Many of Gary Lucas' Long Out of Print Catalog Albums and New Digital Only Releases Now Available at the iTunes Store and Most Digital Portals Worldwide Through IODA
Many of Gary Lucas' Long Out of Print Catalog Albums and New Digital Only Releases Now Available at the iTunes Store and Most Digital Portals Worldwide Through IODA
"4 STARS--AN INSPIRATION to good guitarists, an awesome deterrent to the cack-handed, and a rare phantasmagoria to even the most amateur of listeners."
--Q MAGAZINE (UK), 12/91
"4 STARS...awesome, idiosyncratic chops...this music projects a coherent ensemble style and sensibility...soaring melodic flights and,
at times, an unexpected but welcome country-rock flavor."
--ROLLING STONE, 3/93
"A WIZARD'S BREW OF SONGS...sheer musical pleasure and inventiveness. Gary Lucas can be brazenly eclectic yet unpretentious. His ideas work. "
--ALTERNATIVE PRESS, 2/95
"JAW-DROPPING FRETWORK, this time all acoustic...the range of material is nearly as amazing as the man's instrumental facility. A pure pleasure."
--BILLBOARD (lead Pop album review with a star) 7/97
"5 STARS...GARY LUCAS IS A GENIUS OF AMERICAN MUSIC: a gifted guitarist, songwriter, bandleader and eclectic spirit."
--PULSE!, 6/2000
"FEW MUSICAL PLEASURES COMPARE with an evening with GARY LUCAS and PETER STAMPFEL."
--THE NEW YORK TIMES, 8/01
"AN EPIC PSYCHEDELIC SENSIBILITY... Lucas' playing can only be described in superlatives."
--DENNI TELEGRAF (PRAGUE) 7/96
"4 STARS -- THIS FOLLOW-UP TO THE INTERNATIONALLY ACCLAIMED 'EDGE OF HEAVEN' SHOWS LUCAS ATTACKING EVERYTHING FROM FOLK TO PUNK...this album confirms him as THE psychedelic guitarist for the post-modern set."
--MOJO (UK), 10/20/02
"MAGISTERIAL...he can be considered as the (spiritual) son among the 'Beefheart family'. Gary Lucas has kept himself particularly busy lately, publishing album after album. We are not going to complain about this here -- this guitar player has remained unknown to the public for too long."
--ROCK AND FOLK (France), 11/2000
Electro-acoustic guitar duo improvs and sci-fi soundscapes with avant-guitarist Gerald Zbinden
"4 STARS...LUCAS' SONGS FEATURE HIS CHARACTERISTIC WARMTH AND WIT...AND THE BAND ARE A FORMIDABLE UNIT."
--MOJO (UK), 10/2006
"TWO ARTS BEAT AS ONE'...Lucas' astonishing, febrile guitar-playing is a perfect expressive counterpoint to Buckey's untethered vocals."
--UNCUT (UK), 11/02
"A GUITARIST'S GUITARIST...a fixture on the downtown New York scene for years... putting a virtuosic spin on his heritage as well as adding a healthy dose of humor."
--BILLBOARD, 4/98 (lead Pop Album review with a star)
"5 STARS--ONE OF THE BAD BOYS OF JEWISH MUSIC...a follow-up to the inspired, wacky "Busy Being Born" and it pushes the envelope even further, but with astounding results."
--JEWISH WEEK, 12/00
"THIS WOULD MAKE EVEN THE MOST JADED DISCO HATER SMILE WITH
GLEE...in another world, John Peel would be loving this."
--ONE WEEK TO LIVE (UK), 6/07
"WE'RE IN THE PRESENCE OF GREATNESS HERE...With roots in psychedelia and disco, this is one hell of a marriage which sees a funked up groove set up and then sandblasted by Gary's guitar...it is indeed magical."
--DMCUpdate.com (UK), 12/07
"HIS WORK WITH JEFF BUCKLEY AND CAPTAIN BEEFHEART MAKES GARY LUCAS THE WORLD'S MOST POPULAR AVANT- ROCK GUITARIST...Here his solo pieces mingle with tracks recorded with electronic composer James Hunter and Sarah Hilliard, a/ k/a The Dark Poets, whose samplescapes recall the dark portents of Cabaret Voltaire...4 STARS"
--The Independent newspaper (UK), 3/2008