PAST NEWS: 2015
12/30/2015
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View a new clip of Gary performing at his Masterclass at the Biblioteca Benjamin Franklin in Mexico City 12/8/15
12/29/2015
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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
· 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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
· 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
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Release the Bats: Fri. the 13th Gary is performing with VAMPYR at Proctors Theatre Schenectady...and Fri. Nov. 27th Gary is performing with FRANKENSTEIN at Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Hall
11/07/2015
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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
· 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
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Updates made to the Through the Past, Brightly archive
10/26/2015
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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
· "Horizonal" by Ben Neill added to the Discography
10/22/2015
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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·Read comments from Film director Amos Kollek about "Touched by Grace"
10/11/2015·Read comments from Steve Kilbey (leader of Australian rock legends The Church and vocalist in Gary's recent Australian "A State of Grace" Tribute to Tim and Jeff Buckley) about "Touched by Grace"
10/07/2015·Gary Lucas & Sarah Stiles do their FLEISCHEREI duo thing with toons at The Living Room NYC Sun. Nov. 1st at 7:30pm!!
10/06/2015·Gary on how he met Captain Beefheart (Don Van Viet) & Frank Zappa on Dangerous Minds.net!
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
· 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·Interview & a live performance of "Grace" with Martha Wainwright on ABC TV Australia today 9/23/15 for our "A State of Grace" world premiere tonight in Melbourne!
09/21/2015·Two new interviews re: "A State of Grace" from Something You Said magazine and the Sydney Morning Herald
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
· Interview with Gary for Italy's Il Messagero on June 19th before performing at the "Moon in June" Festival in Umbria
09/07/2015·Feature article about "A State of Grace" in Australia's Daily Telegraph this weekend...and a new interview with Gary in Down Under's Rhythms Magazine
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·Big feature in national newspaper The Australian on "A State of Grace"—nearly all six shows on the tour are sold-out!!
08/28/2015·Check out an interview with Gary for the upcoming "A State of Grace" Music of Tim and Jeff Buckley tour of Australia
08/27/2015·"A State of Grace" was selected as one of the 10 Things You Can't Miss at the Brisbane Festival!
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
· Check out a press release about Gary's 2 charity concerts last week in Sotogrande Spain
08/22/2015·"A State of Grace" is featured in the centre spread of Brisbane's Courier News today, featuring an interview with Gary
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
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
· 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·Updates made to the Discography
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
06/24/2015·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
· Read an interview with Gary about working with Jeff Buckley from the Australian Broadcasting Corporation
06/05/2015·Gary's "A State of Grace" Tribute to Tim and Jeff Buckley tour of Australia this September is getting lots of press:
From Noise 11, the Brisbane Times, Tone Deaf, FasterLouder, the Sydney Morning Herald, Music Feeds, and Pollstar
06/02/2015·Announcing "A State of Grace: The Music of Tim and Jeff Buckley"—a special series of concerts Down Under mid September featuring Gary & Gods and Monsters, Martha Wainwright, Steve Kilbey and many others, more details here
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
· 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·Gods and Monsters play a tribute to legendary producer and music catalyst Giorgio Gomelsky in Manhattan this Friday night May 15th at 11pm, details here...and also Sat. night at 9pm at Long Island City Arts Festival!!
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
· 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
· 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·Gary Lucas: The Fish Have All the Scales | Guitarkadia Sessions interview—3 more interviews here
03/29/2015·Two cool reviews of "A Touch of Grace" Jeff Buckley Tribute in Milano 3/20/2015 from Manintown.com and Il Terreno.com
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·Gary was just presented with an Award for Cultural Diplomacy by U.S. Consul General in Milan Ambassador Phillip T. Reeker after performing solo for invited artists, writers and journalists at a private reception at the Consul General's residence in Milano 3/22/15
03/21/2015·Check out an interview with Gary done for La Stampa, Italy's national newspaper
· New Guitarkadia.com interview #3 with Gary—"Playing the Portable Orchestra"—just up now
· New Guitarkadia.com interview #3 with Gary—"Playing the Portable Orchestra"—just up now
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·Two new video interviews with Gary from Guitarkadia.com up now!
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
· 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
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
· 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
01/24/2015·Gary just confirmed performing solo "From Beefheart to Buckley and Beyond" in BERLIN Mon. March 9th at the legendary Roter Salon / Volksbuhne
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·Gary picks his Top 10 Desert Island Albums for new website desertalbums.com
01/14/2015·Gary just confirmed for April 15th solo acoustic at Cafe OTO in London, with special guests tba
01/13/2015·Listen to On an overgrown path
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·Gary starts the new year with a beautiful new song "Will 'O the Wisp"
01/07/2015·Praise for "Touched By Grace" from choreographer Nina Winthrop...and check out the poster for Alessio Franchini's Tribute to Jeff Buckley in Milan March 20th featuring Gary!
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"