06/30/2009
Gary closes the 1st International Fantasy Film Festival of Sao Paulo Brazil-SP Terror with "The Golem" Thursday night!!
06/29/2009
Read a new "Rishte" review from Word Music Central
"Rishte" is Disc of the Day on the Jazz Breakfast website and receives a rave review on the Fly Global Music site
06/24/2009
Check out the press release for Gary's performance closing the Malaga Film Festival with "The Golem" this Friday!
Check out the program for the Malaga Film Festival, which Gary closes this Friday with "The Golem" (see page 24)
Read a rave review of "Rishte" from Marseille daily newspaper "La Marseillaise"
06/23/2009
Both Gary's shows at the Holland Festival in Amsterdam on Wed. and Thursday playing his new score for "J'Accuse" are sold-out!!
See a clip from the film "J'Accuse" with Gary's title music featuring violinist Emi Ohi Resnick, from Dutch national newspaper De Volkskrant
06/20/2009
See the cool Birthday Greeting for Gary by Scottish cartoonist Nulsh
Gary and Alan Vega's "Life Kills" makes the HITS Daily Double!! (registration required, or view it here)
Great review of "Rishte" from the Vortex website
Check out these clippings from Dutch newspapers Het Parool and De Volkskrant, the Amsterdam Concertzender and the Netherlands Film Museum about Gary's new live score for "J'Accuse", premiering at the Holland Festival in Amsterdam June 23rd and 24th
06/18/2009
Read a new Spanish review of "Rishte" from Culturas (La Vanguardia cultural supplement), English translation here
Check out a feature on Chase the Devil (Gary and Dean Bowman) from the latest issue of online Jewish magazine Tablet
06/17/2009
"Rishte" is the Featured CD of the Day on Australian National Radio
Gary plays the Rochfort-En-Accords Festival in France Aug. 27th-29th, check out the list of musicians performing
06/16/2009
"Rishte" receives 4 out of 5 in Haute Fidelite (France), english translation here
Read a 5 star review of "Rishte" from the Financial Times (UK)
Read a rave "Rishte" review in the Australian Cyclic Defrost Magazine
Read a fan's blog tribute to Gary Lucas & Gods and Monsters 20th Anniversary Show
06/14/2009
Read a rave review of Gary Lucas & Gods and Monsters 20th Anniversary Show at Gramercy Theater NYC
Check out a fan's review of Gary's 20th Anniversary Show posted to Beefheart.com
Check out this clip from the gala event of Gary and Alan Vega performing their new song "Life Kills"
Updates made to the pics, including photos of Gary's 20th Anniversary Show at the Gramercy Theater NYC 6/11/09
06/11/2009
Read a rave review of "Rishte" from the new issue of Songlines (UK)
Read the new press release (in Portuguese) for Gary's "Golem" show July 2nd in Sao Paolo Brazil, closing the 1st International Fantasy Film Festival of Sao Paolo—SP Terror
06/09/2009
Gary's 20th Anniversary Show at the Gramercy Theater NYC this Thursday is a featured pick in Time Out New York!!
06/07/2009
See the playlist for the recent Gary Lucas Special on national German Radio Deutschlandfunk's "Soundcheck" program, hosted by Karl Lippegaus
06/05/2009
Gary performs live solo acoustic at Time Out New York 6/2/09 to plug his upcoming 20th anniversary show at the Gramercy Theater June 11th in NYC
06/04/2009
Check out a 4 Star review of "Rishte" in the new MOJO!!
Gary Lucas and Jason Candler on the legendary Bob Fass' WBAI program "Radio Unnameable" tonight at midnight!! Listen to the archived show at archive.wbai.org, scroll down and click on Radio Unnameable for Friday June 5th
06/03/2009
Check out the press release for "J'Accuse" at the Holland Festival in Amsterdam June 23-24th, with a new live score by Gary Lucas and Reza Namavar
Gary and Najma's "Rishte" makes the "Top of the World" Top Ten in the new issue of Songlines (UK)—a track from their album is featured on a CD covermount compilation
Gary's performance last September at the Hollandsche Schouwburg Jewish Memorial in Amsterdam is highlighted in the institution's annual report
06/02/2009
Gods and Monsters 20th Anniversary Show is a Pick in The New Yorker this week!
05/31/2009
Check out "Nobody's House", new studio track from Chase the Devil (Gary and Dean Bowman) on Gary's myspace jukebox now
Updates made to the pics
05/29/2009
Sign up as a friend on Gary Lucas and Najma Akhtar's new "Rishte" MySpace site!
Check out four Tom Waits songs performed by Gary and friends at the recent NYC book party held for famed music writer Barney Hoskyn's new Waits biography "Low Side of the Road"
05/27/2009
Chase the Devil (Gary and Dean Bowman) are a Pick in Time Out NY today for their upcoming free show this Friday at BAMcafe in NYC
Check out this rave about Gary and Najma Akhtar's forthcoming "Rishte" album from Karl Lippegaus of national German public radio
05/24/2009
Read a rave review of Fast 'N Bulbous' "Waxed Oop" from beefheart.com
Check out the new single "Kazan" (Japanese for "volcano") from Wild Rumpus (Gary and DJ Cosmo)—coming soon on Japanese dance label Mule Musiq, now playing on their MySpace jukebox
Check out the new additions to Gary's through the past, brightly archive
05/23/2009
Gary and Dion October from UK band Good Weather Girl perform the Beatles' "Here Comes the Sun" and John Lennon's "Cold Turkey" in London recently
05/19/2009
Gary now confirmed to close the 1st International Fantasy Film Festival of Sao Paulo—SP Terror with "The Golem" in Sao Paulo Brazil July 2nd!!
Read a rave review of Fast 'N' Bulbous' "Waxed Oop" from All About Jazz Italia, English translation here
05/16/2009
Read a rave review of Gary and Najma Akhtar's forthcoming "Rishte" album from the June issue of fRoots (UK)
Read a new feature interview with Gary from the Manchester Jewish Telegraph
05/13/2009
Gary is a pick in BrooklynVegan today
New article in the NY Times on the resurgence of Golem-mania in Prague—read a short story here about Gary playing his original solo guitarsoundtrack with "The Golem" in Prague
Gary is praised by his former Yale English professor William Zinsser in a reminiscence in the April issue of the Yale Alumni Magazine
05/11/2009
Jon Spencer just added as a special guest to Gary Lucas and Gods and Monsters' 20th Anniversary Show at the Blender Theater NYC June 11th!
05/07/2009
Legendary performers Alan Vega, Lenny Kaye and Peter Stampfel confirmed now as special guests at Gary Lucas & Gods and Monsters 20th Anniversary Show at the Blender Theater in NYC on Thursday, June 11th
05/03/2009
Check out the press release for Gary's headlining solo show at the Jazz Cafe London Sat. May 16th with his special guests The Dark Poets sitting-in
Check out this flyer for Gary's upcoming appearance at the Holland Festival in Amsterdam performing his new score live for "J'Accuse"
New track "Jerusalem" from Chase the Devil (Gary Lucas and Dean Bowman) up now on Gary's myspace jukebox
Check out a rave review of the new Fast 'N Bulbous album "Waxed Oop" in the May 2009 issue of The Word (UK)
04/21/2009
Gary celebrates the new Dylan album and talks and plays live this Thursday at midnight on the legendary Bob Fass' "Radio Unnameable" program, WBAI FM, 99.5 FM NYC, listen live on the web at http://stream.wbai.org/
04/19/2009
Gary performs George Gershwin's "Our Love is Here to Stay" at a memorial service in Riverside California for his father Murray Lucas, who died on Passover at age 86
Updates made to the bio
04/17/2009
Check out a recent blurb on Gary from Ruta 66, the fantastic Spanish rock magazine based in Barcelona
04/07/2009
Gary headlines London's prestigious Jazz Cafe solo on Saturday May 16th, with his friends The Dark Poets sitting in with him on a few numbers. The direct link for tickets is here. They can also be booked over the phone: 08700 603 777, and restaurant tickets can be booked on +44 (0) 207 688 8899
04/03/2009
Added Mercedes Ferrer "Travesia" to the discography
04/01/2009
Check out a 4 star review from Uncut of Gary Lucas and Gerald Zbinden's "Down the Rabbit Hole" album
03/30/2009
Read a 4 star review of Gary Lucas and Gerald Zbinden's "Down the Rabbit Hole" album in the latest issue of MOJO
03/29/2009
Promo video for Wild Rumpus' "Rock the Joint" single now over 50,000 hits on all websites, and rising...
New live clip "Nobody's House", an original song by Chase the Devil featuring music by Gary Lucas and lyrics by Dean Bowman, up now on YouTube
Updates made to the tour section
03/26/2009
Gary's music featured on UK radio today at 9:00pm GMT, 5:00pm eastern daylight time, more info in the tour section
03/18/2009
Wild Rumpus' "Rock the Joint" is video of the week on BBC 6 Music
Click on the Monday button and listen to an interview with animator Tabbi about 2 hrs. 21 min, into the show
Over 35,000 hits to date, and rising...
Check out this recent No. 1 charting of a new track from Gary and Najma Akhtar's forthcoming album "Rishte" on taste-maker internet radio station North Fork Sound—"Rishte" is released June 15th worldwide on Harmonia Mundi/World Village
03/16/2009
Chase the Devil (Gary Lucas and Dean Bowman) new live concert clip "Hinay Ma Tov" up now on YouTube
03/09/2009
Check out a special Spanish radio podcast from Catalonia about Gary's career entitled ONES DE CROM (Chromatic Waves)
03/05/2009
Check out the new catalogue for the 2009 Holland Festival (the Netherlands' biggest arts festival) with details of Gary's upcoming collaboration with Dutch-Iranian composer Reza Namavar scoring Abel Gance's silent film masterpiece "J'Accuse" live—world premiere at the Stadsschouwburg Amsterdam June 23rd and June 24th!
03/04/2009
Check out a new review on 2/25/09 of Gary's first album "Skeleton at the Feast" (1990, reissued 2008) at Musebin.com
Five new live clips of Chase the Devil—Gary's new spiritual roots project with jazz/blues vocalist Dean Bowman—up now on the garylucas YouTube channel—including "Hinay Ma Tov" (English translation here), "Jerusalem", and "Let My People Go" (different closeup angle)
02/24/2009
Gary is cited as an A-list musician in the new issue of the New Yorker
02/21/2009
Read a rave review of "Down the Rabbit Hole" from the Downtown Music Gallery NYC's newsletter ("DMG is the best new music store in America" —GL)
02/19/2009
Gary is a cover pic in The Villager newspaper today for his upcoming show with Chase the Devil (Gary with vocalist Dean Bowman) in NYC!
Check out the new poster for Fast 'N' Bulbous' upcoming March 17th show in Groningen, Holland
Read a review of Gary's recent solo concert in Muenster, Germany here, English translation here
02/14/2009
A very sweet Valentine's Day treat to all of Gary's fans in the form of 2 new rare video clips up now on YouTube—check out excerpts from the 2001 Maysles Films HBO documentary "Lalee's Kin: The Legacy of Cotton" featuring an original score by Gary Lucas, up now on the garylucas YouTube channel; and check out the new Wild Rumpus video "Rock the Joint" featuring Beardyman, up now on the OutFromUnderLive YouTube Channel
Read an archival piece about Gary improvising with a light show at the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco during the Mac World Festival from CultureCatch.com
02/07/2009
Read a rave review of the new Fast ´N Bulbous album "WAXED OOP" in the latest issue of All About Jazz
01/28/2009
Check out new YouTube clips of Gary and Israeli rock star Ninet performing the Lucas/Buckley songs "Mojo Pin" and "No One Must Find You Here" live in Paris at the annual French Tribute to Jeff Buckley
01/27/2009
Check out a new interview with Gary about working with Captain Beefheart in the latest issue of Record Collector (UK)
01/23/2009
Check out a rave review of "Down the Rabbit Hole" from the latest issue of new music journal Moors Magazine (Netherlands), English translation here
01/17/2009
Gary is interviewed about the late Stooges' guitarist Ron Asheton in the new Blurt Magazine
01/12/2009
Gary pays tribute to the late great Stooges guitarist Ron Asheton in a recent MOJO magazine website tribute here
01/11/2009
"Down the Rabbit Hole" is now available for purchase on CD
01/03/2009
Read an interview with Gary in the latest issue of MOJO magazine about his favorite Motown song
Read a rave review from Swiss paper "La Liberte" 12/20/08 on the occasion of the CD release of Gary Lucas and Swiss avant-guitarist Gerald Zbinden's psychedelic improv album "Down the Rabbit Hole"—the CD is available from www.borderrecords.ch, and you can download the album from iTunes here
01/02/2009
Read a review of Gary's "Sounds of the Surreal" / "Monsters from the Id" DVD from the Jan. 2009 issue of "Video Watchdog" magazine
Check out a new interview with Gary about mixing up Jewish music at Jewish leadership website leadel.net
12/19/2008
Read a rave review from Time Out New York of Wild Rumpus' new "Rock the Joint" single
12/10/2008
Listen to "Black Bottom Blues", a new track from The Du-Tels (Gary and Peter Stampfel) up now on Gary's MySpace site
12/04/2008
Wild Rumpus' "Rock the Joint" is Track of the Day in Clash Magazine (UK)
Read a new interview with Beardyman on Peter Gabriel's download site WE7 where he discusses working with Wild Rumpus
12/02/2008
Read some UK rave reviews of "Rock the Joint" in i-DJ and DJ magazine
"Rock the Joint" added to the discography
11/30/2008
Check out the press release for the special Dec. 17th London screening event for the new Wild Rumpus video for "Rock the Joint", their new single just out worldwide on Bitches Brew tour
11/24/2008
Check out graphic designer extraordinaire Jonathon Rosen's cover for the new Fast 'N' Bulbous album "WAXED OOP (An impetuous stream bubbled up)", out Jan. 20th worldwide on Cuneiform
Check out F 'N B's version of Don Van Vliet's seminal "Woe is uh Me Bop" from the new album at their MySpace page here, and sign up as a friend
11/16/2008
Check out Gary and Spanish spoken-word artist Bruno Galindo's new MySpace site here—and sign up as a friend!
11/13/2008
Read a rave article from Czech national newspaper Lidovy Noviny about Gary's recent "Golem" show and concert with Czech poet Pavel Zajicek which opened the newly renovated Bohemian National Hall in NYC (see an english translation here), and see a photo with Pavel here
11/11/2008
Read a chronicle in Spanish of Gary's recent show with "The Golem" at the 53rd International Valladolid Film Festival here, and see clips of Gary's performance here, and rehearsal here
10/31/2008
Check out an interview with Gary from the national Spanish newspaper El Norte de Castilla on the occasion of his Golem show at the Valladolid Film Festival, 10/27/08; see photos here, here, and here (photos by Miguel Vallinas Prieto); and here, here, and here (photos by Hector Marquez); also see the blurb from the 53rd International Valladolid Film Festival Programme Book here
Read a rave review of the new Wild Rumpus single "Rock the Joint" from UK dance authority DMCUpdate.com
10/25/2008
Legendary producer Phil Ramone (Paul Simon, Bob Dylan, et. al) selects Gary as one of his top recommended artists in his Huffington Post blog of 10/24/08 here
10/24/2008
Cutting-edge culture magazine Anthem picks the new Wild Rumpus single "Rock the Joint" in their latest issue...
Read about Gary's recent appearance at Spiegelworld NYC's "Literary Mayhem" night, which saw Gary jamming with Mike Edison, Jon Spencer, and Jonathan Ames in The New Yorker...
Check out Gary's first-hand account of The Rolling Stones live in '65, from the second issue of UK fanzine Stone Age, out now...
Erik Greenberg Anjou's documentary "8: IVY LEAGUE FOOTBALL AND AMERICA", featuring an original score by Gary Lucas, will be receiving its U.S. cable premiere on NESN - the New England Sports Network on November 1st, see the press release here
10/16/2008
New Wild Rumpus vinyl 12" "Rock the Joint" out Nov. 24th on Bitches Brew featuring Gary Lucas and Cosmo (Colleen Murphy) with special guest UK Human Beat Box Champ Beardyman receiving mucho UK advance airplay and rave reviews—check iBeats, Ministry of Sound's Playlist, BBC1's Playlist from the Rob Da Bank Show—and listen to "Rock the Joint" on the new Wild Rumpus MySpace site jukebox here
10/15/2008
Check out an interview with Gary Lucas and Bruno Galindo from Mexican left-political magazine Emmeequis
10/09/2008
Check out three interviews with Gary from the national Mexican press on the occasion of his sold-out show in Mexico City Oct. 4th with Spanish poet Bruno Galindo—from El Universal, Excelsior, and Milenio
10/07/2008
Read an interview with Gary and Bruno Galindo from La Jornada on the occasion of their sold-out show at Casa del Lago in Mexico City Sat. night—more press raves coming, including a full page interview with Gary from Mexico's national newspaper El Universal
09/22/2008
Download a free mp3 of "And You Will" from Gary's new digital-only EP "Rise Up to Be"—a collection of Gary Lucas solo compositions that became the instrumental basis of many of his well-known songs co-written with Jeff Buckley, incuding "Grace" and "Mojo Pin"...and purchase his new EP here. More info available from Promonet here
09/13/2008
Check out flyers, programs and press releases for Gary's upcoming performance with renowned Spanish spoken word artist Bruno Galindo in Mexico City Oct. 4th here
09/11/2008
Check out a new mix of "Climb the Highest Mountain" and new song "Depression" at the Gods and Monsters MySpace site here—and sign up as a friend!
09/07/2008
Check out Gary being interviewed and playing live on Harold Channer's celebrated public access tv show "Conversations with Channer" here—Manhattan residents can watch Gary on Channel 34 on Time Warner Cable this Tuesday Sept. 9th at 10:30am, and you can watch it on YouTube now here
Listen to an entire concert of Gods and Monsters live at Amsterdam's famed Melkweg here, broadcast on National Dutch Radio 6 and featuring Gary with Jerry Harrison (Talking Heads) on keyboards and vocals, Ernie Brooks (Modern Lovers) on bass and vocals, Billy Ficca (Television) on drums, and Jason Candler (Hungry March Band) on alto sax
Read a rave review from the October 2008 MOJO about the new Some Bizarre double album compilation featuring a track from Gary Lucas Vs the Dark Poets
"The Peppermint Tree and the Seeds of Superconsciousness" by The Amorphous Androgynous added to the discography
09/06/2008
Check out "I Have a Cat", Gary's musical collaboration with Co de Kloet utilizing the last lengthy interview conducted with Don Van Vliet (Captain Beefheart) in 1993, archived till September 10th at National Dutch Radio NPS; also featured are several new Lucas compositions recorded live in the studio specially for NPS—to download, click here, and to read a transcript of the radio show click here
08/29/2008
"Beefheart Night at the Knit" podcast featuring Fast 'N Bulbous up online now at CultureCatch.com, check it out here
08/22/2008
Read a rave review for the new Du-Tels "Obama" video from HITS Magazine here...and also from New York Times reviewer Ben Sisario's blog here
08/15/2008
Check out a new YouTube video for The Du-Tels favorite candidate "Obama" here
08/13/2008
Gary Lucas is interviewed and plays on The Laura Flanders Show live on GRITtv, broadcast on satellite TV—and available for viewing now here. And as a web extra from the broadcast, check out Gary playing George Gershwin's "Our Love is Here to Stay" here
08/06/2008
On the 20th anniversary of the Tompkins Square Park riots, Gary shares some reminiscences and observations about playing music on the Lower East Side over the last 20 years—from Clayton Patterson's forthcoming anthology about the Lower East Side
08/01/2008
Listen to Gary play solo acoustic in a new set taped exclusively for Breakthru Radio here
07/31/2008
Gary's live debut with vocalist Dean Bowman at the Issue Project Room in Williamsburg on Wed. Aug. 6th is a pick in Time Out New York this week
07/30/2008
Check out a teaser track from Gary's recent New Orleans recording session with Peter Stampfel, a Du-Tels ode to their favorite candidate, "Obama"
07/21/2008
Check out a blog review (in German) and photos of Gods and Monsters recent triumphant concert in Ebsensee high in the Austrian Alps here
07/09/2008
Check out this clip from Israeli tv of Israeli pop star Ninet and Gary performing at the French Tribute to Jeff Buckley at the Hard Rock Cafe in Paris here
...and listen to their duo recording of the unreleased Lucas/Buckley song "No One Must Find You Here" on Ninet's MySpace jukebox here
07/04/2008
Updates made to the writings section
06/27/2008
Check out a new special photo gallery, through the past, brighty—keep checking back, new photos will be added over the next several weeks
06/22/2008
writings section added
06/12/2008
Check out this interview with Gary and a photo of Gary and Captain Beefheart (Don Van Vliet) in the new July 2008 issue of MOJO
05/26/2008
In Memoriam David Gahr, 9/21/22 - 5/25/08
A fantastic photographer and a good friend and mentor of Gary's, he took several photos of Gary early in his career, including this stark black and white shot that ran in Melody Maker on 2/11/91 in the New Faces section (with a rave text by Rolling Stone's David Fricke), and this colour shot from a 1991 Guitar Player profile of Gary
05/16/2008
Check out the new track "Naye Din"—featuring Gary and UK Indian vocalist Najma Akhtar—on Gary's MySpace jukebox here
05/07/2008
An audio recording of Gary's short story "Me and the Golem" read by Steven Beeber with original music by Gary Lucas was just accepted by the Whitney Biennial for their current Neighborhood Public Radio exhibition, and can be heard as a live broadcast from the Whitney Museum tomorrow (Thursday) between 5-6pm EST here, and it will be permanently archived here—the story originally appeared in Steve's anthology "AWAKE! A Reader for the Sleepless" (Soft Skull Press)
05/06/2008
Check out a whole slew of new archival clips spanning 20 years of Gary Lucas performances around the world, now on Youtube on the OutfromUnderLive Channel here—and keep watching this space, as new clips are being added all the time
05/03/2008
Gary Lucas and Najma Akhtar's live debut of their new project is tonight (May 3rd) at Joe's Pub in NYC! Read a pick from the Village Voice here and from Time Out NY here, check this photo of them at a recent taping of John Schaefer's "New Sounds" on WNYC FM here and listen to their recent live "New Sounds" session here
05/01/2008
Check out Gary's Mixtape on Rhapsody.com as part of their Celebrity Picks series here...and read his full comments about each track here
04/29/2008
Check out Gary and Indian vocalist Najma Akhtar live on Rob Weisberg's WFMU program here, recorded 4/26/08
and check out two clips of Gary live in Bilbao Spain playing on Basque Radio Euskadi's "La Jungla Sonora" program, hosted by Joseba Martin and Esti here and here, recorded 2/1/08
and check out a live radio interview with Gary on the "Dave's Gone By" show on WGBB, 4/27/09 here (about 12 minutes in)
04/21/2008
Check out this new clip of Gary playing his song "Grace" (co-written and sung by Jeff Buckley) in its original solo instrumental incarnation, "Rise Up to Be", live at the Holland Festival at Amsterdam's famed classical music venue Concertegebouw
04/20/2008
Check out this new Youtube clip of Robyn Hitchock and Gary performing "Sure 'Nuff 'n Yes I Do" as part of "Beefheart Night at the Knit", 4/9/08, and check out this reading of Don Van Vliet's poem "Pena" by David Lynch, which he recorded specially for "Beefheart Night at the Knit"
04/19/2008
Read a review here from Culturecatch.com of the recent "Beefheart Night at the Knit" celebration held April 9th in the Knitting Factory NYC mainspace; a tribute to the music, art and poetry of visionary American genius Don Van Vliet curated by Gary, who also acted as emcee and performed. A full podcast feature on "Beefheart Night at the Knit" is coming soon to Culturecatch.com with full interviews and performance clips—watch for it!
04/17/2008
Check out this profile from ESEC TV (national Portuguese television) of Gary and Portuguese duo Dead Combo in action live at the recent Coimbra em Blues Festival in Coimbra, Portugal
Check out this interview with Gary (in Hebrew) about his recent collaboration with Israeli pop star Ninet performing and recording the unreleased Jeff Buckley/Gary Lucas song "No One Must Find You Here", from Ninet's website (scroll down the page)
04/13/2008
Check out this article by Gary (in Portuguese) printed in his friend Portuguese music journalist Rui Silva's new book about The Doors, "Contigo Torno-Me Real" (You Make Me Real), Edicoes Afrontamento
Read an appreciation by Gary of one of his alltime favorite musicians and groups, Florian Fricke and Popol Vuh—originally published in The Wire (UK) in 2002, now archived on a great Dutch website devoted to their music here
04/08/2008
Check out this new Youtube clip of Gary playing in Amsterdam's famed classical music venue the Concertgebouw as part of the Holland Festival here
04/05/2008
Gary Lucas Vs The Dark Poets new CD "Beyond the Pale" now for sale in the merchandise section, and read a rave (8 out of 10) review of the album from Gothtronic.com here
Check out this article about Gary's recent festival appearance in Coimbra, Portugal from Portugal's national newspaper Publico, here
04/02/2008
Eric Duchamp's "Dans Tous Les Sens Du Terme" added to the music section
03/29/2008
Check out these new Youtube clips of Gary playing live on Czech National TV here, here, and here, also Gary playing Wagner live on CNN's "Show Business Today" here
03/27/2008
Check out "Gary Lucas and Golem", a documentary by Peter Braatz for Slovenian national tv now on YouTube here: part one, part two, part three, and part four
Also check this clip of Gary performing his song "Fata Morgana" from Downtowntv.com's hit program "The Latest Show on Earth" hosted by Gods and Monsters' own Joe Hendel
03/26/2008
New Gods and Monsters work in progress "LuvzOldSweetSong"—up now on Gary's MySpace jukebox here, keep checking for updates!
03/21/2008
Check out this 4 star review in The Independent newspaper (UK) for "Gary Lucas Vs. The Dark Poets - Beyond the Pale"—out March 23rd on Some Bizzare!
03/18/2008
Check out this YouTube clip from Israel's national TV network of Gary and Israeli Pop Idol winner Ninet performing and recording Gary's unreleased song co-written with Jeff Buckley, "No One Must Find You Here", filmed at the Bowery Poetry Club and Looking Glass Studios NYC March 1st and 2nd 2008
03/17/2008
NEW WILD RUMPUS SINGLE "PURPLE SOMERSAULT" OUT MARCH 17TH—SAINT PATRICK'S DAY—AS A 12 INCH VINYL SINGLE ON BITCHES BREW! AVAILABLE NOW ALSO ON iTUNES...CHECK THESE GREAT REVIEWS FROM CLASH MAGAZINE (UK)—AND MUCH MORE—HERE!
03/12/2008
Check the flyer for Gary and Najma Ahktar's debut live performance May 3rd at Joe's Pub NYC here
03/10/2008
Check out new video clips of Gary playing solo acoustic in Holland in 2001—now on YouTube: Part 1A, Part 1B, Part 1C, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, and Part 7
03/07/2008
Gary's "Golem" show at the Canadian Music Week Festival picked as the #1 Act Not to Be Missed by the Toronto Globe and Mail newspaper, see the article here
03/06/2008
Check out a clip of Gary performing his new song "Lady of Shallott" (lyrics by David Dalton), from DowntownTv.com's new hit show "The Latest Show on Earth", hosted by Gods and Monsters' Joe Hendel here
03/05/2008
Read a new interview with Gary at Subba-Cultcha.com here
03/03/2008
Check out this clip of Gary and his pal David Johansen rehearsing and performing their song "One Man's Meat" live at the Bell Atlantic Jazzfest here...and check out this clip of Gary jamming with French icon Elli Medeiros at the Knitting Factory NYC here
02/29/2008
Check out these new Gary Lucas career-spanning clips on YouTube: Gary talks about and plays a tribute to Jeff Buckley on Dutch TV, Gary interviewed for the book "Under Your Skin" in Vienna, Gary interviewed about his 30's Chinese Pop project on Austrian TV, and Gary plays with Captain Beefheart on French TV
02/19/2008
Read some rave German reviews of Gary Lucas & Gods And Monsters "Coming Clean" Album, just released in Germany through DAWA Records here
02/14/2008
Read a rave review and check the chart placement of the new Wild Rumpus 12" vinyl single "Purple Somersault" (arriving instore Feb. 22nd) in the latest issue of i-DJ Magazine (UK) here and here; and also check the reviews from the new issue of Update (UK) here, and the BBC website (UK) here
Read an interview with Colleen Murphy (DJ Cosmo) about working with Gary in Wild Rumpus here, from DJ Magazine (UK)
02/03/2008
Check out two new Gary Lucas film and music clips from his new DVD "Sounds of the Surreal/Monsters from the Id" here and here
01/31/2008
Check out Gary's new DVD double bill of "Sounds of the Surreal/Monsters from the Id", available here—read a rave review of Gary's recent performance of "Sounds of the Surreal/Monsters From the Id" at Pop Montreal from the Montreal Gazette here
01/30/2008
Check out Gary's list of 5 Punk Literary Geniuses here, from the newly published "The Official Punk Rock Book of Lists" (Backbeat Books)
01/22/2008
Read an interview with Gary in the latest issue of Buenos Aires music blog Chelsea Zine here
01/17/2008
Check out the poster for Gary's Jan. 22nd Paradiso show in Amsterdam here
01/10/2008
Check out this 4 Star review of the new Wild Rumpus single "Purple Somersault" from i-DJ Magazine (UK) here!
01/09/2008
Check out new pictures of Gary Lucas and The Dark Poets in London
01/01/2008
Gary's short story "Me and the Golem" is featured in a new anthology from Soft Skull Press entitled "Awake! A Reader for the Sleepless", edited by Steven Lee Beeber—which also includes contributions from Charles Simic (US Poet Laureate), Margaret Atwood, Jonathan Ames, Lynne Tilman, Lydia Lunch, Louise Bourgeois, Joyce Carol Oates, John Sayles, and others
12/31/2007
Gary is cited in a New York Times ad for his friend Dan Levitin's bestselling book, "This Is Your Brain on Music" here
12/15/2007
Seven of Gary's classic catalog albums are now available for digital download at the iTunes store (and many other digital portals worldwide)—including "Skeleton at the Feast", "Gods and Monsters", "Bad Boys of the Arctic", "Evangeline", "Improve the Shining Hour", "No Knowledge of Music Required" (The Du-Tels, a/k/a Gary and Holy Modal Rounder Peter Stampfel), and "The Ghosts of Prague" (Gary with legendary Czech band Urfaust)—with more to come soon...
12/14/2007
Read a rave review from DMCUpdate.com of the new Wild Rumpus 12" vinyl dance single "Purple Somersault" featuring Gary and DJ Cosmo here
12/10/2007
Just in, some belated reviews of Gary's "Coming Clean" album here and here
11/15/2007
Read an interview with Gary about his favorite songs, from the latest issue of Swiss music magazine Finger here
11/12/2007
Read a feature on Gary's Golem performances in Australia from Sydney Life (Australia) here
11/05/2007
Read a feature article on Gary's music and career from the UK's Performing Musician magazine here
11/02/2007
Check out this advertisement from this week's Village Voice for Gods and Monsters live here, and see the brochures from the 2007 Festival of Jewish Cinema which Gary will open next week with "The Golem" in Sydney Australia here and in Melbourne Australia here
10/26/2007
Gary is quoted in Paul Tingen's Guardian review of the new Miles Davis "On the Corner" reissue box here
10/10/200710/04/2007
Read a rave review of Gary's Pop Montreal show of "Sounds of the Surreal" and "Monsters from the Id" from the Montreal Gazette here
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10/04/2007
Read a preview from the McGill Tribune of Gary's upcoming performance at Pop Montreal on Sunday Oct. 7th here
New review of Gary Lucas and Gods and Monsters' "Coming Clean" album from Jambands.ca here
10/02/2007
Gods and Monsters live appearance at the BAM Cafe this Friday Oct. 5th is a Pick of the Week in The New Yorker
09/26/2007
Make a bid on Gary's original lyrics and a rough mix of his new Gods and Monsters song "Swamp T'ing" and help raise money to aid autistic children and adults—go to www.spectrumart.co.uk and autismart.blogspot.com for more details!
09/03/2007
Read a rave review of the new Wild Rumpus single from Stylus Magazine here
08/24/2007
Wild Rumpus NYC live debut picked as one of the Top Live Shows of the Week in the new Time Out New York
08/10/2007
Read a rave review of Gary Lucas and Gods and Monsters "Coming Clean" album in the new issue of Signal to Noise Magazine here
08/04/2007
Read a rave review from Brazil (9 out of 10!) published on 7/27/07 for Gary and Phillip Johnston's Fast 'n Bulbous album "Pork Chop Blue Around the Rind" here
07/27/2007
Wild Rumpus' new single "Musical Blaze-Up" makes Lucky #7 in HITS Magazine's Daily Double today!
07/17/2007
Mayor of the West Side, a documentary featuring Gary's score and nominated for a 2007 Emmy Award for Best Documentary, is airing on PBS stations nationwide through May 2008—please check your local listings
07/03/2007
New Wild Rumpus single included in this week's "Best of the Store" editors selection at the UK iTunes store next to Prince, Gwen Stefani, Crowded House, Happy Mondays, etc.
06/27/2007
New gig added to the Dates section: Gary Lucas sits in with Chris Cornell and his band on August 1st at the Beacon Theatre, NYC
06/22/2007
Check this profile of Gary from US music industry pros the Harry Fox Agency in their new Soundcheck newsletter here—scroll down to page 5
Check out this 4 star review of the new Wild Rumpus 12" from the latest issue of Time Out New York here
06/21/2007
Added Chris Cornell's "Carry On" to the Discography
06/17/2007
Chris Cornell discusses working with Gary on his new album "Carry On" in a new interview at Gearwire.com here
06/13/2007
Check out this shot of Gary at the MAP Fund Benefit to honor Chris Cornell held at the Fonda Theater in Hollywood on May 11th
back row (l-r): Alice Cooper, MusiCares' Kristen Madsen, MusiCares' Harold Owen, MC Tommy Davidson, incoming Chairman of MusiCares John Branca, Jill McCluskey, outgoing MusiCares Chairman Les Bider
front row (l-r): MusiCares' Scott Goldman and Wynnie Wynn, Gary, Chris Cornell, Neil Portnow (president of NARAS), From the Heart award honoree Jeff McCluskey, Depeche Mode's Dave Gahan
06/12/2007
"Coming Clean" Side Salad Records release (UK version with different tracks, including Gary with Alabama 3 performing the theme from The Sopranos, "Woke Up This Morning" live in London) now available in the Merchandise section
06/11/2007
Read a preview of Gary's new electronica project Wild Rumpus live in London here from Time Out London, and also check out a rave review of their new 12 inch single "Musical Blaze-Up" from UK dance magazine One Week to Live here
05/30/2007
Added Essra Mohawk's "Love is Still the Answer" to the Discography
05/29/2007
New Wild Rumpus 'Musical Blaze-Up' 12 inch vinyl EP just out in the UK on Bitches Brew (Wild Rumpus is the new electronica project of Gary and Colleen "Cosmo" Murphy)—heavy airplay from Rob Da Bank and Huw Stephens at BBC Radio One, Nemone and Steve Lamacq at BBC Radio Six, and XFM Manchester and XFM Scotland—also national airplay on FM4 Austria, P3 Sweden, P3 in Norway, Radio 1 Estonia, Radio FG France, and Shibuya FM Japan—now available for download on iTunes—more info on the release here
Check out Dutch fan Henk Langeveld's drawings of Gary Lucas & Gods and Monsters from their May 17th Amsterdam show in the Melkweg here:
drawing 1 | drawing 2 | drawing 3 | drawing 4
05/27/2007
Added Onetwo's "Instead" to the Discography
05/23/2007
"Coming Clean" Dawa Records release now available in the Merchandise section
05/17/2007
See images from the MusiCares MAP Fund Benefit Concert program here and here, and read an article on the event here
05/14/2007
See Gary on the 'red carpet' at the MusiCares MAP Fund Benefit Concert here, and more photos here and here
05/03/2007
"Coming Clean" Dawa Records release added to the Discography
04/27/2007
New Gods and Monsters "Swamp T'ing" Clip is Lucky #7 in the Hits Magazine Daily Double today here (registration required), view the clip here
04/23/2007
Check out a profile of Gary in the latest issue of DownBeat here
Check out the new Dawa Records release of "Coming Clean" and upcoming Dutch tour promo here
04/11/2007
Check out this new clip of Gary Lucas & Gods and Monsters performing "Swamp T'ing" live for CMJ at the Bowery Poetry Club, NYC, 11/4/06 here
03/29/2007
Read another review of Gary Lucas & Gods and Monsters at SXSW from The Austin Chronicle here
03/28/2007
Check out Gary performing solo acoustic live on Steve Paul's Puppet Music Hall show on downtownTV.com here
03/25/2007
Read a review of Gods and Monsters live at SXSW from culturecatch.com here
03/21/2007
Read a rave review for Gary Lucas & Gods and Monsters at SXSW from the Austin Chronicle here
See a paparazzi pic of Lou Reed and Gary which appeared on Page 6 of the New York Post on Friday March 16th here
03/20/2007
Gary Lucas featured in SXSW Festival's official magazine, see the feature here and the cover here
03/08/2007
Read a rave review of Gary's "Coming Clean" album from Top 21 here, and read a new interview with Gary from Scram Magazine here
03/04/2007
Read a rave review from FAME for Gary's "Coming Clean" album here
02/22/2007
Read a new interview with Gary from the Columbia University Spectator here
02/09/2007
Judd Ehrlich's film "Mayor of the West Side", with original score by Gary Lucas, was just nominated for a 2007 Emmy Award for Best Documentary by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences—read about it here
Read a rave review of "Coming Clean" from the French pop music magazine Magic here
02/07/2007
Read a rave in The Wire about Fast 'N Bulbous Live at the London Jazz Festival here
Check out guitar tabs and music for Gary's song "Skin Diving" from his new album "Coming Clean" in the latest issue of France's Guitarist Magazine
02/06/2007
Read a new review of "Coming Clean" here, from the East Coast Romper
02/04/2007
Check out a new clip of Gods and Monsters jamming with Roswell Rudd at the Winterjazzfest, Knitting Factory NYC 1/20/07 here
01/28/2007
Read a new 4 star review of Gary's "Coming Clean" album from France's leading rock magazine "Rock & Folk" here
01/22/2007
Read a rave review from VARIETY of Gary Lucas & Gods and Monsters live here!
01/18/2007
Check out a rave review of "Coming Clean" from HITS Magazine here
01/17/2007
Gary named one of Guitar Player's Unsung Heroes in the new Feb. 2007 issue of GP here, and is interviewed about his favorite Ornette Coleman album in the new Jan.-Feb. 2007 issue of Magnet here
01/03/2007
Check out The New Yorker's Pick of the Week for Gary Lucas & Gods and Monsters at the Bowery Poetry Club Friday night here
12/27/2006
Read a new feature article on Gary from the French magazine Crossroads here...and check out 2 recent Slovenian newspaper articles on Gary Lucas and Fast 'N' Bulbous here and here
12/18/2006
Gary's hat fetches 0 at auction for People for the American Way!
Read another rave review for "Coming Clean" from blogcritics.org here
12/04/2006
Read a rave review of "Coming Clean" from tokafi.com here, plus read a rave from krinein.com here
12/03/2006
Flash! Sirius Satellite Radio has just added Gary's version of Bruce Springsteen's "Aint Got You" from his new album "Coming Clean" (Mighty Quinn) into regular rotation on their "Disorder" Channel 24...and Gary is now confirmed to play at South by South West in Austin Texas this March, where he's currently being played on KGSR and KUT
11/17/2006
Added an additional photo of Gary with David Byrne and Vaclav Havel at the Gods and Monsters/Plastic People Show at the Knitting Factory NYC, 11/13/06
11/14/2006
Check these new photos of Gary with David Byrne and Vaclav Havel at the Gods and Monsters/Plastic People Show at the Knitting Factory NYC, 11/13/06
11/10/2006
See a new photo of Gary performing The Golem at Pop Montreal in October here, from the Montreal Gazette, from their Best of the Festival wrap-up 10/9/06
11/08/2006
Read a 4 Star Review of "Coming Clean" from the latest issue of UNCUT here
11/04/2006
Check out a new photo of Gary, Chris Cornell, and producer Steve Lillywhite here—Gary recently returned from working on Chris' new solo album in LA
11/01/2006
Read a rave review from the new Rolling Stone of Gary's new album "Coming Clean" here! And check out this pick for Gods and Monsters live at CMJ from the Nov. 2, 2006 issue of Time Out New York here
10/25/2006
Check out an interview with Gary on the new Beefheart reissue CDs from the LA Daily News here
10/19/2006
Read a 4 star review of Gods and Monsters' new album "Coming Clean" from Record Collector (UK) here, and check out Gary's recent live appearance on VPRO National Dutch tv solo and with Jozef Van Wissem here, and an archived performance of Gary solo on VPRO in 2001 here
10/18/2006
Check out these new photos of Gods and Monsters at the closing of CBGB's Friday the 13th 2006 at a party in the gallery for Steve Beeber's new book "The Heebie-Jeebies at CBGB's—The Secret History of Jewish Punk" here, here, and here; photos by Jeni McAndrews
10/13/2006
Read a 4 star review of Gary's new Gods and Monsters "Coming Clean" album here, from the French rock magazine Crossroads; read the English translation here
10/10/2006
Read a review of Gary's amazing Golem show opening the Pop Montreal festival here
10/04/2006
Read a 4 star rave review for Gary's new album "Coming Clean" in the new issue of MOJO Magazine here
09/30/2006
See a new photo of Gary and lute master Jozef Van Wissem live on VPRO TV at the BimHuis, Amsterdam 9/28/06 here, and see a New interview with Gary in Spanish from Buenos Aires progressive music website Nucleus here
09/10/2006
Read a new interview with Gary from Buenos Aires progressive music website Nucleus here
Visit Jozef van Wissem's web site here
09/04/2006
Please check out these causes worthy of your time (and money) here and here
09/02/2006
Check out a rave review of Gary's new album "Coming Clean" from The Sunday Times (UK) here
08/31/2006
Read a new Gary Lucas live rave in the Village Voice here
08/29/2006
Gary Lucas & Gods and Monsters appearance at CMJ Music Marathon added to the Dates section, and view photos from Gary's recent Romania appearance on his blog here
08/16/2006
New photos of India on Gary's blog here and here
08/03/2006
Check out these new interviews with Gary in MOJO and Uncut Magazine to celebrate EMI Virgin's recent reissues of classic albums by Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band
07/24/2006
Listen to "Ah Feel Like Ah Syd", Gary's solo homage to Syd Barrett (and Don Van Vliet!) here
07/13/2006
Gary Salutes the Late Great Syd Barrett with Gods And Monsters' Tribute Version Of Pink Floyd's "Astronomy Domine" here...and Check Gary's Blog for a Recent Reminiscence of Playing Syd's "Golden Hair" Solo in Prague here
07/01/2006
Listen to Gary perform "In A Forest", a solo song of summer, here; and visit the Nucleus progressive music website
06/27/2006
Check out new photo of Gary and animation genius Ray Harryhausen here (l-r: Animation genius Ray Harryhausen, Gary, experimental filmmaker Martha Colburn, and Ray's wife Diana Livingstone are feted at the James River Film Festival, Richmond Virginia, 3/26/06)
06/11/2006
Listen to "Out From Under", just added to "Giving to You" section
06/09/2006
See the ad for Gary's upcoming appearance at the Reservoir Music Center in Shokan, NY
06/05/2006
New Pictures of Gary and Cosmo at the ICA London for Bacardi B-Live promotion
05/30/2006
Listen to "A Toi La Seule" by Tanger and featuring Gary on acoustic guitar
05/24/2006
New link to website about Gary's friend and collaborator Cosmo
05/18/2006
See the Magic Band perform Steal Softly Thru Snow on Swedish television's TV4 Morning Show, and check out the Bacardi B-live site—Gary will be performing at the Bacardi GCC (Global Collaborative Collective) Launch
05/15/2006
Listen to new Gods and Monsters Live in Moscow mp3 "Chinese Auto-Pilot"
04/26/2006
Added Ice Cream for Crow video to "Giving to You" section
04/25/2006
See the Time Out Moscow pick plus flyers and posters from the Goldenmask Festival in Moscow, the Platforma Club in Saint Petersburg, the Ogi Club in Moscow and the Brestskaya Club in Moscow for Gods and Monsters recent Russian tour!
04/20/2006
Added pictures from Gods and Monsters Russian tour to the Pictures section
04/10/2006
"Grace" is Number One!!! Jeff Buckley's "Grace" album (title song co-written and performed by Gary Lucas) selected as the #1 Modern Classic Album in the latest issue of MOJO Magazine (May 2006)
See recent posters for Gary's appearance at the James River Film Festival and the documentary "The Legacy of Jedwabne"
04/08/2006
Listen to Gary's tribute to the late great Gene Pitney here with a special version of "The Man Who Shot) Liberty Valance"
04/06/2006
Gary sells out "The Golem" in Burlington, Vermont, his third sold-out show in a row this year with this project—read the rave review here
03/23/2006
Added a review of "Russian Fireworks - Gary Lucas Live in Saint Petersburg" DVD from the Downtown Music Gallery newsletter
03/13/2006
New Psychedelic Photo of Gary From Russian Website
03/10/2006
Click here to watch new Gary Lucas interview and performance vidcast at CultureCatch.com
03/03/2006
Gary Lucas & Gods and Monsters a Pick in Time Out New York!
02/19/2006
Added archived Rolling Stone Review of "Gods and Monsters" from 1993
See a fan's rave for The Magic Band in the NME, 11/12/05 (see lower right hand corner)
Check out a new photo of Gary and Taj Mahal backstage at the New York Guitar Festival
All Tomorrow's Parties 3.1 added to the Discography
02/12/2006
Gary sells out the Rubin Museum of Art in NYC with 'The Golem'—a pick in the NY Post, Village Voice, and in Minsk, Belarus!
Check out New culturecatch.com Review Of Gary's Recent Gods and Monsters NYC Improv Show
01/28/2006
Check out this new photo of Gary backstage with Bruce Springsteen at the NY Guitar Festival "Nebraska Project" show, Fast 'N Bulbous receives an honorable mention in Village Voice 2005 jazz roundup, check out 2 recommended blogs by Howie Klein: Around the World Blog and DownWithTyranny
01/18/2006
Gary receives raves for his "Nebraska" tribute to the Boss in the Newark Star Ledger, Jeff Buckley's "Grace" album (title track co-written and performed by Gary) was just voted the 13th Greatest Album Ever by the readers of Q Magazine in their Feb. 2006 issue, and check out this new Russian website with an account of Gary's recent concerts in Moscow and St. Petersburg
01/13/2006
Gary featured in NY Times article today, Jan. 13th, on the New York Guitar Festival, and Gary picked in The New York Times on Jan. 8th for opening of the New York Guitar Festival
12/29/2005
Gary's 12/29 London gig at the 12-Bar Club a pick in The Guardian on Christmas Eve: "The legendary leftfield guitarist, late of Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band"
12/24/2005
Gary's Golem project lauded in new Village Voice article about the NYC Jewish Music scene
12/19/2005
Added an article and interview from Australian Guitar magazine
12/18/2005
Deck the halls with sounds of jolly as Gary shares some selected downloads of past live appearances on John Schaefer's excellent "New Sounds" NPR show here, here and here, Fast 'n Bulbous make the Best of 2005 list, and Gary and Jozef Van Wissem's "Universe of Absence" scores another rave German review
11/10/2005
Amorphous Androgynous' Alice in Ultraland and the WFMU Gone Wild! DVD added to the Discography
10/29/2005
Gary's Hat Raises 5 at Auction for People for The American Way!
10/29/2005
New item in the Reviews section: Shakespeare Gets the Blues: Jozef van Wissem and Gary Lucas meet at the Bunker Ulmenwall for an extraordinary concert, and Gary Doffs his Hat for People for The American Way
10/20/2005
New items in the Reviews section: Gods and Monsters a pick in the Village Voice, Review of Fast 'N Bulbous at Jazz Em Agosto, and Gary featured in an article on cover versions by David Stubbs in the new issue of The Wire
10/15/2005
Gods and Monsters a pick in The New Yorker!
09/05/2005
Two new reviews for Fast 'N' Bulbous from Jazzword.com and Valleyscene.com, and a new review for "The Universe of Absence" at Onefinalnote.com added to the Reviews section
08/17/2005
Gary on the BBC again! Listen to Late Junction on BBC Radio 3 play Gary's version of Grainger's "Children's March" at 22:35 GMT on Aug. 23rd! Also, Gary is a pick in the Portugal Travel Guide—read it here!
08/04/2005
Added a review by Artiom Lipatov of Gary's Russian concerts
08/03/2005
Gary Takes The Golem for A Walk in Moscow and St. Petersburg
07/03/2005
Gary and Alabama 3 make the daily download at Salon.com!
Check out articles about Gary's upcoming Russian tour from Rolling Stone and PLAY magazine, as well as a new review of the Magic Band's "21st Century Mirror Men" in The Wire
06/30/2005
Updates made to the Dates section, including performances with "The Golem" in Moscow and St. Petersburg in July—see the poster here
06/23/2005
Read about Gary's appearance at the Library of America's Isaac Bashevis Singer Centennial Celebration in the Spring 2005 issue of the Library of America Newsletter
06/21/2005
Listen to a great review of Fast 'n Bulbous at npr.org, plus "21st Century Mirror Men" by The Magic Band and "Outlaw" by Alabama 3 added to the Discography section
06/14/2005
Added a Magic Band live review from bbc.co.uk and a Fast 'N' Bulbous review from Tomajazz
05/21/2005
Update made to the Discography section: added "Arctic Poppy" by Pascal Plantinga
05/15/2005
Gary featured in the Class Notes '74 section of the Yale Alumni Magazine
04/20/2005
NEW! Listen to Gary being interviewed on Marc Riley's Mint show on BBC Music 6 radio here! (RealAudio stream)
04/13/2005
ADDED BY POPULAR DEMAND! Gary plays "The Golem" in Prague on Weds., April 13th, for details see the Dates section
04/09/2005
Just added to the Dates section—Gary plays "The Golem" in Prague on Thurs. April 14th
03/31/2005
Gary Lucas' "The Golem" now available for purchase here!
03/29/2005
Read a great review of Fast 'N' Bulbous and an interview with co-leaders Gary Lucas and Phillip Johnston at http://www.cloudsandclocks.net
03/29/2005
Gary Lucas & Gods and Monsters Score at SXSW
03/29/2005
new Fast 'n Bulbous review from Vancouver's Georgia Straight added to the Reviews section
02/28/2005
Check out reviews of "Pork Chop Blue Around the Rind" in The Village Voice and the Chicago Sun-Times
02/15/2005
Listen to an interview with Gary Lucas and Phillip Johnston about their Fast 'N' Bulbous project, which aired Valentine's Day on Belgium's Radio One here!
02/06/2005
Check out the new Fast 'N' Bulbous website!
02/06/2005
I Heard the Voice of a Pork Chop (actual title of an old blues tune by Jim Jackson)—Fast 'n Bulbous received the Village Voice music editor's choice pick on 2/2/05 in Chuck Eddy's Eddytor's Dozen, see it here
01/29/2005
Check out a new article about Gary working with Captain Beefheart from the latest issue of Dutch rock magazine "Aloha" in the Reviews section!
01/12/2005
Just out—read David Fricke's Rolling Stone rave review of the new Fast 'n Bulbous album!
01/12/2005
Previous Home Page Feature: XMAS FAKE-OUT—GIVE IT UP FOR THE FAKES!
01/07/2005
News Flash! Gary was just quoted about Jimi Hendrix's Guitar Face in a new AP story that has gone out to thousands of newspapers and magazines around the globe
12/23/2004
News Flash! BBC 3's "Late Junction" program just played "A Hawk from a Handsaw" from Gary and Jozef Van Wissem's new album "The Universe of Absence" go to www.bbc.co.uk/radio3 and check the "Late Junction" archive for 12/22/04—the track is also available on the free CD that comes with the "2004 in Review" issue of The Wire, out now
12/04/2004
Gary Remembers his Friend Kevin Coyne
11/17/2004
Gary and Jozef Van Wissem's new album "The Universe of Absence" is now in heavy rotation on WFMU FM and was recently featured on VPRO, the national Dutch radio
11/06/2004
Updates made to the Pictures section including a shot of Gary with the Boss, Bruce Springsteen!
11/03/2004
Gary would like to say that he really misses the late John Peel, a force for good in music who recently died of a heart attack. John played "The Mad World" on his show in August from The Edge of Heaven, and "It's Like a Wheel" from Street of Lost Brothers in September. Click here to see a recent photo of The Magic Band with John Peel
10/11/2004
Gary's Acoustic Alchemy in Europe
10/09/2004
Gary and Jozef Give it that Old College Try: "The Universe of Absence" No. 6 on WNYU FM charts
09/16/2004
Gary's new album "The Universe of Absence" released!
09/15/2004
Previous Home Page Feature: Jeff Buckley/Gary Lucas CD - Songs to No One 1991-1992
09/12/2004
Gary's Original Music On New PBS 9/11 Documentary
08/20/2004
Gary's Wall of Sound
07/22/2004
Added two new articles from The New York Times and CNN.com on the Guitar Face Competition (Gary is a judge) to the Reviews section
07/18/2004
The Magic Band Storms Glastonbury as Part of Massive UK/European Tour
07/18/2004
From Russia With Love—Gary Makes The Nice In Moscow And St. Petersburg
06/01/2004
New releases Free Flying, and Later Prophets by Greg Wall, added to the Discography
05/08/2004
New article from NewMusicBox added to the Reviews section
05/02/2004
Review in Gara (Spain) of live solo acoustic Bilbao show added
05/01/2004
New article from The St. Petersburg Times (Russia) added to the Reviews section, May 3rd Gary Lucas & Josef Van Wissem radio appearance added to the Dates section, several photos from the SKIF Festival added to the Pictures section, and a poster from Gary's April 21st show in Moscow added
04/30/2004
Gary Lucas & Gods and Monsters Live at the Knitting Factory DVD-R now available in the Merchandise section
04/10/2004
New Live Review by Guardian writer John L. Walters added
03/31/2004
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Line
03/28/2004
Added a link to the archived WNYC "The Ring and I" radio show (click here to listen)
03/28/2004
Magic Band Sells Out London and Edinburgh
03/28/2004
Gary's Solo Spanish Castle Magic
02/19/2004
New review of "Back to the Front" and "The Edge of Heaven" in Downbeat is in the Reviews section
01/12/2004
"Trust Me" Documentary with Original Music by Gary Airs on Showtime
01/12/2004
They Call Him Mister Lucas / Magic Band on the Move
12/28/2003
New release "Elocation" by Default, featuring the track "Cruel" which was co-written by Gary and Jeff Buckley in 1992 (the original track appeared on the 2002 release "Songs to No One—Jeff Buckley and Gary Lucas 1991-1992"), added to the Discography
12/07/2003
Big Dance Theater Company Takes Gary's Music on the Road
12/02/2003
Hamell on Trial's new album "Tough Love" featuring members of Gods and Monsters is Uncut magazine's Album of the Month for December 2003
11/25/2003
Click here to see a special section on the Echoes radio show Gary will be appearing on Thanksgiving Day, featuring pictures of Gary from the Guitar Harvest sessions (scroll down to the "Hour Two" section)
11/23/2003
Mr. Lucas Goes to Washington in Tribute to the Czech Velvet Revolution
11/21/2003
New release "Tough Love" by Hamell on Trial, featuring Gods and Monsters on 2 tracks, added to the Discography
11/19/2003
LA Times review of The Magic Band live at the All Tomorrow's Parties Festival on 11/08/03 in LA added to the Reviews section
11/19/2003
Gary Gets a Buzz From The Boss as Gods and Monsters Rocks Light of Day Charity Concert / The Magic Band Gets "Back To The Front" at All Tomorrow's Parties LA
10/13/2003
Gary's European Grand Tour and American Autumn Almanac
08/21/2003
Interview with Gary by one of his foremost collaborators, Walter Horn
08/21/2003
Gary's Summer of Fun, Foreign Festivals and Music Madness
08/02/2003
Added new release "Back to the Front" by The Magic Band to the Discography section
06/23/2003
Link to archived June 1, 2003 WFMU show added to Dates section
06/23/2003
Gary Lucas featured in DownBeat List of 66 Hot 6-Stringers
06/07/2003
Click here to see the promo poster for Gary's 15th Anniversary Knitting Factory concert on June 6th
06/07/2003
New Reviews, including a Rave Review of "The Edge of Heaven" from The Wall Street Journal, added to Raves & Reviews section
05/28/2003
Listen to Gary's Recent Appearance on Vin Sclesa's "Idiot's Delight" Radio Show
04/30/2003
The Magic Band Triumphs in UK Reunion
04/27/2003
Gary's New Compilation Hits Number Nine in NYC
04/27/2003
Gary Contributes a Song to Protest-Records.Com
03/23/2003
Gary Scores Two New Documentaries
03/09/2003
Harmonia Mundi promo sheet, including link to NPR review of "The Edge of Heaven"
02/27/2003
Gary Lucas Joins Springsteen "Light of Day" Tribute CD for Charity
01/31/2003
Gary to be Featured on NPR's "Pacific Time" Show, Broadcasts begin Thurs. Jan. 30th
12/23/2002
The Kindest 'Uncut' of All – Buckley/Lucas Album Chosen as One of the Best of 2002
12/15/2002
Gary Scores for Showtime
12/15/2002
Previous Home Page Feature: Gary Scores!
11/08/2002
Gary to Join in Magic Band Reunion Concerts and Album
11/08/2002
Gary Featured on New Gov't. Mule Album
10/31/2002
Gary's Halloween 2002 Story
09/23/2002
Gary's Festive (and Fruitful) Summer
09/23/2002
New Album of Collaborations with Jeff Buckley Out Soon
07/09/2002
Gary Sails into Summer after Super Busy Spring
03/08/2002
London's Independent Digital Reviews New Blues Compilation Featuring Gary
02/28/2002
"The Edge of Heaven" Rockets Skyward to #1 in Toronto/Gary's Upcoming European Tour
02/20/2002
Gary Eulogizes Florian Fricke in New Issue of The Wire
02/20/2002
"Poison Tree" Getting Airplay from new compilation
02/20/2002
Folk Roots (fRoots) reviews "The Edge of Heaven"
01/12/2002
"Lalee's Kin" Nominated for Best Documentary of 2001
01/06/2002
Gary Profiled in 'The Forward'—Jewish Weekly Also Publishes Lucas Poem in Special Sept. 11th Tribute
01/06/2002
Gary Enjoys Busiest and Best Year Ever—'The Edge of Heaven' Picked as One of The Best Albums of 2001
12/30/2001
Exclusive Du-Tels Clips from BBC 'Mixing It'
10/06/2001
Gary Releases New Chinese Pop Tribute Album
08/30/2001
Gary to Play Royal Festival Hall Solo—Again/Gary's Fall Blitz
08/16/2001
Gary Jams in Krakow Before 10,000 Festival Fans
08/16/2001
Gary Collaborates on New Song with Warren Haynes
06/02/2001
Gary Back in Action on the European and US Fronts
06/02/2001
Gary's Music Featured in New Film for the Museum of Jewish Heritage
01/28/2001
Gary Profiled in the International Herald Tribune
01/28/2001
Gary Scores a Hit at Sundance
01/28/2001
Gary Breaks Through Live in London, Paris and LA
12/17/2000
Gary's Music at Nobel Peace Prize Ceremonies
12/10/2000
Gary Goes to Sundance
12/03/2000
Gary Triumphs in London
11/12/2000
Gary Rocks in New Book
10/27/2000
Gary back to the European front in November for the BBC and French Festivals
10/27/2000
Gary Gets the call from the Maysles Brothers
09/25/2000
Gary Super Fly in Philly With "The Golem"/Mother Europe Beckons
09/25/2000
Gary on the Cover of "Spinning Circle" Magazine
09/25/2000
Gary Rocks Robert Johnson at Lincoln Center
06/17/2000
Gods and Monsters Hits Hard in Europe/Gary Joins Forces with Tanger Live in Paris/Lucas and Co. Rip it Up at NYC Jazzfest with David Johansen
05/28/2000
Gary Garners 5 Stars For New Album!
04/02/2000
Gary Jams With Zappa Acolytes Project Object
02/06/2000
Gary Headlines The Bottom Line
01/01/2000
Gary’s Millennial Message
11/28/1999
Gary to Produce French Avant-Rock Band Tanger
08/27/1999
Gary Scores New Independent Feature Film Soundtrack
08/09/1999
Gary Melts Hearts and Minds at the '99 Meltdown Festival
08/09/1999
Back in the Studio with Future Sound of London
07/17/1999
Lucas Seduces St. Louis
06/13/1999
Gary Slays A Sold-Out South Street Seaport/Jams With Bob Weir And Rob Wasserman
05/22/1999
Review of "@Paradiso" to be shown on MTV
05/22/1999
Gods and Monsters Rocks France and Corsica/Gary Lucas and The Golem Tears it up in Tel Aviv
04/11/1999
Gary Featured on Upcoming Beefheart Box
04/04/1999
Spring '99 Updates:
Gary Back From Most Successful European Tour Ever
In the Studio For Sissel
Back to the Front in France and Israel
12/20/1998
Tenth Anniversary show Triumph!
12/20/1998
"Gary Lucas and Golem" Installed at Jewish Museum
11/15/1998
Gary's 10th Anniversary Show on Dec. 11th—Don't Miss It!
11/15/1998
"Busy Being Born" Keeps on Growing
11/15/1998
Gary Lucas Out and About
11/01/1998
Gary Plays with Joan Osborne/Rocks Europe Solo One More Time
11/01/1998
New Lucas Album to be Released
07/21/1998
Gary's Message to the Web
06/22/1998
View Cool Cartoons by Scottish Fan Nulsh
05/30/1998
Gary Covers T-Rex Track for Tzadik Marc Bolan Tribute CD
04/25/1998
News from the East Coast Mini-Tour
04/11/1998
Gary's Travels in Europe—"The Golem" in Italy and FSOL in London
04/11/1998
10 Year Anniversary of Gary's solo debut this June
04/11/1998
John Zorn Jams with Gary Lucas at Roulette
04/11/1998
Rave for "Busy Being Born" in Billboard Magazine
02/13/1998
Gary's Message to the Web
01/11/1998
"The Golem" at the New York Jewish Film Festival a success
01/10/1998
Lucas/Buckley song to be featured in soundtrack
01/10/1998
Collaborations with Future Sound of London, Elli Medeiros, Francis Dunnery and Jet Stream Tokyo
01/10/1998
Gary to compose score for ABC News "Turning Point"
12/23/1997
Gary featured on the Voice of America worldwide broadcast
11/23/1997
Gary Lucas jams with Patti Smith
11/20/1997
Details on Gary's next album, "Busy Being Born"
11/20/1997
Gods and Monsters back in the studio
08/03/1997
Message from Gary Lucas
06/24/1997
Lucas album "Evangeline" out now on Paradigm Records
01/10/1997
Lucas/Osborne song "Spiderweb," gets GRAMMY nomination!
01/10/1997
Lucas Collaborates with Cartier
01/10/1997
Lucas Collaborates with Coyne
01/10/1997
"Evangeline" Released to Rave Reviews
08/03/1996
Anton Corbjin's new book
08/03/1996
Photo added for Gary records for Morishige
01/29/1996
Photo of Lucas, Lou and Laurie in LOVE
01/29/1996
Fred Schneider recording
01/29/1996
"What's That Noise" magazine 7" release
01/29/1996
Gary's upcoming movie cameo
11/12/1995
Third Message from Gary Lucas to the Mailing List
11/01/1995
Second Message from Gary Lucas to the Mailing List
11/01/1995
Gary Lucas Documentary: Details and Press Release
11/01/1995
The Du-Tels The Rotten Family has been completed
04/30/1995
Message from Gary Lucas to the Mailing List
04/30/1995
Info about other recordings, soundtracks & performances
