PAST NEWS: 2016


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
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