06/29/2014
·Great review and photos from Gary Lucas & Gods and Monsters 25th Anniversary Concert from Guitarblog
06/27/2014
06/25/2014
·Watch Gary playing "Satantango" from his album "Cinefantastique"
06/24/2014
·Great review of the new WILD RUMPUS album in Sheffield magazine EXPOSED
06/23/2014
·Listen to Gary live on Mike Edison and Judy McGuire's "Arts and Seizures" show on Heritage Radio Network 6/22/14 here
06/20/2014
·Check out the new OTHERWORLD page for Gary and Peter Hammill
· This Sunday 2 pm EDT Gary will be performing solo acoustic live on the Arts & Seizures Show - the Fastest Half Hour on the Internet Today! Hosted by Mike Edison and Judy McGuire—Listen live here
06/19/2014
·Peter Hammill and Gary just confirmed their OTHERWORLD duo in concert at the Teatro de la Ciudad Esperanza Iris Sun. Nov. 9th in Mexico City!!
06/17/2014
06/11/2014
06/07/2014
·Just confirmed: Gary is performing the world premiere of his new live solo guitar score accompanying Carl Theodor Dreyer's 1932 horror masterpiece VAMPYR at the AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center in Silver Spring Maryland on Sat. Nov. 1st—and will also perform with Spanish "Dracula" there that night!!
· Check out a new interview with Gary from Greek music site HIT CHANNEL
· From Artist Bill Mutter on TOUCHED BY GRACE
06/04/2014
·Just added as a special guest sitting in with Gary Lucas and Gods and Monsters at their 25th Anniversary Show 6/27 at Le Poisson Rouge NYC—acoustic guitar goddess Kaki King!!
06/03/2014
·New article about Gary's work focusing on OTHERWORLD with Peter Hammill and Gary's CINEFANTASTIQUE solo album from BLURT Magazine
06/02/2014
06/01/2014
·Gary receives an Acker Award for Avant-Garde Achievement in music tonight at the Theatre 80 St. Marks NYC 6:30pm, pre Acker Awards chow-down at Katz's Deli NYC
05/31/2014
·Great 3 page feature in DJ MAGAZINE for WILD RUMPUS 5/14!!
05/29/2014
·IN LOVING MEMORY OF JEFF BUCKLEY
November 17, 1966 - May 29, 1997
· Beautiful letter just received from Macedonian musician Adi Imeri
05/28/2014
·WILD RUMPUS DOUBLE VINYL LP "MUSICAL BLAZE-UP"—space-age psychedelic dance grooves courtesy Colleen 'Cosmo' Murphy and Gary Lucas, available on vinyl here, download the new album here
· Independence Day: On Fri. July 4th Gary is sitting in with superb Buryat/Mongolian vocalist Namgar Lkhasaranova at Barbes 9th St and 6th Ave Park Slope Brooklyn 8-9:30pm
05/24/2014
·New clip just surfaced of Gary and Peter Hammill at the Gouveia Art Rock Festival in Portugal 4/27!
05/22/2014
05/20/2014
05/17/2014
05/16/2014
·GARY LUCAS & GODS AND MONSTERS (Ernie Brooks, Billy Ficca and Jason Candler) play a warmup for their NYC Silver Anniversary show at Le Poisson Rouge June 27th tomorrow night at 9pm at the Long Island City Arts Open, as part of The Big Whirlygig (see the poster here)—the address is 5-25 46th Ave LIC
05/14/2014
·Rave review of Gary and Peter Hammill's OTHERWORLD album today in All About Jazz!
05/13/2014
·RIP H.R. GIGER 2/5/40 - 5/12/14
He was a friend of Gary's, who performed "The Golem" in his honor at a Giger Retrospective at the National Technical Museum in Prague several years ago
photo: at the Giger Museum in Gruyere Switzerland 2007
05/12/2014
05/07/2014
·Read a feature on Gary and Peter Hammill's "OTHERWORLD" album in the new issue of Guitar Player Magazine!
· Check out a new clip about Gary's book "Touched By Grace—My Time with Jeff Buckley" by French filmmaker/actress Lena Friedrich
05/05/2014
·Gary was just informed by NYC legend Clayton Patterson that he is a recipient of one of this year's Acker Awards for Achievement in the Avant-Garde—the Awards Ceremony is Sunday June 1st from 6:30 till 10pm at Theater 80 at 80 St. Marks Place in the East Village
05/02/2014
·Check out photos from Gary and Peter Hammill's headlining show at Gouveia Art-Rock Festival in Portugal!
04/26/2014
·Read a great live review from PROG Magazine of Peter Hammill and Gary Lucas' live debut in London recently!
04/25/2014
·Superb review of OTHERWORLD just in from Classic Rock Radio
04/24/2014
·Click here for cool new OTHERWORLD review from L3 Magazine—Gary and Peter are headlining Gouveia Art Rock Festival this Sun. in Portugal!!
· From Prof. Chris Opperman on Gary's Masterclass for his students at Rutgers School of Music 4/8/14
04/23/2014
·Gary and Peter Hammill are profiled in the new issue of Guitar Player magazine, text coming soon!
04/22/2014
·Gary Lucas plays "Monsters from the Id" (and will be joined by his very special fiend) at SON OF MONSTERPALOOZA 2014 in beautiful downtown Burbank, see the poster here
04/20/2014
04/18/2014
04/17/2014
·Joan Osborne "Love and Hate" added to the Discography
04/15/2014
04/11/2014
04/08/2014
·Gary's friend and collaborator Joan Osborne has a new album out today "Love and Hate" which features a song co-written by Gary, "Keep It Underground"—check out an early live version here
04/05/2014
04/04/2014
04/03/2014
·7 out of 10 for OTHERWORLD in the new issue of Uncut (UK)!
· Author/musician Jim Christopulos on "Touched by Grace"
· View the poster for Gary's upcoming show with Peter Hammill at the Gouveia Art-Rock Festival in Portugal April 27th!
03/31/2014
·Nice review of OTHERWORLD just in from JP's Music Blog
03/29/2014
·Just confirmed: Gary performs the NYC premiere of his new live score for Chinese silent classic "The Goddess" at Symphony Space's Thalia Theater 10/9/14!!
· Gary is giving a masterclass at Rutgers University for Prof. Chris Opperman's students at the School of Music there Thurs. April 10th at 9:15am to 11am
03/28/2014
03/26/2014
·From Tim Lucas, editor of "Video Watchdog", contributor to "Sight and Sound", author of "Mario Bava: All the Colors of the Dark" on "Touched by Grace"
03/25/2014
03/24/2014
·RIP VERA CHYTILOVA one of Gary's favorite artists, he performs to a sequence of this pioneering Czech director's 1966 film "Daisies" (Sedmikrasky) as part of his MONSTERS FROM THE ID (RATED X) live music and film project
· Nice review of OTHERWORLD from film critic emeritus Glenn Kenny
03/23/2014
03/22/2014
03/20/2014
03/15/2014
·Nice review of OTHERWORLD just in from Spanish music blog You Are A Ghost
· Richard Peña, Director Emeritus of the New York Film Festival & Professor of Film Studies at Columbia University, gives high marks to Gary's new live score for the Chinese silent film classic "The Goddess"
· Quote from fan Bill Dubilier on "Touched by Grace"
03/14/2014
·Check out a new feature about OTHERWORLD from Prog Magazine (UK)—just click on and scroll down
03/09/2014
·4 Stars for OTHERWORLD in the new issue of RECORD COLLECTOR (UK)
03/08/2014
03/03/2014
·Just confirmed: Gary and Peter Hammill are taking their OTHERWORLD duo live on the road on Sun. April 27th at the Gouveia Art Rock Festival in Portugal, and on Fri. June 6th at the Teatro de la Ciudad in Mexico City
02/27/2014
·Gary's performance this weekend in Columbus Ohio is a Pick in Columbus Alive and Columbus Underground
· New interview with Gary from Rockbook Hungary about recording with DeBORT in Budapest recently
· Great reviews of OTHERWORLD from Linus, the #1 comic art magazine of Italy, and from Highlands magazine
02/25/2014
·New interview with Gary from Vents Magazine about OTHERWORLD
02/23/2014
·Gary and Peter Hammill received a standing ovation Fri. Feb. 21st from a packed Union Chapel in London for the debut live performance of their acclaimed OTHERWORLD album!!
02/20/2014
02/17/2014
·Gary's new "Otherworld" album with Peter Hammill rises from #99 to #72 on the Amazon UK "Rock" charts this week!! Duo going live at London's Union Chapel this Friday 2/21
02/14/2014
·Nice review of TOUCHED BY GRACE by Roy Trakin in the HITS Magazine Daily Double today
· Great review just in for Gary's CINEFANTASTIQUE album from Burning Ambulance
02/13/2014
·Music and film critic emeritus Glenn Kenny on TOUCHED BY GRACE (Jawbone Press)
02/12/2014
·Great review of OTHERWORLD from All Music Guide
02/09/2014
·Great review of OTHERWORLD from the Sunday Times (UK) today!
· 5 Stars for OTHER WORLD in Avant Music News!!
02/08/2014
·Gary's solo acoustic show a Pick in The Wall Street Journal yesterday
· Great new reviews of OTHERWORLD just in from Germany!! From Gaesteliste.de, from CdStarts, and from Alternativ Musik
· Great review for OTHERWORlD just in from Classic Rock (UK)
· Great review of TOUCHED BY GRACE just in from critic Rob Patterson
02/06/2014
·Great review of OTHERWORLD just in from Blow-Up (Italy)
02/05/2014
·Read Tim Buckley collaborator Lee Underwood's comments on Gary's "Cinefantastique" album (Northern Spy)
02/04/2014
·Great review of OTHERWORLD just in from author Julia Crowe!
· Check out some recent press from Spain for Gary's appearances there last month! See the articles here, here, and here
· Check out a new clip from Gary's world premiere of his live score for "The Goddess" in Santander Spain last month, and also his new web page for the project
02/03/2014
·Gary's new collaboration with Peter Hammill "OTHERWORLD" out today!! Read an interview with the duo at The Progressive Aspect, and purchase here
02/02/2014
·Tim Buckley collaborator Lee Underwood's full comments about Gary's "Touched By Grace" book (Jawbone)
02/01/2014
·First review in from Italy for Gary's new collaboration with Peter Hammill "OTHERWORLD"—and it's a Doozy!
01/31/2014
·from Gary's friend Lee Underwood, Tim Buckley's collaborator: "Reading Touched by Grace. Great writing, Gary. Looking forward to getting further into the book. Will let you know. At at the moment, super-impressed with your own personal/musical journey. Have ordered several of your albums. Will get into your music, in depth. Looking forward to that, too. Keep on keepin' on, ol' buddy. You're quite a guy! Best, L"
01/29/2014
·Rare clip of Gary and Jeff Buckley live at the Knitting Factory in 1991 just surfaced on YouTube
01/24/2014
·Gary's new duo album OTHERWORLD with Peter Hammill just arrived in the post—looks and sounds great!! Released Feb. 3rd on Esoteric/Cherry Red
· Check out Gary's take on "Casino Royale", from his celebrated "Cinefantastique" album on Northern Spy
01/22/2014
·Check out a new interview Gary just did for Yale's WYBC FM with host Brainard Carey
· New press release for Gary's upcoming "Blues and the Tuning of the World" concert Fri. Feb. 7th at Dixon Place NYC
01/20/2014
·Listen to Gary's appearance on "Arts and Seizures" radio show yesterday 1/19/14 recorded live from Roberta's in Bushwick for Heritage Radio
01/17/2014
·New press release for Gary's upcoming OTHERWORLD duo album with Peter Hammill
· New clip of Gary solo acoustic in his first show of 2014 in NYC
01/14/2014
· Gary and Jeff's music featured on the latest installment of PLANET WAVES
· Check out a new interview with Gary in UK Magazine Figure 8
01/13/2014
·English translation of Gary Lucas' interview about TOUCHED BY GRACE for Italian website allrock.it
01/11/2014
·Today MOJO Magazine readers selected the 20 most important artists of the last 20 years—among them, JEFF BUCKLEY
01/10/2014
01/09/2014
01/08/2014
·Gary Lucas is in Santander Spain now under the auspices of Film Society of Lincoln Center Director Emeritus Richard Pena to perform the world premiere of Gary's original solo guitar live score to accompany a screening tonight at Fundacion Botin of "The Goddess", the 1934 Shanghai silent cinema classic directed by Wu Yonggang and starring the incomparable Ruan Lingyu. The show begins at 8:30pm. Read more about this amazing film premiere here
· On Friday Gary will also perform his original live solo score accompanying the legendary 1931 Spanish "Dracula" at Fundacion Botin at 8:30pm
01/03/2014
01/02/2014
·RIP James Hunter, Gary's UK friend and collaborator, who tragically passed away Dec. 20th—a memorial service will be held in Southampton Jan. 10th
· Check out Gary's interview with Harold Channer—an erudite public intellectual with wide-ranging guests on his program—broadcast today Jan. 2nd at 11am EST on Channel 34 Time Warner Cable and Channel 82 RCN here in Manhattan—you can also watch the interview anytime here on YouTube
01/01/2014
·NOTE: Postponed to Sun. Jan. 19th at 2pm EST due to treacherous icy conditions—Gary is the guest of Mike Edison and Judy McGuire live on their long-running Arts and Seizures radio show, listen live at Heritage Radio Network here
· Gary's sold-out 30's Chinese pop show "The Edge of Heaven" at BAM last October was selected as One of the Best Live Shows of 2013 by critic emeritus Glenn Kenny in his Dec. 31st blog Some Came Running
· Gary's "Cinefantastique" named "One of the Top 10 Roots Albums of 2013" by Philadelphia CityPaper!!
12/31/2013
12/25/2013
·Great review of "Touched by Grace" just in from producer/songwriter Jon Tiven
· Check out part two of Gary's interview with national Radio Prague last week
12/19/2013
·Gary's "Cinefantastique" album named GUITAR ALBUM OF THE YEAR in the Gapplegate Guitar and Bass Blog
· Purchase tickets here for Gary's upcoming show with Peter Hammill premiering their new OTHERWORLD album Fri. Feb. 21st at London's Union Chapel
12/16/2013
·Czech out an interview Gary did last week for Radio Prague here!!
12/15/2013
·Gary had an incredible gig solo and with his new ensemble THE GHOSTS OF PRAGUE last night at Jazz Dock Prague—preview here in Czech national newspaper IDNES
12/13/2013
·Just announced: Peter Hammill and Gary Lucas will perform their new "Otherworld" album Fri. Feb. 21st at London's Union Chapel, view the poster here—new album out Feb. 3rd on Esoteric/Cherry Red
· Check out the video preview of Gary and Peter Hammill's forthcoming "Otherworld" album here!
· Nice review of Gary's "Cinefantastique" album (Northern Spy) from Gapplegate Guitar and Bass Blog!
· Check out the new page for "Gary Lucas and The Ghosts of Prague" on Faust Records, re-mastered, re-modeled, redux and out now on Faust Records
· Check out a video report on Gary's recent gala concert in Parma Italy at Barezzi Live Festival, where he received a Lifetime Achievement Award and played for 3 hours solo and with friends
12/12/2013
12/11/2013
·2 great new reviews just in for "Touched By Grace" here and here
12/08/2013
·New interview with Gary about his forthcoming album collaboration with Peter Hammill (Van Der Graaf Generator) entitled OTHER WORLD, due out in Feb.
12/06/2013
·RIP Frank Zappa, 20 years gone...Gary is quoted in this overview from Relix
· Read an interview with Gary in The Prague Post about his upcoming performance of Spanish "Dracula" there
12/04/2013
·View the poster for Gary's upcoming Spanish "Dracula" shows in Prague and Brno next week
12/03/2013
·Great review of "Touched By Grace" just in from critic Mitch Myers: "This is an absorbing book—an inside look at the music business, as well as Gary Lucas' own head. Imagine a place where art and commerce intersect, now imagine it touched by grace." —Mitch Myers, Author of "The Boy Who Cried Freebird: Rock & Roll Fables and Sonic Storytelling"
12/01/2013
·Gary totally sold out his Spanish Dracula show at the Cineteca Nacional in Mexico City last night
11/29/2013
·Gary signs copies of "Touched By Grace" and performs in Paris' Shakespeare and Company and at Monster Melodies in this new clip
11/27/2013
·Gary was in the studio yesterday 11/26 recording his new score for super-talented actress/director Lena Friedrich ("Inglourious Basterds") for her new doc. "The Hermit", with Jason Candler engineering
· Read a blurb from Beefheart.com, about Gary's Captain Beefheart Symposium in Mexico City this Sunday
11/25/2013
·Check out "Mojo Pin" performed by Gary and Scottish vocalist Jay Mathy in soundcheck at Edinburgh's Electric Circus 11/18/13 for The Skinny mag
11/23/2013
·Gary sits in with the great Roswell Rudd for his 75th Birthday Celebration at Le Poisson Rouge NYC—check out their version of "Green Onions" here!
11/22/2013
·From singer/songwrier Stuart Anthony: "Jeff Buckley fans should read this book by seminal guitarist Gary Lucas. Full of beautiful honesty. I found it hard to put down."
11/19/2013
11/18/2013
·Fan mail about Gary's Touched By Grace" show at the Southbank Centre in London last week
11/17/2013
·Jeff Buckley would have been 47 years old today 11/17/13...Gary performs a special tribute tonight at The Lemon Tree in Aberdeen Scotland
11/16/2013
·The great Italian singer/songwriter Vinicio Caposella reads from "Touched By Grace—Mia Musica Con Jeff Buckley" at the Barezzi Live Festival in Parma 2 weeks ago
· Listen to an interview with Gary by Co De Kloet about THE WORLD OF CAPTAIN BEEFHEART airing tomorrow night 11/17/13 on "Co Live!" national Dutch radio NTR! And check out this video teaser for THE WORLD OF CAPTAIN BEEFHEART
11/15/2013
·New interview with Gary in ROCKSHOT
· New interview with Gary from the Aberdeen Evening Express in preparation for his show at The Lemon Tree on Sunday
· Portuguese vocalist Diana Silveira tears it up with Gary on "Bluebird Blues" last night at the Southbank Centre London...view more clips from Gary's solo show with special guests Najma Akhtar, Frances Brennand Roper and Mari Conti here
11/14/2013
·Great fan letter just in from Bristol for Gary's TOUCHED BY GRACE show last night 11/13/13, see photos here
11/13/2013
·New interview with Gary in MOJO about Jeff Buckley just published
11/11/2013
·Gary with Peter Hammill at a photo shoot for their new album OTHERWORLD at the Swiss Cottage Hotel London Veteran's Day 11/11/13
11/09/2013
·Nice blog post from New York Times writer Brad Spurgeon about Gary's performance at Shakespeare and Co. Paris the other night!
· Gary backstage with his friend Willem Dafoe after Willem's triumphant performance in Robert Wilson's "The Old Woman" in Paris's Theatre de la Ville 11/8/13
11/08/2013
·On the 75th anniversary of Kristallnacht, Gary posts a historic clip recorded 25 years ago solo at the Berlin JazzFest
· Gary's book signing/performance at Shakespeare and Company Paris was packed last night—Just added: Gary does a live instore today Fri. 11/8 at Monster Melodies in Chatelet
11/07/2013
·Special guest UK ex-pat vocalist Tim Watt added to Gary's Paris instore for "Touched By Grace" at Shakespeare and Company Bookstore at 7pm
11/06/2013
·Gary just played a very successful instore for his new book at Bookbook in the West Village, check out an email he just received from a fan and view photos here
· Check out a clip of Gary reading at his instore signing at Bookbook NYC 11/4/13
11/04/2013
·Tonight!! In-store book signing at Bookbook NYC, see the poster here
· Some more reviews just in: "Very impressive"—John Leland, New York Times on "Touched By Grace"...and a great review from Popshifter.com
11/03/2013
·Tomorrow!! Monday Nov. 4th—in-store book signing and solo acoustic set by Gary at Bookbook in the West Village in support of his new book "Touched By Grace" (Jawbone Press)
11/01/2013
·TONIGHT Fri. Nov. 1st!! Gary plays Spanish "Dracula" at the United Palace Theatre in Harlem @ 8pm in a special Day of the Dead Show—Read an interview with Gary from The Uptown Collective...and check out a clip and a story about the theatre from The Manhattan Times
10/31/2013
·GRACE makes the cut in MOJO—Just named one of the 20 most influential albums of the last 20 years in the latest issue!! More info here
· Released today—new YouTube clip from Gary and legendary singer/songwriter Essra Mohawk of their song "THE DEVIL'S GOTTA MOVE ALONG"
· Gary's SPANISH DRACULA project at the United Palace Theatre in Harlem Fri. night (Day of the Dead) at 8pm is a Pick in the Wall Street Journal today, and also a Pick in Time Out New York!!
· Check out photos from Gary's recent session for Radio Chinese Plus + in NYC—download the App for the station here
· A message from Gary's friend and collaborator Portuguese vocalist Diana Silveira about his new book "Touched By Grace"
· Nice review from Radio Student FM, Slovenia, of Gary's new "Cinefantastique" album on Northern Spy, translated from Slovenian: "The album Cinefantastique has once again proved Lucas the master of guitar strings."
· Roswell Rudd - "Trombone for Lovers" added to the Discography
10/29/2013
·Gary does an instore signing and solo acoustic performance for his new book "Touched by Grace" next Mon. Nov. 4th @ 7pm at Bookbook in the West Village NYC...and Thurs. Nov. 7th Gary returns for his third appearance at legendary Shakespeare and Company in Paris @ 7pm
· Legendary Italian singer/songwriter Vinicio Caposella reads from Gary's "Touched By Grace" while Gary improvises at the Barezzi Festival Parma Italy 10/24/13
10/27/2013
·RIP LOU REED 1942—2013...Check out a pic of Gary with Lou and Laurie Anderson at SOB's NYC 12/92
10/26/2013
·Gary had a spectacular concert at the Teatro Parco in Parma Italy Thursday night—he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Barezzi Festival, and then played for 2 hrs. 45 min. without a break!! Special guest vocalists Alessio Franchino with his band, Massimiliano Lalli, and well-known Italian singer/songwriter Vinicio Caposella, who read from Gary's book "Touched by Grace"
· Review of Gary's concert in Parma Italy at the Barezzi Festival 10/24/13
10/23/2013
·Check out a new interview with Gary for national Italian radio Rai 2 on their "Moby Dick" program
10/22/2013
·Great review of "Touched by Grace" from Gapplegate Guitar and Bass Blog
· Check out a new radio podcast about the work of Tim and Jeff Buckley featuring some of my work with Jeff at killradio.com...and check out a new interview with Gary about "The Edge of Heaven" on Radio Chinese Plus...and Gary is featured on this week's PlanetWaves.fm show
· "The Andrew Oldham Orchestra and Friends Play The Rolling Stones Songbook Volume Two" added to the Discography
10/17/2013
10/14/2013
10/13/2013
·Preview a track from Gary's new "Cinefantastique" album at Tiny Mix Tapes!
10/11/2013
·Nice review in the Downtown Music Gallery Newsletter today of "Cinefantastique"
· Check out "The King's Chain", an outtake from "Greetings From Tim Buckley" (2012, d. Dan Algrant) featuring Gary's guitar and Penn Badgley as Jeff Buckley
10/10/2013
·Everything you ever wanted to know about Gary's new CINEFANTASTIQUE album!! Buy it now here
· Gary was asked by Northern Spy to write a few words about the late great French director Patrice Chereau, who just passed tragically at a very young age
· Check out a preview in Latino magazine Remezcla for Gary's Spanish "Dracula" show in NYC Nov. 1st!
· Gary's new book "Touched By Grace" sighted in a Barnes and Noble in Clifton New Jersey 10/9/13, photo by Phil Mango
10/08/2013
·Gary's new "Cinefantastique" album is out now Northern Spy Records—buy it here
· More photos from the sold-out performance with a standing ovation of "The Edge of Heaven" at BAM 10/5/13 here, here, and here (photos by Caroline Sinclair)
10/07/2013
10/06/2013
·THE EDGE OF HEAVEN totally sold out at BAM last night!! They had to turn people away at the door :-( See photos here and here (photos by Caroline Sinclair)
10/04/2013
10/03/2013
10/02/2013
·"The Edge of Heaven" at BAM this Fri. and Sat. is a Pick in the Village Voice!!
09/30/2013
·Gary's new book "Touched By Grace", published Oct. 25th by Jawbone, receives a 4 Star review in the new issue of MOJO!!
· Listen to Gary's 9/29 session for East Village Radio's "Morricone Youth" soundtracks program archived here...playlist here
09/27/2013
·Nice interview with Gary today about his upcoming BAM Edge of Heaven shows Oct. 4th and 5th in the USA China Daily newspaper, buy tickets here
09/25/2013
·Gary plays a special tribute to Jeff Buckley at the Antonio Barezzi Festival in Parma Italy with special guest Alessio Franchini on Thurs Oct 24th, check the poster here
· Check out the poster for Gary's "Edge of Heaven" acoustic show with Sally Kwok and Maggie Mo at Yale University (Gary's alma mater) Thurs. Oct. 3rd
09/20/2013
·Over half the tickets have been sold already for Gary's "Edge of Heaven" 30's Chinese pop project at BAM Oct. 4th and 5th!! Reserve your seats now here
09/18/2013
·Producer Co De Kloet is going to broadcast two specials of "THE MUSIC OF JEFF BUCKLEY AND GARY LUCAS" Sept 22nd & Sept. 29th @ 9 to 10pm Dutch time featuring The Metropole Orchestra, Alessio Franchini, conductor Steve Sidwell, Jolene Grunberg, Yori Swart, and yrs truly, LISTEN LIVE on "CO LIVE!" 
09/17/2013
·Nice blog from BAM about Gary's upcoming "Edge of Heaven" shows there Oct. 4th and 5th
· Just confirmed: Gary is performing the world premiere of his new live solo guitar score for Wu Yonggong's 1934 silent masterpiece "The Goddess" (Shen Nu) on Thurs. Jan. 9th—also his live score accompanying the 1931 Spanish "Dracula" on Fri. Jan. 10th—at the Fundación Botín in Santander Spain; both performances are part of the "The Golden Age of Chinese Film" series, curated by Richard Peña
09/15/2013
·Check out the cool artwork for Gary's upcoming Spanish "Dracula" show Fri. Nov. 1t at the United Palace Theatre in Harlem!
· Gary's upcoming "Edge of Heaven" concerts at BAM Oct. 4th and 5th are profiled in the Chinese World Journal
09/13/2013
·First review just in for Gary's "Cinefantastique" album in UK magazine Bizarre—album out on Northern Spy Records Oct. 1st
09/11/2013
·One of the world's great film directors Béla Tarr (Satantango, Werckmeister Harmonies) with Gary in Sarajevo, Bosnia 9/9/13
09/05/2013
·Gary performs live with Shanghai vocalists Sally Kwok and Mo Hai Jin on Dan Bodah's WFMU program "Airborne Event" Monday September 30th at 9pm, discussing and performing music from his new "Cinefantastique" solo album, along with music from his 30's Chinese pop album "The Edge of Heaven"
· Nice write up of Gary and Nona Hendryx's new Beefheart tribute project "The World of Captain Beefheart" at Beefheart.com
09/01/2013
·Gary is a guest on the Mike and Judy Show today at 2pm EDT on Heritage Radio Network—listen in live here
08/29/2013
·Just out on digital only: "THE INFRA-REALIST SESSION", a studio collaboration with Spanish spoken-word artist Bruno Galindo, available for download at Amazon
· Check out a preview of "The Edge of Heaven" Oct. 4th and 5th at BAM at China.org.cn, and here it is in Mandarin Chinese
08/24/2013
·Read an article in Impose Magazine on Gary's upcoming "Cinefantastique" album
08/23/2013
08/21/2013
·FLASH!! Gary was just booked on legendary Bob Fass' long-running "Radio Unnameable" program this Thursday 8/22 at midnight EST on WBAI FM, listen live here...and Gary plays a special solo acoustic concert this Tuesday 8/27 at the Gershwin Hotel NYC at 8pm
08/20/2013
·JUST CONFIRMED: GARY LUCAS PLAYS SPANISH "DRACULA" FRI. NOV 1st AT THE UNITED PALACE THEATER IN HARLEM, 175th ST. & BROADWAY, 8pm
08/19/2013
08/18/2013
·Nice review of "Greetings from Tim Buckley" from Australia, where the the film is currently in cinemas, which mentions Gary's collaboration with Jeff Buckley
08/17/2013
·Just confirmed: Gary Lucas plays Spanish "Dracula" in Mexico City Sat. Nov. 30th @ Cineteca Nacional
· Check out a clip of Gary, Nona Hendryx and co. debuting their new band THE WORLD OF CAPTAIN BEEFHEART at The Bridge in Bridgehampton Thurs. 7/15/13!!
08/14/2013
·"Pioneers For a Cure—American Songs to Fight Cancer" added to the Discography
08/13/2013
·Scroll down for an interview with Gary plus a preview from his forthcoming "Cinefantastique" album
08/09/2013
·Read a press release about Gary's forthcoming book "Touched By Grace—My Time with Jeff Buckley"—published Oct. 25th in the UK and US!!
08/08/2013
·Nice write-up in the Hudson Valley Almanac today about Gary's solo show In Kingston tomorrow night!!
08/06/2013
·Check out the cover art for Gary's new film music album "Cinefantastique"—music from the films of Federico Fellini, Alfred Hitchcock, Bela Tarr, Jacques Tati and others—plus excerpts from Gary's own scores for Spanish "Dracula" and more—released Oct. 1st on Northern Spy Records!!
· AutorYno "Cosmopolitan Traffic" and Juan Galeano "Peregrino" added to the Discography
08/02/2013
·FLASH!! Gary and Peter Hammill sign with Esoteric/Cherry Red Records worldwide for their new duo album OTHERWORLD—coming this Feb.!!
08/01/2013
·Gary sold out the Silent Movie Theatre in Hollywood Tuesday night with Spanish "Dracula"!!
07/28/2013
·Gary's Spanish "Dracula" show this Tuesday in LA is a pick in the LA Weekly!!
07/26/2013
·Just added to Gary's "Touched by Grace" Fall Solo Tour: Cork Ireland, Triskell Arts Centre—Fri. Nov. 22nd at midnight
07/25/2013
·Gary's Spanish "Dracula" show in Hollywood next Tuesday July 30th is a Pick of the Week in the LA Times today!!
07/20/2013
·Gary sold out his "Edge of Heaven" show in Shanghai's 1930 Club last night with Sally Kwok and Maggie Mo 7/19/13—see photo here!
· Next up for Gary: Spanish "Dracula" in LA at the Silent Movie Theatre 7/30—read about it in Arts Meme
07/16/2013
·New interview re: Gary's upcoming show of 30's Chinese pop in Shanghai this Fri. 7/19/13 courtesy his Chinese digital distributor 88tc88, and here's an announcement for all Gary's Chinese Facebook friends in Shanghai about their "Edge of Heaven" show this Friday night!
07/12/2013
·Gary Lucas "Touched by Grace" Fall Tour Dates—More Dates TBA!! Performing selections from his career from Beefheart to Buckley and Beyond...reading from his new book "Touched By Grace" (see the cover here)...with special guest vocalists tba
07/11/2013
·Gary is performing Spanish "Dracula" at the Silent Movie Theater in Hollywood Tuesday July 30th, fresh from his sold-out show at the Jerusalem Film Festival on 7/6/13
07/10/2013
07/08/2013
·Gary's Spanish "Dracula" SOLD OUT at the Jerusalem Film Festival 7/6/13!! (photo by Orli, Jerusalem Cinematheque)
07/01/2013
·Check out the poster for Gary's July 19th show in Shanghai with "The Edge of Heaven"!
· Gary is on the cover of Italian magazine "Just Kids" this month!! Click here and scroll through for an interview with Gary in Italian and English
06/30/2013
·Next Saturday night at the Jerusalem International Film Festival—Gary Lucas Plays Spanish "Dracula"!! More info here and here
06/25/2013
06/21/2013
·Tickets now on sale for GARY LUCAS "TOUCHED BY GRACE" at Bristol Colston Hall Wed. Nov 13th!
· More dates in November confirmed for Gary Lucas "Touched By Grace" Fall Tour!!
06/20/2013
·RIP JAMES GANDOLFINI 9/18/61—6/19/13
· Woke Up This Morning Live in London—Gary Lucas and Alabama 3
06/13/2013
·Reserve your tickets now for Gary Lucas "Touched by Grace" at the Southbank Centre in London Thursday Nov. 14th!!
06/12/2013
·Photo of Gary w/the great Amanda Palmer 6/11/13 after performing with Amanda and amazing Austin art-rockers Mother Falcon at Littlefield Brooklyn!
06/11/2013
·FLASH!! Amanda Palmer will sit in with Gary and Mother Falcon tonight at Littlefield Brooklyn!
06/07/2013
·Great review of "Greetings from Tim Buckley" today in HITS magazine which mentions Gary
06/05/2013
·Check out a clip of Gary performing solo at Reigen Live in Vienna last week, with his special guest Mika Vember
06/02/2013
·Just confirmed—Thurs. Nov. 14th London Southbank Centre—Gary Lucas "Touched by Grace"—reading from his new book and performing with special surprise guests!! More Dates TBA
06/01/2013
·Just confirmed—Thurs. Nov. 14th London Southbank Centre—Gary Lucas "Touched by Grace"—reading from his new book and performing with special surprise guests!! More Dates TBA
05/30/2013
·Just confirmed: Gary's solo performance Aug. 9th in Kingston NY at the BSP Lounge will be preceded by a screening of "Greetings from Tim Buckley" that night!
05/29/2013
05/28/2013
05/27/2013
·Gary gives a TED Talk taped at at Bergen Community College NJ a month ago entitled "Blues and the Tuning of the World"
05/23/2013
·Just confirmed: "The Edge of Heaven" East Coast dates in October!! See the Full BAM Next Wave 2013 schedule here
· Flash!! Gary just confirmed to sit in as special guest collaborator with fantastically gifted young ensemble Mother Falcon at Littlefield in Brooklyn Tuesday June 4th!!
05/21/2013
·Gary's show in Vienna this Thursday is a Pick of the Week in Falter, Vienna's weekly city paper
· Read an amazing review of Gary's concert in Venice Fri. night with the premiere European screening of "Greetings from Tim Buckley"!! (English translation here)
05/19/2013
·Check out a letter Gary just received about his new book "Touched by Grace" from Claudio Conti, a fan from Sardinia
05/16/2013
·Check out this clip Coffin Joe sent from Sao Paulo as a special surprise introduction to Gary's show with his film in Ljubljana!!
· Listen to an interview on Radio Student Ljubljana 5/14/13 with Gary about scoring horror films, Coffin Joe and more...and check out a great review of Gary's performance that night with his Coffin Joe project at the Kino Siska Ljubljana
05/14/2013
·Gary's Top 5 Horror Films in Slovenian newspaper Planet Siol today in preparation for his gig tonight at Kino Sisa in Ljubljana with his Coffin Joe project
· Gary is interviewed about working with Jeff Buckley in The Inquisitr
05/11/2013
·Check out "The Blues Feeling" program on Gary's music that ran on 3SAT TV all over Central Europe yesterday!
05/10/2013
·Flash! A documentary about Gary's music will air at 7:20pm tonight (Friday May 10th) CET on the Kulturzeit program on 3SAT Central European television...a different, longer edit will air this Sunday morning at 10:40am and midnight CET on "Kultur-Matinee" on ORF2, Austrian national television
05/09/2013
·Just released: Two custom TonePrints designed by Gary for TC Electronics of Denmark available to all guitarists for free—download here! More info here and here
05/08/2013
·RIP RAY HARRYHAUSEN June 29, 1920 - May 7, 2013, Gary's friend and inspiration
· See a photo of Ray, Gary, film maker Martha Colburn, and Ray's wife Diana Livingstone Bruce at the James River Film Festival in Richmond Va. 2006
05/07/2013
·A documentary about Gary's music will air this Sun. May 12th on national Austrian tv ORF 2's "Kultur-Matinee" program at 11:30am and midnight—see photo of Gary with Yale Symphony Orchestra in Vienna to perform the European premiere of Leonard Bernstein's "Mass" in 1973—Gary's first ever European performance
05/03/2013
05/02/2013
·Gary on working with Jeff Buckley in the latest issue of UNCUT June 2013
05/01/2013
04/30/2013
·Read an article/interview with Penn Badgley from The Daily Beast about "Greetings from Tim Buckley" that quotes from the forthcoming English edition of Gary's book "Touched by Grace"
04/28/2013
·Read the blurb from legendary Parisien bookstore Shakespeare and Company's website about Gary's May 13th show!
04/27/2013
·ORF2 Austrian National Television is broadcasting on May 12th a segment filmed by music producer Klaus Totzler about Gary's appearance in Havana last December on their Kultur-Matinee program @ 9:30am & midnight, as promo for his solo appearance in Vienna May 23rd at Reigen Live
04/26/2013
·Check out two new posters here and here for Gary's "Golem" show headlining the SaratogaArtsFest June 8th!!
04/23/2013
·Gary is quoted in the Wall Street Journal today about "Greetings from Tim Buckley"—opening May 3rd in select cities in the US
04/20/2013
·Check out a new article about Gary in the latest issue of Rock & Pop Magazine (Czech Republic)
04/17/2013
·IT'S HERE—GREETINGS FROM TIM BUCKLEY On Demand everywhere, or you can rent or buy it exclusively from iTunes STARTING TODAY!
· Just confirmed: Gary is performing at Zappa Club Jerusalem July 4th and Zappa Club Tel Aviv July 5th with his friend Israeli rock star Ninet Tayeb sitting in on a special tribute to Jeff Buckley!! Gary will then perform Sat. July 6th closing the Jerusalem Film Festival with one his live music and film projects—project tba
04/13/2013
·Czech out a profile of Gary published today in Lidové Noviny, the oldest daily newspaper in the Czech Republic! English Translation of questionaire here
04/10/2013
·Gary is mentioned in a rave review of "Greetings from Tim Buckley" which just screened at the Istanbul Film Festival
04/09/2013
04/05/2013
04/04/2013
·Gary signs with Northern Spy Records' Tom Abbs for his new album 'Gary Lucas Cinefantastique', The White Horse Tavern NYC 4/3/2013
04/02/2013
·Gary's solo acoustic show this Sat. night at Joe's Pub NYC is a Pick in TIME OUT today!!
· Here's the new trailer for GREETINGS FROM TIM BUCKLEY...with Tony Award winning actor Frank Wood as Gary at :59—US premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival April 23 and 25th—Opening in select cities across the US May 4th
03/30/2013
·RIP PHIL RAMONE 1/5/41-3/30/13 a friend and a fan of Gary's music, scroll down mid page here
· Gary's interview about 3 of his favorite artists—Skip James, The Incredible String Band, and Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac—are up now on threepieces.org, click here!!
03/29/2013
·Just Confirmed: Gary is performing his original live score with José Mojica Marins' (Coffin Joe)'s Brazilian horror film classic ESTA NOITE ENCARNEREI NO TEU CADAVER at the Melkweg Amsterdam Sat. May 11th @ 11pm and Sun. May 12th @ 3pm...and also in Llubljana Slovenia on Tues. May 14th @ the Kino Siska Centre for Urban Culture
· Gary gives a TED Talk at Bergen College on April 26th, broadcast live over the net, see the blurb here
03/28/2013
·Finally!! "Greetings From Tim Buckley"—about Jeff Buckley's early days in NYC and starring Penn Badgley—gets its US premiere at the TriBeCa Film Festival April 23rd & 25th with Gary portrayed in the film by Tony Award winning actor Frank Wood, and select US screenings just announced!! See a photo of Penn Badgley and Gary at the Toronto Film Festival screening of "Greetings from Tim Buckley" 9/2012
· Gary contributes his appreciation of Fleetwood Mac's "Then Play On" album in the third of his "three pieces project" interviews
03/23/2013
·Just confirmed: Gary will perform his 30's Chinese pop project "The Edge of Heaven" featuring Shanghai divas Sally Kwok and Mo Hai Jin and Gods and Monsters at Yale as a Benefit for the Yale-China Association on Thurs. Oct. 3rd...and at Bergen Community College NJ on Wed. Oct. 2nd!!
03/16/2013
·Read a rave review of Gary's performance with "The Golem" at the University of Maine last week from the Machias News, and watch a new interview clip discussing recent collaborations with Nona Hendryx and Peter Hammill
· Read a letter from Gary to the Yale Alumni Magazine about working with Jeff Buckley
03/14/2013
·Gary is interviewed about his favorites the Incredible String Band as part of the Three Pieces Project
· Gary's pal vocalist Jann Klose is profiled on ET Online and talks about collaborating with Gary
03/10/2013
·Gary got a standing ovation for "The Golem" at the University of Maine in Machias last night!!
03/09/2013
·Gary discusses the music of Skip James in a new interview for the threepieces.org project
03/07/2013
·Gary's "Golem" show at the University of Maine Sat. is a Pick in the Bangor Daily News today
· Gary is performing solo acoustic this Monday night at 10:30pm at Public Assembly Williamsburg—check out the poster here
· Finally—"Greetings from Tim Buckley" - in which Gary is portrayed by Tony award winner Frank Wood—gets its US premiere soon at the Tribeca Film Festival in NYC!!
03/06/2013
·Check out the press release for Gary's 3 UPCOMING SOLO ACOUSTIC SHOWS in NYC
· Gary is mentioned in a new MOJO interview with legendary Stones producer Andrew Loog Oldham about his forthcoming Stones tribute album
03/04/2013
·Gary has an essay "East Side, West Side: Its Not Where You're Frum, It;s Where You're At" in Vol. 2 of Clayton Patterson's new book, a 3 volume series entitled "Jews: A People's History of the Lower East Side" that includes contributions by Bob Holman, John Zorn, Judith Malina and others, order it on Amazon here
· Gary rocks out with the fabulous Nona Hendryx on "Lady Marmalade" and "Too Much Time" live on Dutch radio NTR
02/26/2013
02/24/2013
·Gary's "The World of Captain Beefheart" concert @ Paradiso Amsterdam a Top Pick of the Week in Dutch national newspaper Het Parool
02/23/2013
·Check out Gary discussing The World of Captain Beefheart @ Paradiso Amsterdam here, and performing with Nona Hendryx live on Dutch Radio 6 here
02/20/2013
02/19/2013
·Gary just signed with UK music book publisher Jawbone Press for publication of his book "Touched by Grace—My Time with Jeff Buckley" in the US and UK this September!! See photo here
· Gary, conductor Anthony Weedon and The Metropole Orchestra here, THE WORLD OF CAPTAIN BEEFHEART 2/17/13 Paradiso Amsterdam
02/18/2013
·Gary with conductor Anthony Weedon and the Metropole Orchestra here, at THE WORLD OF CAPTAIN BEEFHEART 2/17/13
Encore Moment: THE WORLD OF CAPTAIN BEEFHEART @ Paradiso Amsterdam 2/17/13 l to r: Gary, conductor Anthony Weedon, Nona Hendryx and Jolene Grunberg Check out more photos of Gary and the Metropole Orchestra from THE WORLD OF CAPTAIN BEEFHEART at Paradiso Amsterdam 2/17/13 here, here, here, and here
02/16/2013
·Check out clips of Gary rehearsing with the Metropole Orchestra today and live with Nona Hendryx yesterday on national Dutch radio—all part of THE WORLD OF CAPTAIN BEEFHEART tomorrow night at the Paradiso Amsterdam!!
02/07/2013
·Read an interview with Gary about his new collaboration with Peter Hammill from Greek music website Mix Grill
02/05/2013
·Just confirmed: Gary returns to perform solo at legendary bookstore Shakespeare and Company in Paris Monday May 13th!!
02/02/2013
·Check out a new pic of Gary and Nona Hendryx after rehearsing for their upcoming "World of Captain Beefheart" show at the Paradiso Amsterdam Feb. 17th!! Get tickets here
01/20/2013
01/14/2013
·Gary just finished collaborating and recording with legendary Peter Hammill on a new duo project in Bath England—see a photo here
· Check out the poster for "The World of Captain Beefheart Feb. 17th at Paradiso Amsterdam featuring Gary, Nona Hendryx and The Metropole Orchestra!!
01/05/2013
·Listen to rare live recordings of Gary and Jeff performing "Grace" and "How Long Will It Take" on John Schaefer's New Sounds 3/8/92
· Check out beefheart.com here for info about Gary's upcoming concert Feb. 17th "The World of Captain Beefheart" in Amsterdam's Paradiso with Nona Hendryx and the 60 piece Metropole Orchestra!
12/31/2012
12/29/2012
·Gary just received this Facebook message from Italian musician/photographer Luca Cirillo re: his new book "Touched by Grace: La Mia Musica Con Jeff Buckley" (Arcana)
12/26/2012
·Happy Holidays from Gary!! Read a letter that arrived on Christmas from Italian fan Giovan Battsta D'Achille about Gary's new book "Touched by Grace"
12/17/2012
·Just confirmed: Legendary Nona Hendryx added as special guest vocalist to "The World of Captain Beefheart" on Sunday Feb. 17th at Parardiso Amsterdam with Gary and the 65 piece Metropole Orchestra!!
12/11/2012
·Good news about the theatrical release of the film "Greetings from Tim Buckley" which features Tony award winning actor Frank Wood as Gary
· Read the full transcript of Roch Parisien's 3 hour Facebook interview with Gary
12/09/2012
12/07/2012
·Listen to Gary perform live on national Havana Radio tonight at midnight EST Fri. Dec. 7th here and tomorrow Sat. Dec. 8th at 12:30pm EST live on Radio Taino here
· Check out clips of Gary performing solo at the Alternativa Festival in Prague 2 weeks ago—they will stay up for one week only
12/06/2012
·Gary discourses on Rock Attitude in a new documentary on the French ARTE Channel with a visual demonstration
12/05/2012
·See the poster for Gary's 3 shows in Havana this weekend
12/04/2012
·Gary is performing at a benefit for his friend doc. film maker Slawomir Grunberg on Thurs. Dec. 27th to help him raise funds to complete his new film about Polish Holocaust hero Jan Karski...please give generously also to his Kickstarter campaign!
12/01/2012
·Just confirmed: Sunday Feb. 17th at the Paradiso Amsterdam "The World of Captain Beefheart" with Gary Lucas and the 60 piece Metropole Orchestra plus special guest TBA
11/26/2012
·Gary makes a live 3 hour appearance on national Czech Beat Radio on Tues.—then plays solo in Jablonec Wed. and in Prague Thurs. with the cream of the Czech Underground (Plastic People of the Universe, DG 307, and Urfaust)
11/21/2012
·Flash!! Gary is a guest on Judaiques FM 94.8 in Paris tomorrow at noon French time, 6am EST—Listen live here
11/20/2012
·Read an article from Czech national newspaper Lidove Noviny about Gary's solo show in Prague this Fri. night 11/23 heading up the Alternativa Festival
11/17/2012
·Gary is dedicating his concert tonight 11/17/12 in Paris to the memory of Jeff Buckley, who would have been 46 today
11/16/2012
·Read a letter from Italian musician Carmelo Iocolano from the band LeefA about Gary's new book "Touched by Grace: La Mia Musica Con Jeff Buckley" (Arcana)
11/14/2012
·Gary gives a masterclass at Conservatoire Clamart in Paris tonight...and a gala concert Sat. night Nov. 17th with French guitarist David Konopnicki and Autoryno—see the press release here, and the poster here
11/07/2012
·Check out the poster for Gary's Thurs. Nov. 22nd solo concert at legendary Shakespeare and Co. bookstore in Paris with special guest Jeanne Madic...and you can purchase tickets for Gary's solo concert in Hericourt France Sun. Nov. 18th here
10/29/2012
10/28/2012
·Gary's Beefheart Night at the Knitting Factory tomorrow night postponed due to Hurricane Sandy, will be rescheduled
10/24/2012
·RIP rock legend Steve Paul 4/28/41-10/21/12—Gary's friend and supporter, who urged Gary to work with writer David Dalton resulting in the creation of their song "Lady of Shalott"
10/22/2012
·Read a new interview with Gary from Brain Magazine (France)!
10/19/2012
·Gary's "Spanish Dracula" show tonight at the Durango Film Festival is on the cover of the Durango Herald today!!
10/15/2012
·Read a transcript of Gary's live 3 hour Facebook real-time interview with Roch Parisien and fans and friends yesterday 10/14/12 here—click View Previous Comments button several time to scroll back to the beginning
10/14/2012
·Ask Gary questions today Sunday Oct. 14th at 2pm EST as part of his live interactive FaceBook interview at Roch Parisien Rocon Communications—open to the general public!!
10/13/2012
·Just confirmed: Monday Oct. 22nd, 8 and 10pm at the Iridium Jazz Club, NYC, Gary plays 2 sets sitting in with the Les Paul Trio!!
10/12/2012
·Gary is sitting in tomorrow Saturday Oct. 13th in Socrates Park Long Island City with his old friends and bandmates Jerry Harrison and Ernie Brooks for a Walk for Family Literacy celebration—come for a very good cause!
10/11/2012
·Join a live Facebook Chat Session with Gary this Sunday Oct. 14th at 2pm eastern time on Roch Parisien's Rocon page...more info and join the event here!!
10/05/2012
·Gary is playing at the Save the Village Benefit at Le Poisson Rouge Wed.—a Pick in The New Yorker Today!!
10/03/2012
·Gary was just sent the new Slide Rig pedal by Origin Effects UK...and is happy to report IT ROCKS!!
09/30/2012
09/29/2012
·New interview with Gary in Italian ROLLING STONE!!
09/28/2012
·Read an interview with Gary in Italian national newspaper La Repubblica about his new book
· Thumbs up for Gary's new book TOUCHED BY GRACE from top Italian music journalist Andrea Morandi, who interviewed Gary at his book presentation at FNAC Megastore Milano on Monday: "Hi Gary The privilege was mine, I started to listen to Grace when I was 20 and Jeff was a real inspiration to me, so to be able to sit with you and talkin' about those days was really something Thanks again for your music and for your beautiful pages, one of the very few musical books not boring!!! Take care man A"
· Check out a great review of "Greetings from Tim Buckley" from the NME
09/24/2012
·Review of Gary's show last night 9/23/12 at the Madame Guitar Festival in Tricesimo
09/11/2012
09/10/2012
·"Greetings from Tim Buckley" is a hit at the Toronto International Film Festival!! Check out this rave review from The Hollywood Reporter
09/08/2012
·Check out these great photos by Sjaniek Schaap from Gary's historic concert @ Paradiso Amsterdam last Sunday with the Metropole Orchestra: "The Music of Jeff Buckley and Gary Lucas"
· Gary is attending the world premiere of "Greetings from Tim Buckley" tomorrow Sunday 9/9/12 at the Toronto International Film Festival
09/05/2012
·30 years ago this week the last Captain Beefheart album "Ice Cream for Crow" was released. On Mon. Oct. 29th celebrate 45 years of American visionary genius Don Van Vliet w/ "Bad Vugum: Beefheart Night at the Knit"—featuring rare clips, tracks, poetry, special guests, DVV paintings, and appearances by tribute band Dr. Dark and FAST 'N' BULBOUS, Gary's Beefheart Project co-led by Phillip Johnston—first NYC show in 3 years!!
09/03/2012
·Gary Lucas & The Metropole Orchestra play "The Music of Jeff Buckley and Gary Lucas" live @ Amsterdam's Paradiso a fantastic success last night!! Check out photos here and this clip of "Mojo Pin" featuring vocalist Alessio Franchini!! Also see more photos here, and listen to an on demand stream of the show here!
09/01/2012
·Listen live TOMORROW, Sept. 2nd at 2:30pm eastern time to "The Music of Jeff Buckley and Gary Lucas" featuring Gary, the Metropole Orchestra, and vocalist Alessio Franchini here
08/24/2012
08/21/2012
·Gary talks about working with Don Van Vliet (Captain Beefheart) in the latest issue of UNCUT
· Next Tuesday, Gary rips it up solo in Sardinia at the Sant'Anna Arresi Jazz Festival!!
08/17/2012
·Just confirmed: the world premiere of GREETINGS FROM TIM BUCKLEY, a film about Jeff's early days in NYC directed by Dan Algrant with Penn Badgley as Jeff and Tony Award winner Frank Wood as Gary on Sun. Sept. 9th at the Toronto International Film Festival
08/13/2012
07/29/2012
·Get your spex on! Check Gary live in 3D from his solo acoustic show at the Gershwin Hotel 7/24/12
07/20/2012
·Gary gets a rave review in HITS for his Echoplex show in LA this week! scroll down to #4
07/18/2012
·Gary's "Golem" show last night at the Silent Movie Theatre in LA totally sold out!! Read a review here
· Read an interview with Gary about his upcoming appearances at ZAPPANALE 2012 IN GERMANY
07/13/2012
·Check out a clip of Gary live on CNBC last week in a segment on Gibson Guitars!
· Listen to the the July 12th Global Village show archived here, 32:00 min. in to hear an interview with Gary about his show this Monday night at the Echoplex LA featuring his special guest the amazing vocalist Sussan Deyhim!
· Read an interview with Gary about his upcoming LA concerts at The Echoplex Mon. and the Silent Movie Theater Tues. on the KPCC website!
07/12/2012
·Gary is being interviewed today on John Schneider's "Global Village" show on KPFK LA in advance of his show at the Echoplex in LA this Monday night—which will feature special guest Sussan Deyhim and more, listen live at 2:30pm EDT here 
07/08/2012
·Listen to Gary's new track recorded in Havana and featuring Cuban's #1 dance band Los Van Van and singers Haydee and Suylen Milanes, daughters of legendary Cuban singer/songwriter Pablo Milanes!
· Gary Lucas & Friends with Sussan Deyhim at The Echoplex LA Mon. July 16—an intense show spanning Gary's career from Beefheart to Buckley to Gods and Monsters, acoustic country blues, 30's Chinese Pop, famous film music, and soundscape explorations one step beyond, get tickets here
07/03/2012
07/02/2012
·Gary rocks CNBC!! Check out these photos from his appearance this morning playing live in a segment devoted to Gibson Guitars
06/29/2012
·Tues. July 24th at 8pm, Gary Lucas performs a solo acoustic concert at the Gershwin Hotel, NYC
· Gary just confirmed a residency at the French national music school CRD CONSERVATOIRE DE CLAMART to give a Master Class on Wed. Nov 14th and a performance with his friend French guitarist David Konopnicki and his band there Saturday Nov. 17th at the Henri Dutilleux Auditorium (place hunebelle - 92140 CLAMART)
06/26/2012
·FLASH!! Gary will be performing live this Monday on CNBC at 7:30am EST and at various other times during a segment devoted to Gibson Guitars featuring Gibson CEO Henry Juszkiewicz—it will go out live internationally to an audience estimated at 400 million
06/25/2012
·Listen on demand from 1h:22m here to Co De Kloet and Gary discussing the upcoming Jeff Buckley/Gary Lucas Metropole Orchestra project at the Paradiso Amsterdam Sun. Sept. 2nd, featuring Italian vocalist Alessio Franchini and more tba
06/22/2012
·This Sunday listen live to Co De Kloet's Dutch radio special about Gary's upcoming concert Sept. 2nd with the Metropole Orchestra at the Paradiso Amsterdam!
06/21/2012
·Check out photos by Gael Dupret from Gary's gala birthday concert at La Java Paris!
06/20/2012
06/19/2012
·Gary's concert at La Java in Paris tonight is a Pick in Liberation today
06/09/2012
·FLASH!! Gary is confirmed for two July shows in LA: performing solo with friends Mon. July 16th @ The Echoplex, and performing with "The Golem" at the Silent Movie Theatre Tues. July 17th
06/04/2012
·Gary plays a gala solo show in Paris Tuesday June 19th at La Java, with special guests Beatrice Demi-Mondaine, Cheyenne Schiavone, Steve Tallis, David Konopnicki and more tba
06/01/2012
·Gary plays "The Golem" at the Sixth Street Community Synagogue NYC
05/29/2012
05/28/2012
05/25/2012
05/22/2012
·This just in: 5 Star Review of "The Ordeal of Civility" from Music News.com (UK)!!
· Gary speaks about Don Van Vliet on KMUW FM from Witchita
05/20/2012
·Fantastic pics from Friday night at The Bellhouse courtesy Mr. Jay Dorfman!! Click on the menu here and go to the Gary Lucas & Gods and Monsters link to scroll through shots of Gary with Gods and Monsters, Beatrice Demi-Mondaine and Institutional Prostitution
05/17/2012
05/16/2012
·TOMORROW NIGHT at midnight, Gary performs with Beatrice Demi MOndaine and Institutional Prostitution on the legendary BOB FASS' "RADIO UNNAMEABLE" program on WBAI 99.5 FM in New York City, listen live here
05/15/2012
·"I Want My NME TV!": Gary's clips now on new NME TV channel
05/12/2012
·Read an interview with Gary about his Spanish-themed horror soundtracks in the latest issue of UK magazine BIZARRE
05/09/2012
·New video for "I'm a Fox" by Brazilian vocalist Elaine Guedes, written by Elaine and Gary
05/06/2012
·Gary's Gods and Monsters show at The Bellhouse Brooklyn May 18th with Beatrice Demi-Mondaine and Institutional Prostitution is a Pick in France Rocks!
05/04/2012
·RIP MCA (Adam Yauch) August 5, 1964 - May 4, 2012
04/28/2012
·Check out a new article in MOJO about Gary's forthcoming album "Cinefantastique"
04/20/2012
04/19/2012
·Gary performs a free solo set at 2:30pm at the First Green Earthday Celebration in NYC this Sunday—check details here!
· Just confirmed: Gary is performing the Dutch live premiere of "I Have a Cat" with his co-pilot Co De Kloet as part of his Amsterdam Captain Beefheart Symposium at the Bimhuis on Sat. June 16th!!
04/17/2012
·Just confirmed: Thursday June 7th, Sixth Street Synagogue, NYC: Gary Lucas Plays "The Golem"
04/15/2012
·Check out a new clip of Gary rocking the Bellhouse Brooklyn opening the Shaggs Tribute Friday night
· Gary is mentioned in a new article about "Grace" in Rolling Stone Argentina
04/14/2012
·Gary's solo show Tuesday at Joe 's Pub at 9:30pm is a Pick in The New Yorker
04/12/2012
·New video for "SWAMP T'ING" by Jill A. Black up now!!
· Gary is going on legendary Bob Fass' Radio Unnameable show on WBAI FM TONIGHT with anti-folk avatar Jeffrey Lewis, who will be sitting in with Gary next Tues. at Gary's Joe's Pub solo show, listen live here
04/07/2012
·Just confirmed: Gary will be performing at the annual Soundedit Festival in Lodz Poland at the end of October, dates tba soon!!
04/03/2012
·Just added: to Gods and Monsters' Bellhouse show Friday May 18th—Montreal avant-femme art-noise duo Institutional Prostitution opens the evening with Gary sitting in—and avant-folk avatar Jeffrey Lewis will sit in with Gary at his Tuesday April 17th Joe's Pub show at 9:30pm!
03/29/2012
·Tonight at Midnight EST Gary will be interviewed and will perform live on the legendary BOB FASS' "RADIO UNNAMEABLE" program on WBAI—Listen live here
· Just confirmed: GARY LUCAS & GODS AND MONSTERS at THE BELLHOUSE BROOKLYN, Friday May 18th 10pm with Ernie Brooks, Billy Ficca, Jason Candler and Joe Hendel plus Gary's special guest French underground chanteuse Beatrice Demi MOndaine sittin' in all the way from Gay Paree...tickets here
· Gary just did an interview up at Gibson in the old Hit Factory building for the French ARTE Channel for a new documentary directed by Baptiste Piegay all about Rock, Rebellion, Guitars and l'Esprit du Temps—airing this August, stay tuned...
· Gary was just invited to present 2 nights of his expanded concert version of "The Edge of Heaven" featuring Sally Kwok, Mo Hai Jin and Gods and Monsters, at BAM's new Fishman Space opening Fall 2013!!
03/26/2012
·Check out a podcast interview with Gary live in Havana on Cubastyle.com's "Breakfast with the Famous"
03/25/2012
03/22/2012
·Read Gary's FilmFest21 blog about his appearance at SXSW with his Coffin Joe project
· Check out a new interview with Gary in the latest issue of Italian magazine "Chitarre" (Guitar), English translation here
03/21/2012
·Gary's Coffin Joe live music and film project a Pick for SXSW in the Austin Chronicle here and here
03/02/2012
·Just confirmed: Gary Lucas solo at JOE'S PUB NYC Tuesday April 17th 9:30pm!!
02/29/2012
·Gary's show at Iridium with French vocalist Beatrice Demi-Mondaine tomorrow is a Pick in French Morning today
02/27/2012
·Read a new press release from Gary for his IRIDIUM solo show in NYC this Thursday with French hellion Beatrice Demi-Mondaine
· Here 'Tis: yeterday's broadcast of THE MIKE AND JUDY SHOW live from hipster's paradise Roberta's in Brooklyn featuring Gary
02/23/2012
·RIP BARNEY ROSSET 5/28/22-2/21/12 Cultural Catalyst of the Zeitgeist—Gary was honored to hang out with Barney, his wife, and his friend the writer Bradford Morrow in Barney's East Village loft a few days before his untimely death
· See the poster for Gary's upcoming two shows at SXSW accompanying Coffin Joe's "This Night I Will Possess Your Corpse" with his original live score on 3/17/12
02/20/2012
·Gary plays a solo concert at Islington Assembly Hall London Thursday May 24th! More details soon...
02/15/2012
·Just confirmed: Gary is performing solo at IRIDIUM, the cool jazz club on Broadway and 51st on Thurs. March 1st w/special guest French underground siren Beatrice Demi MOndaine who is flying in all the way from Paris for this appearance!! Other special guests tba, 2 shows at 8pm and 10pm. Check out Gary and Beatrice performing "Mojo Pin" in Paris!
02/14/2012
·Gary sells out Cornelia Street Cafe solo Sunday with "The Two Garys" show!!
· New photo set from La Feline show in Paris with Beatrice Demi-Mondaine
02/11/2012
·Just confirmed: Second show just added—GARY LUCAS PLAYS COFFIN JOE'S "THIS NIGHT I WILL POSSESS YOUR CORPSE" at SXSW in Austin Texas, Sat. March 17th at noon @ the Alamo Ritz Theater on E. 6th Street as part of the SXSW Film Festival, also performing with the film that evening at 10pm @ The Hideout Theatre on E. 7th Street as part of the SXSW Music Festival
· Check out a clip of Gary solo acoustic recorded for Portugal's Bodyspace.net right before his solo concert in Porto Jan. 28th
02/07/2012
·Gary and Portuguese vocalist Diana Silveira Piedade perform "Grace" live in Lisbon 1/27/12 on Gary's recent European solo tour...and Gary and French chanteuse Beatrice Demi-Mondaine rip into "Mojo Pin" live in Paris last week 2/1/12
02/06/2012
·Gary's Rolling Stones covers project with producer Andrew Loog Oldham coming soon—see this clipping from UNCUT
02/04/2012
02/02/2012
·Gary plays a surprise acoustic set tonight in Paris around 9pm at La Feline with special guests Cheyenne Schiavone and Beatrice Demi-Mondaine, 6 rue Victor Letalle in Paris Menilmontant 75020
02/01/2012
·Gary is interviewed today in French leftist journal POLITIS on the heels of his packed solo concert at Paris' New Morning last night!! Watch a video clip from the show
01/29/2012
·Check out some photos from Gary's gig Friday night in Lisboa at Galeria Ze dos Bois with his special guest vocalist Diana Silveira Piedade on Myspace Portugal...and check out a clip of Gary performing from that night...and here are some more photos from last night's show in Porto!!
01/27/2012
·Gary is on the cover of the METRO paper today in Portugal! click on the magazine cover and scroll to page 8 to read an interview in Portuguese
· He is also on the cover of national newspaper Diario de Noticias today! Read the interview in Portuguese here 
01/25/2012
·Just confirmed: Gary will play the Texas premiere of his live solo guitar score accompanying a screening of Jose Mojica Marins a/k/a Coffin Joe's 1967 Brazilian cult shocker "Esta Noite Encarneri no teu Cadaver" at SXSW in Austin on Sat. March 17th at The Hideout!
01/23/2012
·Gary just did a 7 hour session in the studio in London with with his friend legendary Bryan Ferry—including a new song collaboration!! Check the photo here
· Read rave reviews from The Word, Audio Apocalypse, and SevenStreets of Gary's sold out Captain Beefheart Symposium in Liverpool this weekend!
01/21/2012
·Just confirmed: Friday Aug. 3rd—The return of FAST 'N BULBOUS at the ZAPPANALE in Bad Doberan Germany!!
01/14/2012
01/12/2012
·Gary sold out his solo show at the posh Standard East Hotel in NYC Tuesday night before several hundred delighted onlookers—check out Gary's tribute to Vaclav Havel...now off to Bilbao Spain for his Spanish "Dracula" show at the Musiketan Festival...he will perform live tomorrow Fri. 13th at 10am EST on National Basque Radio Euskadi's "La Jungla Sonora" show, listen live here
01/05/2012
·Just confirmed: Gary sits in with the great BERNIE WORRELL and his band this Saturday night at Le Poisson Rouge NYC as part of Winter Jazzfest, show starts at 8pm
01/03/2012
·Gary's first show of 2012 is FREE—next Tues. Jan 10th at the Standard Hotel East Village NYC, details here
· Gary's Top 10 of 2011 from Portuguese website Bodyspace—scroll halfway down
12/30/2011
·Gary plays his Spanish "Dracula" in Bilbao's annual Musiketan Festival Jan 15th (Don Van Vliet's birthday) in Spain
· Gary just confirmed for two solo shows in Portugal! January 27th - Lisbon - Galeria Zé dos Bois, January 28th - Porto - Plano B
12/23/2011
·BEST OF THE YEAR: Gary Lucas & Gods and Monsters "The Ordeal of Civility" comes in at #6 on North Fork Sound's Top 25 Albums of 2011
· and "The Ordeal of Civility" is selected as one of the Best Albums of the Year by Artists Over 50 in Rock's Back Pages by Jim Green (#1) and Richard Gehr (#9)
12/21/2011
·Happy Holidays from Gary!! Holiday cheer here, here, and here!
· RIP VACLAV HAVEL (5 October 1936 - 18 December 2011)—A friend of and supporter of Gary's (l to r: Vaclav Havel, Jerry Harrison, Gary Lucas, David Byrne, Ernie Brooks; backstage at the Knitting Factory NYC, Nov. 13 2006, photo by John Bentham)
12/19/2011
·One year gone: Gary is quoted in John Kruth's memorial to Don Van Vliet published in Sing Out! Magazine
12/15/2011
12/10/2011
12/07/2011
·Just added: Gary presents a special in old Havana this Sat. night on the roof of the the Gaia Arts Center in Havana Vieja, Teniente Rey #157—9pm till the crack of dawn—plus he will jam with amazing 6 piece all-female Cuban group Sixth Sense
· Read a profile and a rave review of Gary's new "Bohemian Classics" LP from Czech Position magazine!
· Listen to a recent interview with Gary on National Danish Radio, recorded in Copenhagen
12/05/2011
·Gary presents the world premiere of his new live solo guitar score accompanying Luis Bunuel's 1962 surrealist masterpiece "El Angel Exterminador" at the 33rd Havana Film Festival this Thursday Dec. 8th at 8pm at 23 y 12 Cinema in downtown Havana
· Autographed copies of Gary's new vinyl only album "Gary Lucas Plays Bohemian Classics" available here!
12/02/2011
·From the Lucas Archives: Read a profile of Captain Beefheart by Gary Lucas from Zoo World Magazine May 1973
11/30/2011
·Added "Gary Lucas plays Bohemian Classics" to the Discography 
11/28/2011
·Gary receives the Golden Boot Award at the Festival of European Cinema Cinergia Lodz 11/12/11 before closing the fest with Spanish "Dracula"—about 3:00 in
11/21/2011
·More photos from Gary's Spanish "Dracula" show closing the Lodz Festival of European Cinema Cinerga Sat. Nov. 12th, plus a live clip from the performance!
11/20/2011
·Gary and Dean Bowman's Chase the Devil album is short-listed for Blues Album of the Year in the Dec. 2011 DownBeat Reader's Poll!!
11/17/2011
·Happy Birthday Jeff Buckley
· photos from Sat. night closing the Cinergia Lodz with Spanish "Dracula"
11/14/2011
·Gary triumphed before 500 souls Sat. night closing the Festival of European Cinema Cinergia in Lodz Poland with Spanish "Dracula", and received the Golden Shoe Award from the Festival right before playing—pictures here
· Gary is featured in UK film maker Sebastian Doggart's article in The Telegraph today about the origins of "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star"
· Just Confirmed: Gary will play a solo concert in Paris' New Morning club featuring a mystery vocalist and Daniel Yvinec on Monday Jan. 30th!!
11/12/2011
11/10/2011
·Read an interview with Gary about his Spanish "Dracula" project this Sat. night at the Festival of European Cinema Cinergia Lodz from Polish national newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza
11/04/2011
·Read a rave review for new Gary Lucas vinyl only album "Gary Lucas Plays Bohemian Classics" from Czech media site Tyden.cz
11/03/2011
·Just confirmed: Gary is presenting his CAPTAIN BEEFHEART SYMPOSIUM in LIVERPOOL ENGLAND for 2 nights, Fri. Jan. 20th and Sat. Jan. 21st, in Liverpool Philharmonic Hall—more details soon!!
· This just in from COFFIN JOE (Jose Mojica Marins) about Gary's new live score for his film "Esta Noite Encarnerei no teu Cadaver": "Excelente! Fabuloso! Gary is a first class musician! I have always maintained that music is a totaly essential tool to horror films and in the case of this new score to my film 'This Night I Will Possess your Corpse', created so many years after the film was produced, Gary Lucas's score penetrated the soul of the film, as Coffin Joe is empowered to penetrate Souls at Midnight. I definitively hope we can collaborate again!"
11/02/2011
10/31/2011
·Gods and Monsters at Le Poisson Rouge Sat. are a Pick in The New Yorker this week!
· Check out a 1938 newsreel clip unearthed by Gary of British rebel artist Wyndham Lewis, one of Don Van Vliet's favorites; and check out an article on the Beefheart/Lewis connection, from the Wyndham Lewis Society
10/28/2011
·Check out a recent profile on Gary from Spain's national newspaper El Pais
10/25/2011
10/23/2011
·Check out Bob Fass' "Radio Unnameable" program from 10/21 on WBAI here featuring live music by myself with Jason Candler—archived for 2 weeks
10/20/2011
·Added The Magic Band "1: Oxford UK June 6, 2005" to the Discography
10/19/2011
·TONIGHT: Roy Stuart Alert: for my French friends tonight a television re-screening of master photographer Roy Stuart's erotic fever-dream "The Lost Door" (2008) which I provided music for at 1:15am on Cine Cinema Club
· Tomorrow night Gary Lucas and Jason Candler are guests of Bob Fass on his legendary "Radio Unnameable" show on WBAI FM at midnight—listen live here
10/17/2011
·Read an article about Don Van Vliet's relationship to rebel artist & writer Wyndham Lewis courtesy Gary in the LewisLetter 29 from The Wyndham Lewis Society
10/14/2011
·Check out Wild Rumpus (Gary Lucas and DJ Cosmo)'s recent Japanese single "Kazan"
10/07/2011
·The perfect soundtrack for a visit to Wall Street now at a spiffy low price
· Check out a promo for Gary's upcoming Captain Beefheart Symposium in Copenhagen Nov. 24th
09/27/2011
·Read an interview with Gary about his Beefheart Symposium at POP Montreal
09/25/2011
·Check out some amazing audio artifacts of Gary's time with Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band circa 1982 here, here, here, and here
09/16/2011
·Check out Grammy.com about Gary's recent appearance at the Grammy Museum LA as part of their Great Guitar Series!
09/08/2011
·New Gods and Monsters album now playing on 140 radio stations in America!!
· Check out an update on Gary's collaboration with legendary producer Andrew Loog Oldham on Stones classics
09/02/2011
08/26/2011
·Thanks to Stef Bernardi for this English translation of the new review of "The Ordeal of Civility" from the latest issue of All About Jazz Italia
· New interview with Gary for Paraphilia Magazine begins on page 173
08/25/2011
·Read an article in VARIETY about Tony-award winning actor Frank Wood's portrayal of Gary in the upcoming feature film "Greetings from Tim Buckley"!!
08/22/2011
·Check out a 4 star review from All About Jazz Italia of "The Ordeal of Civility"!
08/20/2011
·Check out a new YouTube compilation clip of Gary's early days with Captain Beefheart
08/16/2011
·Gary regretfully will not be appearing at the Rochefort-en Accords Festival in France next week as previously announced—he is a consultant on a new feature film about Jeff Buckley's early days in NYC, "Greetings from Tim Buckley", directed by Dan Algrant and starring Penn Badgley as Jeff Buckley, and is needed for scenes being filmed in NYC next week. Gary will playing in France again soon, details tba
08/14/2011
·Gary is performing the world premiere of "I Have a Cat" live at the Zappanale in Bad Doberan Germany this Thursday with Co De Kloet—the last lengthy interview with Don Van Vliet set to Gary's original music, originally commissioned by Dutch national radio—preview it here
08/12/2011
08/10/2011
·The US premiere tomorrow night at Lincoln Center of Gary's new score for Jose Mojica Marins' "This Night I Will Possess Your Corpse" is a VOICE CHOICE today!!
08/08/2011
·You can't keep a good monster down: Gary Lucas performs Shel Silverstein's "The Yipiyuk" at Central Park Summerstage's "Shelebration!" Sat. night
08/05/2011
08/04/2011
·Check out an interview with Gary about his appearance at the upcoming Zappanale in Germany
08/02/2011
·4 STAR REVIEW OF 'THE ORDEAL OF CIVILITY' IN THE NEW MOJO!!
· Rave review of "The Ordeal of Civility" from Strumenti Musicali Magazine (Italy), English translation here
07/26/2011
·Gary's show at the Grammy Museum LA gets a rave review in Arts Meme
07/23/2011
07/16/2011
·Download "The Ordeal of Civility" plus bonus tracks from iTunes
07/14/2011
·Fantastic front page review of "The Ordeal of Civility" at The Music Swamp!!
· Gary's solo show at the Grammy Museum LA next Wed. is a Pick of the Week in the LA Weekly!!
07/10/2011
·Today is the 70th anniversary of the massacre of the Jewish community in Jedwabne Poland, read an account by Gary here, and listen to "Jedwabne"
· New Limited Edition Vinyl Version of "The Ordeal of Civility" available now from 5nakefork Records—first pressing sold out!! Order here now
· New YouTube clip of a burning version of "Grace" with Danielle De Luca at Iridium
07/01/2011
·Read a new interview with Gary in multi-cultural/multi-language online magazine La Furia Humana
06/28/2011
·Read an article by Gary about collaborating with Jeff Buckley just published in the Italian music magazine EXTRA!! Translation to follow...
06/27/2011
·Gary's July 4th Weekend at Iridium is a Pick in The New Yorker this week!!
06/25/2011
·Gary performs Janacek's Interlude from "The Cunning Little Vixen" from his forthcoming album "Gary Lucas Plays Bohemian Classics"
06/22/2011
·Vernon Reid gives Gary big props in his Blind Fold Test in the latest issue of DownBeat
· Read a new interview with Gary from the Czech magazine Rock & Pop
06/21/2011
·Check out the standing ovation given for the world premiere of Gary's new "Edge of Heaven" production at the Holland Festival in Amsterdam on June 10th!
06/16/2011
·Read an interview with Gary from the latest issue of TOTAL GUITAR about the making of his song "GRACE", co-written and sung by Jeff Buckley
· Read a rave review of "The Ordeal of Civility" in the latest issue of RELIX
06/15/2011
06/14/2011
·Clips from the world premiere of Gary Lucas' expanded concert version of "The Edge of Heaven" live in Amsterdam's BimHuis 6/10/11 can be viewed here courtesy Paul Berkholst, and photos from the BimHuis show taken by Andrew Bull can be seen on Facebook here
· Check out a new feature on Gary from Impose Magazine
· Great review of "The Edge of Heaven" world premiere on the Zappa Radio website on Dutch Radio 6...and a profile of Gary, "Breakfast with the Man in the Hat", from the Holland Festival blog
06/12/2011
·Gary and his band and singers Sally Kwok and Mo Hai Jin received TWO standing ovations for his new "Edge of Heaven" 30's Chinese pop project in Holland—Friday night for the world premiere at the Holland Festival, and again last night at the Nijmegen MusicMeeting. Read more here, English translation here
06/07/2011
·Part two of new interview in BLURT Magazine, published today!!
06/06/2011
·New interview in BLURT Magazine part one, published today!!
06/04/2011
·Great review of Gary's new album in The Reviler
06/03/2011
·Check out a new interview with Gary from Guitar International
05/30/2011
·A Pick in The New Yorker: Gary is performing at a tribute to Don Van Vliet this Sat. at the Bowery Poetry Club NYC!
05/27/2011
·Check out a filmed interview with UK artist supremo Paul McGowan about working on the cover for Gary's new album
· 8 out of 10 for "The Ordeal of Civility" in both Artistic Quality and Sound Quality in the latest Audio Review (Italy)!
· Check out the Discography listing for "The Ordeal of Civility", including lyrics!
05/24/2011
·Gary's show with Gods and Monsters at Joe's Pub NYC this Friday is a Pick in The New Yorker this week!!
05/23/2011
·Great piece in RaneZine Daily
05/20/2011
·Gary's new album is a hit in HITS Magazine today!!
05/19/2011
·New WILD RUMPUS (Gary and DJ Cosmo) vinyl 12 inch single "Cloudhopping" sold out its run in 1 week on BITCHES BREW—more being pressed...and check out the flip side "Tikkety Boo" 
05/18/2011
·Gary will perform "An Evening with Gary Lucas" as part of the GRAMMY MUSEUM in LA's "GREAT GUITARS" series Wed. July 20th at 8pm, past particpants include George Benson, Richard Thompson and Jonny Lang
05/17/2011
·ANOTHER super review from Nanobotrock!!
05/16/2011
·Check out Gods and Monsters live on WFMU's 7 Second Delay show of Wed. May 4th, listen or download the podcast here—they go on at 28:50
05/13/2011
·Available now—the CD of Gary's acclaimed new album with his longtime supergroup Gods and Monsters "The Ordeal of Civility", personally autographed by Gary—order here...and a spiffy pink t-shirt featuring full color cover art from Gary's new album by UK art supremo Paul McGowan—order here!
· Gary's NY Times profile featured in the International Herald Tribune yesterday!!
· Great review of Gary's new album from CultureCatch.com, and a great review just in from Nanobotrock!
05/12/2011
·Great review of Gary's new album in the latest issue of Crawdaddy!
05/11/2011
·Nice review in Dusted Magazine of Gary's new album
05/10/2011
·Gary is profiled in the NY Times today—check out a slide show of photos of Gary by Marcus Yam that accompanies the profile...and check out this piece from the Syracuse Post Standard
05/06/2011
·Gary is profiled in The Wall Street Journal today!!
· Check out Gary at Robert Johnson's 100th Birthday Party last night
· Great review of Gary's new album in The Big Takeover!!
05/04/2011
·This spiffy limited edition t-shirt will be given away free to 10 select fans at the Gods and Monsters Record Release Party this Saturday night at the Knitting Factory Williamsburg!
05/02/2011
·Record Release Party at the Knitting Factory this Saturday night for Gary's new album is a Pick in The New Yorker, and and a Voice Choice in the Village Voice!
· Read a new interview with Gary from Czech cultural magazine XANTYPA, translation to follow
04/27/2011
·Check out a rave review of "Peep Show Bible"—a track from Gary's new album "The Ordeal of Civility"—from Mother Jones magazine; you can listen to the track here
· "The Ordeal of Civility" is Album of the Week on Howard Thompson's North Fork Sound internet radio show!!
· Wild Rumpus (Gary and DJ Cosmo)'s new single "Cloudhopping" on Bitches Brew receives 8 1/2 stars out of 10 in the latest issue of DJ Mag
04/26/2011
·Check out a rave review by Kris Needs for the new Gods and Monsters album "The Ordeal of Civility" in the forthcoming issue of Shindig (UK)
· Check out a rave review of Gary's new single "Music for The Eden Project" in the latest issue of Shindig (UK)—purchase the single here
· Listen to Gary live on John Schaefer's "New Sounds"!
04/23/2011
·Check out "Peter Lorre", Gary's rare and unreleased collaboration with John Cale
04/21/2011
·Another nice review for "The Ordeal of Civility" in the Gapplegate Guitar and Bass Blog
· Check out a rave