THE EDGE OF HEAVEN GARY LUCAS PLAYS MID-CENTURY CHINESE POP LBLC 2582 INDIGO (harmonia mundi) Street Date: Tuesday, January 14, 2003

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In January 2003, adventurous world-class guitar virtuoso GARY LUCAS, who's played with everyone from Leonard Bernstein to Captain Beefheart to Jeff Buckley, will release THE EDGE OF HEAVEN — featuring his exquisite arrangements of lush, melodic Chinese pop music from the 1930's, 40's and 50's. NEW YORK DATES GARY LUCAS to perform several songs from his new release The Edge of Heaven at TONIC, New York on Saturday Jan. 18^th with his band Gods and Monsters. Special appearance by European art-singer Gisburg. HAPPY NEW YEAR! New York, Monday, February 3, 9:30pm at JOE'S PUB In support of his new release "The Edge of Heaven" Gary Lucas will perform at Joe's Pub at the Public Theater in Manhattan, to coincide with Chinese New Year which begins Feb.1st (Year of the Goat). Gary will be joined by special guests Min Xiao-Fen on vocals and pipa and dancer Paul Lazar (who does a fantastic dance to "Please Allow Me to Look at You Again") Foreign Press “4 STARS...LUCAS MAKES SUBLIME CHINESE CONNECTION...his dexterity has never been doubted. ‘The Edge of Heaven’ has him focusing all his attention on China’s gracefully melodic pop tradition of the 1940s and 50s. Lucas lets his respectful acoustic, electric and national steel guitars do the translating on this delightful set.” Q (UK), 5/2002 “A GORGEOUS TRIBUTE TO THESE BYGONE VAMPS CHOW HSUAN AND BAI KWONG...IF YOU LIKE THE SUPERB SOUNDTRACK TO WONG KAR-WAI’S ‘IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE’ – YOU’LL LOVE THIS.” The Independent (UK), 4/2002 “IT IS SIMPLY GORGEOUS...played by a guitarist who learned his chops in Colon’s dive bars before unleashing his skills with Beef heart. Lucas grew up as a guitarist in Asia, so this is no dilettante’s stop-gap.” Mojo (UK), 2/2002 “THE MUSIC IS ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL AND UNAFRAID...unfolds like fingery wisps of steam, Lucas’s ringing notes wandering and searching with inhuman reach. Earthy and skittering...beautifully rendered. The Wire (UK), 2/2002

January 18, 2003 Gary Lucas, Gods and Monsters with Gisburg Tonic 107 Norfolk Street New York, NY February, 3 2003 Gary Lucas with Min Xiao-Fen Joe’s Pub 425 Lafayette Street New York, NY PBS Special March 25, 2003 “The Songstress on The Edge of Heaven” is featured in the PBS 3-part Bill Moyers special Becoming American: The Chinese Experience. (check local listings). · Indigo · Press · Artist’s Site media contact Sarah Folger Publicity & Promotions harmonia mundi usa sfolger@harmoniamundi.com (310) 478-1311 x102