PAST NEWS: 2017
12/30/2017
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Just confirmed: Gary is so honored to have been invited to perform on Jan. 16th at the opening of famed film director Emir Kusturica's 11th Kustendorf International Music and Film Festival held on a mountaintop near the Serbian/Bosnian border. He's been invited to provide a live score for the only extant fragment of the legendary lost 1918 Russian futurist silent feature "Shackled By Film" written and starring Vladimir Mayakovsky and directed by Nikander Turkin—as well as perform one of his existing live film scores tba. Here's a frame from "Shackled By Film".
12/29/2017
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Cool review of Gary solo acoustic at Quinn's in Beacon NY a couple weeks ago
· Rave review of the new THE WORLD OF CAPTAIN BEEFHEART album just in from Bruce Gallanter at the Downtown Music Gallery
· Rave review of the new THE WORLD OF CAPTAIN BEEFHEART album just in from Bruce Gallanter at the Downtown Music Gallery
12/28/2017
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Jan. 15th 2018 will be Don Van Vliet's 77th birthday, and to celebrate, please check out Kurt Loder's SiriusXM Radio / Volume "True Stories" talk show at 1pm EST on Feb. 12th when he will be interviewing Gary and Nona Hendryx about THE WORLD OF CAPTAIN BEEFHEART—the show will be archived online for a month at SiriusXM
· Another cool review just in from Daggerzine for THE WORLD OF CAPTAIN BEEFHEART featuring Nona Hendryx on Knitting Factory Records
· Another cool review just in from Daggerzine for THE WORLD OF CAPTAIN BEEFHEART featuring Nona Hendryx on Knitting Factory Records
12/28/2017
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Gary is a judge with Feifei Yang on CCTV's new "Super Baby" talent competition for gifted Chinese children—the awards ceremony will be held in Flushing on Jan 5th 2018
12/28/2017
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Gary and Feifei Yang have been invited to be profiled by famous Chinese tv star Weiwei Gao as a two part episode on her popular SinoVision talk show, which they will be filming in January—here Gary and Feifei check out some of the many books written by Weiwei
· Check out Mike Barnes' 2017 wrap-up in the new issue of THE WIRE
· Check out Mike Barnes' 2017 wrap-up in the new issue of THE WIRE
12/24/2017
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Happy Holidays you guys from Caroline Sinclair and I!
12/23/2017
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Just confirmed: Sat. Feb. 26th in Paris at the Sunset Jazz Club, a solo tribute to Jeff Buckley and Captain Beefheart
with my very special guests Jean-Philippe Rykiel on keyboards, David Konopnicki on fretless guitar, and Tim Watt on vocals, tickets here
12/23/2017
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Got our MOJO working! 4 Stars for THE WORLD OF CAPTAIN BEEFHEART in the latest issue
· THE WORLD OF CAPTAIN BEEFHEART is #4 in Hornet's end of year wrap-up of the 20 Best Albums of 2017 by LGBTQ Artists—featuring Nona Hendryx
· THE WORLD OF CAPTAIN BEEFHEART is #4 in Hornet's end of year wrap-up of the 20 Best Albums of 2017 by LGBTQ Artists—featuring Nona Hendryx
12/23/2017
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New interview in Psychology Today about THE WORLD OF CAPTAIN BEEFHEART
"A psychiatrist is someone who wants to die in your other life"
—Don Van Vliet
painting: "Dark Light" by Don Van Vliet
"A psychiatrist is someone who wants to die in your other life"
—Don Van Vliet
painting: "Dark Light" by Don Van Vliet
12/13/2017
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Great piece about The World of Captain Beefheart from KMUW!!
12/09/2017
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8 out of 10 in PopMatters for The WORLD OF CAPTAIN BEEFHEART featuring Nona Hendryx and Gary Lucas on Knitting Factory Records
· Just confirmed: Gary is performing solo Sunday May 6th in Glasgow at St. Luke's, tickets here
· Just confirmed: Gary is performing solo Sunday May 6th in Glasgow at St. Luke's, tickets here
12/05/2017
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New interview with Gary in Guitarhoo.com
· Read a rave review of THE WORLD OF CAPTAIN BEEFHEART in Stereo Embers Magazine
· Read a rave review of THE WORLD OF CAPTAIN BEEFHEART in Stereo Embers Magazine
12/03/2017
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Gary and Feifei Yang are both judges on CCTV's new Chinese youth talent competition "Super Baby", pictured here at the press conference in Flushing NY 11/29/17
11/30/2017
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Check out a live session of The World of Captain Beefheart on Irene Trudel's WFMU show yesterday, and a new interview with Gary about working with Captain Beefheart in Songfacts
l to r: Jordan Shapiro, Jesse Krakow, Nona Hendryx, Richard Dworkin and Gary
l to r: Jordan Shapiro, Jesse Krakow, Nona Hendryx, Richard Dworkin and Gary
11/29/2017
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Fantastic review of THE WORLD OF CAPTAIN BEEFHEART in the Vancouver Sun!
11/28/2017
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Gary has been invited to play a solo acoustic set from 6:30pm to 7pm at Theater 80 St Marks on Sun Jan. 21st to kick off the annual ACKER AWARDS for excellence in Avant-Garde expression
11/26/2017
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Listen to Co De Kloet's show which features an interview and selections from our new WORLD OF CAPTAIN BEEFHEART album featuring Nona Hendryx on Knitting Factory Records—the segment begins at 19:18:44 with a blast from the past from our original symphonic Beefheart show at the Paradiso Amsterdam
Painting: "Last of a Dying Breed" by Don Van Vliet
Painting: "Last of a Dying Breed" by Don Van Vliet
11/23/2017
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Just confirmed for Fri. May 11th at Ramsgate Music Hall in the UK!! Tickets here
11/23/2017
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Gary's friend Dutch producer Co de Kloet will broadcast excerpts from the original World of Captain Beefheart concert featuring Nona Hendryx and the 65 piece Metropole Orchestra recorded live at the Paradiso in Feb. 2013, and also spin some tracks from their new album this Saturday night on Dutch national radio NTR at 7-9pm Dutch time; also on Sun night at 8pm Dutch time Co will broadcast an hour long excerpt of the original symphonic Beefheart concert at the Paradiso; listen live here, and get the podcast here
· Great reviews of THE WORLD OF CAPTAIN BEEFHEART album from The Vinyl District and from Schizomusica!
· Great reviews of THE WORLD OF CAPTAIN BEEFHEART album from The Vinyl District and from Schizomusica!
11/22/2017
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Cool article about THE WORLD OF CAPTAIN BEEFHEART featuring Gary and Nona Hendryx in PopMatters!!
New album out NOW on Knitting Factory Records
New album out NOW on Knitting Factory Records
11/21/2017
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Gary gives a loving look back on working with Jeff Buckley in a new interview recorded at Eastcote Studios in London in Sept. 2017 and directed by Cathrine Classen Holst
Special thanks to Dyre Gormsen and Jesper Mattsson
Photo by Chris Buck
Special thanks to Dyre Gormsen and Jesper Mattsson
Photo by Chris Buck
11/18/2017
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Gary is in the latest issue of MOJO in a Hello and Goodbye feature article about his time with Captain Beefheart!!
11/17/2017
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Happy Birthday Jeff!! Check out "Grace" in Mandarin live with Feifei Yang and Jason Candler from the NYC Jeff Buckley Tribute 11/12/17
11/17/2017
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Just confirmed: Gary is performing solo in Bristol UK on Sun. May 20th at The Fleece!!
11/15/2017
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Gary is featured in a long article about The Bluecoat Gallery's recent Captain Beefheart Weekend in Liverpool Nov. 10-13th 2017!
From Beefheart biographer Mike Barnes:
"Gary Lucas played a brilliant set, with a lot of people dancing. After Gary played sort of medley of Sure 'Nuff 'N Yes I Do, when the applause died down one scouser bellowed out 'That was fook'n boss!' They shore do love their Beefheart up there."
From Beefheart biographer Mike Barnes:
"Gary Lucas played a brilliant set, with a lot of people dancing. After Gary played sort of medley of Sure 'Nuff 'N Yes I Do, when the applause died down one scouser bellowed out 'That was fook'n boss!' They shore do love their Beefheart up there."
11/14/2017
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Just confirmed: Gary is performing a solo tribute to Jeff Buckley Wed. Feb. 28th at the Melkweg in Amsterdam with his very special guest Dutch vocalist Jolene Grunberg and more tba! Tickets here
11/11/2017
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Just confirmed: THE WORLD OF CAPTAIN BEEFHEART is performing at City Winery NYC on Monday Jan. 22nd with some very special guests, stay tuned!!
· Rave review and interview with Nona and Gary in the Village Voice!!
painting to the left: "Bromboline Frenzy" by Don Van Vliet
oil on canvas
· Rave review and interview with Nona and Gary in the Village Voice!!
painting to the left: "Bromboline Frenzy" by Don Van Vliet
oil on canvas
11/05/2017
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Just confirmed: On Chinese New Year Friday Feb. 16th Gary, Feifei Yang, and Jason Candler are performing "THE EDGE OF HEAVEN" LIVE at The Laurie Beechman Theatre at 407 West 42nd St. at 7pm...dreamy 1930's Chinese pop with stunning projections of 30's Shanghai vistas by Kristopher Anton...purchase tickets here
photo to the left by Jesse Winter
photo to the left by Jesse Winter
11/04/2017
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Great article in Dangerous Minds about the new World of Captain Beefheart album with free streaming link—available for one week only!
11/02/2017
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Rave review of The World of Captain Beefheart in the latest issue of The Wire Nov. 2017
10/30/2017
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Nice review of The World of Captain Beefheart album in The Rock and Roll Report—album out Nov. 10th on Knitting Factory Records
10/27/2017
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CAPTAIN BEEFHEART WEEKEND IN LIVERPOOL: On Sat. Nov. 11th Gary is on a mid-afternoon panel at 2:45pm at the Bluecoat Gallery with Captain Beefheart biographer Mike Barnes, and that evening performing solo at 10pm and ALSO jamming with young musicians at District nightclub in Liverpool
10/26/2017
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Check out the poster for the 10th annual NYC Jeff Buckley Tribute Sun. Nov. 12th at Arlene's Grocery—Gary is headlining at 11pm with his special guests Feifei Yang and Jason Candler performing "Grace" in Mandarin
10/24/2017
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Rave review of "The World of Captain Beefheart" from The Wire!! (see a close-up of the text here)
10/17/2017
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just confirmed: Gary is performing solo acoustic in Paris on Sat. Feb. 24th at Sunset Jazz Club—2 sets
A double hit in Paris for him that week, as he is also performing the European premiere of his live solo score accompanying Todd Browning's "The Unholy Three" (1925) at La Cinematheque Francaise on Mon. Feb. 19th at 7:30pm
A double hit in Paris for him that week, as he is also performing the European premiere of his live solo score accompanying Todd Browning's "The Unholy Three" (1925) at La Cinematheque Francaise on Mon. Feb. 19th at 7:30pm
10/15/2017
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SURE 'NUFF 'N' YES WE DO: Check out this track from the new album THE WORLD OF CAPTAIN BEEFHEART featuring Nona Hendryx released Nov. 10th on Knitting Factory Records, and check out a rave reviews of the new album in Goldmine Magazine and The Morton Report!
10/14/2017
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Just confirmed: Gary is performing the European premiere of his live solo score for Todd Browning's 1925 silent thriller "The Unholy Three" at La Cinematheque Francaise in Paris on Monday Feb. 19th!!
photo: the original 1925 French release poster
photo: the original 1925 French release poster
10/12/2017
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THE GOLEM WALKS AMONG US: Gary is performing his live score accompanying the amazing 1920 silent horror film "The Golem" at Alamo Drafthouse Cinemas across the US soon. Tickets can be purchased here for his show in Brooklyn Thurs. Oct. 26th, here for Houston Sun. Oct. 29th, here for Austin Oct. 30th, and here for El Paso Nov. 1st Day of the Dead—AND he's performing his live score accompanying the 1931 "Frankenstein" in Austin on Halloween Oct. 31st—tickets here!!
10/10/2017
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From Yuliana Galitskaya Mahler re: TOUCHED BY GRACE:
"I read your book in four days. It was a riveting, can't put the book down read. So open. I found it very well written and very revealing. One really gets an insight into your music writing - as well as thought - processes."
"I read your book in four days. It was a riveting, can't put the book down read. So open. I found it very well written and very revealing. One really gets an insight into your music writing - as well as thought - processes."
10/04/2017
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Just confirmed: Gary is reprising his live score accompanying THE GOLEM—along with a version of his FLEISCHEREI project saluting the wonderful animations of Max Fleischer—at the historic art-deco Byrd Theatre in Richmond Virginia for the JAMES RIVER FILM FESTIVAL on Sat. and Sun. March 17th and 18th
09/30/2017
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Just confirmed: Gary will give a Masterclass at the New School in NYC on Fri. Feb. 2nd from 4-6pm, more details tba
· Also: Purchase 2 tickets to the great Guadalajara Grooves and Blues Festival Nov. 17th and 18th and enter to win a dinner with Gary!! For tickets please call Maria Sara at 3314553926 (if in Mexico), from outside Mexico dial +15213314553926. First 10 ticket buyers will receive a free Grooves and Blues Festival t-shirt!! Promo ends Oct. 6th
· Also: Purchase 2 tickets to the great Guadalajara Grooves and Blues Festival Nov. 17th and 18th and enter to win a dinner with Gary!! For tickets please call Maria Sara at 3314553926 (if in Mexico), from outside Mexico dial +15213314553926. First 10 ticket buyers will receive a free Grooves and Blues Festival t-shirt!! Promo ends Oct. 6th
09/29/2017
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3 cool photos by Sergei Mihailov (see here, here, and here) from Gary and Nona Hendryx's sold out show with THE WORLD OF CAPTAIN BEEFHEART at Joe's Pub at the Public NYC last week—plus a rave advance review of their new album from the Nashville Blues Society...and a clip taken by a fan at the show from YouTube
09/27/2017
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Just confirmed: Sun. Dec. 3rd Gary plays solo acoustic at Quinn's in Beacon NY at 9pm with his special guest Jordan Shapiro sitting in on keyboards
09/25/2017
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THE WORLD OF CAPTAIN BEEFHEART: Check out 2 cool drawings of the band (Gary, Nona Hendryx, Jesse Krakow, Jordan Shapiro and Richard Dworkin) sketched live on-the-spot by Joan Chiverton, a New York Times/Wall Street Journal-published artist, during their sold-out show at Joe's Pub at The Public NYC 9/20/17—click here and here
09/21/2017
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THE WORLD OF CAPTAIN BEEFHEART at JOE'S PUB NYC LAST NIGHT—SOLD OUT AND STANDING OVATION—THANK YOU NEW YORK!!
New album released 11/10 on Knitting Factory Records
photo by Caroline Sinclair 9/20/17
l to r: Gary and Nona Hendryx
New album released 11/10 on Knitting Factory Records
photo by Caroline Sinclair 9/20/17
l to r: Gary and Nona Hendryx
09/20/2017
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THE WORLD OF CAPTAIN BEEFHEART is sold-out at Joe's Pub NYC tonight!! Read about Nona Hendryx and the project in the NY Post
09/17/2017
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At the Moon Festival performing with Feifei Yang 9/15/17—sold out at at Lincoln Center!! Gary writes: "I am so honored!! One of the best nights of my life. Some of the biggest musical stars of China performed there. It was truly thrilling to be part of this beautiful evening."
09/15/2017
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Gary is a WPKN Favorite of the Week!! Listen to "The Mensch in the Moon" from his 1998 Tzadik album "BUSY BEING BORN" (for children of all ages)
09/09/2017
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Hey it's sold-out!!
Gary discusses his collaboration with Jeff Buckley on the Mary Anne Hobbs show today on BBC Radio 6 Music at 40 minutes in
Gary discusses his collaboration with Jeff Buckley on the Mary Anne Hobbs show today on BBC Radio 6 Music at 40 minutes in
09/08/2017
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Gary is performing with Feifei Yang and an 80-piece Chinese orchestra at Alice Tully Hall in Lincoln Center next Friday Sept 15th (Feifei and Gary are pictured on this poster)
09/06/2017
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Gary is interviewed in Spanish Mexican magazine "La Jornada Semanal" recorded after performing a solo concert for disadvantage children in Mexico City at the US Embassy Library Biblioteca Benjamin Franklin, English translation here
09/06/2017
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Gary is interviewed and performs live on 9/4/17 on Shawn Lee's program on Soho Radio at their West End Studios in London, archived for your pleasure here—segment starts at 5:11, and Gary performs an acoustic version of "Grace" on his 1942 Gibson J-45 at 1:18:33
08/31/2017
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Somewhere in Athens Greece 8/28/17
08/25/2017
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Gary is going on Soho Radio in London on Monday Sept. 4th between 4-6pm GMT to play solo acoustic, and to talk about his career and about performing at the upcoming Jeff Buckley Tribute at Upstairs at the Ritzy Cinema on Sat. Sept. 9th in Brixton, listen live here
08/22/2017
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DEM BONES: at the Alter Schlacthof in Wels Austria 1993—photo by Manfred Rahs
08/19/2017
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Read a new essay by Gary in The Vinyl District about his relationship to PVC!
08/18/2017
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New article in Broadway World about Gary and Nona Hendryx's forthcoming album THE WORLD OF CAPTAIN BEEFHEART, released Nov. 10th on Knitting Factory Records. They are playing a teaser gig at Joe's Pub at the Public Theatre NYC Wed. Sept. 20th, two shows at 7pm and 9:30pm—reserve your tickets here
08/11/2017
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Read a new interview with Gary by Dominic Ross from The Digital Fix: "I don't enjoy chasing anyone to do anything anymore, fuck it. Be your own hero."
08/04/2017
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Just confirmed: on Sat. Nov. 11th in Liverpool England, Gary is speaking on a panel, performing a solo set, and jamming with young Don Van Vliet-influenced musicians (including Dave McCabe of The Zutons) for the Bluecoat Gallery's event "CAPTAIN BEEFHEART: TWENTIETH CENTURY VISIONARY"
08/03/2017
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Just confirmed: Gary is returning solo to perform at Quinn's in Beacon NY Sun. Nov. 12th with his special guest Jordan Shapiro sitting in
07/26/2017
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Coming Wed. Sept. 20th at Joe's Pub at The Public NYC—a teaser live gig for Gary's forthcoming album "THE WORLD OF CAPTAIN BEEFHEART" featuring the fabulous Nona Hendryx, TWO BIG SHOWS at 7pm and 9:30pm, new album released this fall on Knitting Factory Records
Tickets here
Tickets here
07/22/2017
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Gary, Don Van Vliet and David Lynch are in Dangerous Minds!!
07/11/2017
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Check out the new Nakedly Examined Music podcast "Gary Lucas on Zen and the Avant-Ghetto"
07/07/2017
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Hot Summer gig in Pori! Gary performs his first ever show in Finland to celebrate the 200th anniversary of underground club Validi Karkia for delighted fans on 7/2/17
photo to the left by Pentii Dassum
Watch the complete one and a half hour Gary Lucas solo acoustic concert performed in Pori Finland!!
Part One | Part Two
photo to the left by Pentii Dassum
Watch the complete one and a half hour Gary Lucas solo acoustic concert performed in Pori Finland!!
Part One | Part Two
07/05/2017
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A Cultural Award received last year—May 2016—from Casa Gaia in Havana Cuba for giving a solo concert during their 15th anniversary celebrations
07/03/2017
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Outside Pori's Validiki Karkia club where Gary performed solo acoustic for their 200th anniversary show on July 2nd
07/01/2017
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Gary is heading for Copenhagen airport with fond memories of my concerts here this week...next stop Pori Finland, his first time playing in that country this Sunday at Karkia Validi...here's a preview from today's Satakunnan Kansa newspaper
06/30/2017
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Gary's Copenhagen Beefheart Tribute is a Pick in Danish national newspaper Politiken
06/28/2017
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This Sunday Gary is performing a special concert in Pori Finland—his first time playing in that fair country. A special concert for the 200th show of Validi Karkia underground club. A pick in the biggest Finnish rock magazine!
06/20/2017
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Gary and Feifei Yang are pictured in the NY China Press Sunday about their recent performance June 8th at Joe's Pub at The Public Theater NYC
06/18/2017
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Just confirmed: we are doing a teaser showcase for our new album THE WORLD OF CAPTAIN BEEFHEART featuring the fabulous Nona Hendryx at Joe's Pub at The Public NYC, Wed. Sept. 20th, 2 shows at 7pm and 9:30pm
Our new album is released Oct. 12th on Knitting Factory Records worldwide—Stay tuned!!
photo to the left by Michel Delsol
Our new album is released Oct. 12th on Knitting Factory Records worldwide—Stay tuned!!
photo to the left by Michel Delsol
06/16/2017
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Just confirmed: Gary is performing solo and giving an acoustic masterclass at the Guadalajara Grooves and Blues Festival in Mexico Nov. 17th-19th!!
06/11/2017
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See a Big Hello from Gary to Vanløse, København, Denmark about his upcoming gigs there end of June
06/06/2017
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Gary is giving a big Tribute to Jeff Buckley in Madrid Thurs. June 22nd and Fri. June 23rd at Recoletos Jazz Club
featuring 4 stunning Spanish divas and spoken-word alchemist Bruno Galindo
· Just confirmed: Gary is performing at the London Jeff Buckley Tribute at the Brixton Ritzy on Sat. Sept. 9th!!
· Just confirmed: Gary is performing at the London Jeff Buckley Tribute at the Brixton Ritzy on Sat. Sept. 9th!!
06/06/2017
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Gary Lucas' FLEISCHEREI rave review from United Mutations
05/29/2017
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RIP JEFF BUCKLEY—20 Years Gone Today. Listen to the original studio demo of "Grace"
05/27/2017
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New poster on the left for Gary's upcoming June 8th Joe's Pub show with special guest vocalist Feifei Yang!
05/25/2017
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New poster on the left for Gary's solo concert at the State Theater in Varnsdorf Czech Republic on Wed. June 14th!
05/22/2017
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Sun. June 11th in Prague, Gary is performing on acoustic guitar with a free-jazz ensemble led by Michal Hruby featuring the cream of Czech improvisers at Kavarna Liberal—it's part of his upcoming Czech excursion which includes performing in a new film by Pavel Gobl featuring his old friend The Plastic People of the Universe saxophonist Vratislav Brabenec...performing a solo acoustic concert at the State Theater in Varnsdorf Wed. June 14th...and jamming with Richard Mader and friends at Club Blues Bahnhof in Prague on Thurs. June 15th
05/21/2017
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New poster for Gary's upcoming two nights solo acoustic in Porto Portugal June 24-25th
05/18/2017
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RIP CHRIS CORNELL—He was a friend and I was honored to play with him
photo: with producer Steve Lillywhite and Chris at the "Carry On" sessions in LA Sept. 2006
photo: with producer Steve Lillywhite and Chris at the "Carry On" sessions in LA Sept. 2006
05/18/2017
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'TIS THE SEASON
Just confirmed: I am performing my live solo score accompanying "THE GOLEM" at the Alamo Drafthouse Cinemas in Brooklyn Oct. 26th, Houston Oct. 29th, Austin Oct 30th, Austin Oct. 31st (with my live score for "Frankenstein"—a kind of Golem), and in El Paso Texas Nov. 1st—the Day of the Dead
photo by Hector Marquez | taken at the 53rd Valladolid Film Festival, Valladolid Spain 10/27/08
Just confirmed: I am performing my live solo score accompanying "THE GOLEM" at the Alamo Drafthouse Cinemas in Brooklyn Oct. 26th, Houston Oct. 29th, Austin Oct 30th, Austin Oct. 31st (with my live score for "Frankenstein"—a kind of Golem), and in El Paso Texas Nov. 1st—the Day of the Dead
photo by Hector Marquez | taken at the 53rd Valladolid Film Festival, Valladolid Spain 10/27/08
05/16/2017
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Check out a rough mix of new track "The Mad World" from Gary's forthcoming album "The Edge of Heaven Vol. 2"—a 30's Chinese pop song by Chow Hsuan featuring Feifei Yang on vocals and Jason Candler on sax
05/13/2017
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Gary Lucas at Rocket Number Nine, Fri. May 19 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm:
From Captain Beefheart to Jeff Buckley, Leonard Bernstein to Lou Reed, John Cale to Patti Smith, Allen Ginsberg to Nick Cave, among countless others, there's never been a guitarist like the legendary Gary Lucas.
"One of the best and most original guitarists in America" —David Fricke, Rolling Stone.
Join us for a night of music on Friday, May 19th. Gary Lucas will be performing an acoustic set, as well as signing copies of his book "Touched By Grace: My Time With Jeff Buckley."
Rocket Number Nine Records
50 N Front St., Kingston, NY | 845-331-8217
From Captain Beefheart to Jeff Buckley, Leonard Bernstein to Lou Reed, John Cale to Patti Smith, Allen Ginsberg to Nick Cave, among countless others, there's never been a guitarist like the legendary Gary Lucas.
"One of the best and most original guitarists in America" —David Fricke, Rolling Stone.
Join us for a night of music on Friday, May 19th. Gary Lucas will be performing an acoustic set, as well as signing copies of his book "Touched By Grace: My Time With Jeff Buckley."
Rocket Number Nine Records
50 N Front St., Kingston, NY | 845-331-8217
05/13/2017
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Listen my children and you shall hear...
"VAMPIRE CIRCUS—PROLOGUE"
A very true story by Gary, circa 2002
· Update made to the Through the Past, Brightly page
"VAMPIRE CIRCUS—PROLOGUE"
A very true story by Gary, circa 2002
· Update made to the Through the Past, Brightly page
05/11/2017
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Just confirmed, some June GL Danish dates around a (heheh) secret recording projekt:
Wednesday June 28th - Morgensang at Kulturstationen Vanlose (Copenhagen), Jernbane Alle 38
Thursday June 29th - GL with Simon Nielsen Orregaard and his gang at Mojo Blues Bar, Longangstraede 21C, 1468 Kobenhavn K
Friday June 30th - GL at Kulturstationen Vanlose (Copenhagen), Jernbane Alle 38, screening of Lars Movin's short Beefheart film before the performance
Wednesday June 28th - Morgensang at Kulturstationen Vanlose (Copenhagen), Jernbane Alle 38
Thursday June 29th - GL with Simon Nielsen Orregaard and his gang at Mojo Blues Bar, Longangstraede 21C, 1468 Kobenhavn K
Friday June 30th - GL at Kulturstationen Vanlose (Copenhagen), Jernbane Alle 38, screening of Lars Movin's short Beefheart film before the performance
05/08/2017
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Check out the new poster for Gary's upcoming solo concerts in Madrid Thurs. June 22nd and Fri. June 23rd
05/06/2017
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Gary just confirmed to play a solo acoustic show Thurs. June 8th at Joe's Pub NYC at 7:30pm; his special guest vocalist will be Feifei Yang, with whom he is currently recording "The Edge of Heaven Vol. 2"
Photo to the left by Emil Mohr
Photo to the left by Emil Mohr
05/05/2017
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Gary is performing a solo concert with special guests centering around an homage to Jeff Buckley Thurs. June 22nd & Fri. June 23rd at Recoletos Jazz Club in Madrid, Spain, Calle Recoletos 18; singers include the alluring Mercedes Ferrer, Alana Mike, Cecilia Krull and Miryam Latrece—plus his old friend and collaborator Spanish poet Bruno Galindo will offer up some of his spoken word magic
05/02/2017
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Read a 5 Star Goodreads review of Gary's book "Touched By Grace: My Time with Jeff Buckley" from Pablo Cordero
04/28/2017
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Check out clips of Gary performing live in Mexico City last week at Biblioteca Benjamin Franklin, including a solo acoustic version of "Grace"
04/24/2017
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Today is Yom HaShoah (??? ?????)
Holocaust Remembrance Day
Never Forget
GL performs solo acoustic before the General Assembly of the UN for Holocaust Memorial Day 1/27/17
Holocaust Remembrance Day
Never Forget
GL performs solo acoustic before the General Assembly of the UN for Holocaust Memorial Day 1/27/17
04/22/2017
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Gary is performing live on Oscar Sarquiz Figueroa's famous radio program "Migrante" this Mon. April 24th at 2pm Central Daylight Time on Radio Ciudadana, 660 AM del Instituto Mexicano de la Radio, IMER, listen live here
photo to the left: Xavier Baviera and Gary at Biblioteca Benjamin Franklin Mexico City 4/18/17
photo to the left: Xavier Baviera and Gary at Biblioteca Benjamin Franklin Mexico City 4/18/17
04/17/2017
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New Gary Lucas JEWISH THEMES page
04/15/2017
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Just confirmed: On Fri. May 19th Gary is a performing solo acoustic at Rocket Number Nine Records in Kingston NY—he'll be playing from 7pm till the cows come home and signing copies of his book "Touched By Grace: My Time with Jeff Buckley" (available here)
04/13/2017
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Profile in Czech national newspaper Lidove Noviny 4 years ago today, see it full size on the "Through the past, brightly" page, English translation here
04/13/2017
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Nice live review of Gary's recent solo show at Quinn's in Beacon, NY from Thomas Jenkins:
"I had the pleasure of catching Gary Lucas solo at the low key and unassuming Quinn's in Beacon, NY on Sunday, April 2nd. What a treat! It was like having a guitar legend in my living room! I knew of Gary's work with Captain Beefheart certainly but was still fairly new to the man's rich and broad musical output over several decades. Let's just say that now I'm a huge fan. Gary's performance was mind-blowing and his stage persona is simply a funny, engaging, unpretentious, creative human that loves what he does. I won't even attempt to describe what this music is. All I know is that to me, he's the only guitar player alive that matters."
—Tom Bone Todd Jenkins
Drawing on the left by Dutch fan Henk Langeveld done at the Melkweg Amsterdam
· Alessio Franchini e Il Circolo Dei Baccanali - "Tutto Duo Cambiare In Un Attimo" added to the Discography
"I had the pleasure of catching Gary Lucas solo at the low key and unassuming Quinn's in Beacon, NY on Sunday, April 2nd. What a treat! It was like having a guitar legend in my living room! I knew of Gary's work with Captain Beefheart certainly but was still fairly new to the man's rich and broad musical output over several decades. Let's just say that now I'm a huge fan. Gary's performance was mind-blowing and his stage persona is simply a funny, engaging, unpretentious, creative human that loves what he does. I won't even attempt to describe what this music is. All I know is that to me, he's the only guitar player alive that matters."
—Tom Bone Todd Jenkins
Drawing on the left by Dutch fan Henk Langeveld done at the Melkweg Amsterdam
· Alessio Franchini e Il Circolo Dei Baccanali - "Tutto Duo Cambiare In Un Attimo" added to the Discography
04/09/2017
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Mark Hazen on "I HAVE A CAT", the last lengthy interview with Don Van Vliet (Captain Beefheart) conducted by Co de Kloet and set to music by Gary Lucas:
"Just listening to 'I Have a Cat'...The interviewer is really good, strangely good even! Don seems to trust him and jives along with him beautifully. Together they elongate time. Your respectful and reverent fly on the wall atmospherics that fill the huge spaces between their commentary makes the whole experience multi dimensional. I can't think of anyone else on earth pulling this off while keeping it completely reverent and authentic. Thanks for keeping the fountain gushing!"
Available now digitally from OkayMusic, download it here
"Just listening to 'I Have a Cat'...The interviewer is really good, strangely good even! Don seems to trust him and jives along with him beautifully. Together they elongate time. Your respectful and reverent fly on the wall atmospherics that fill the huge spaces between their commentary makes the whole experience multi dimensional. I can't think of anyone else on earth pulling this off while keeping it completely reverent and authentic. Thanks for keeping the fountain gushing!"
Available now digitally from OkayMusic, download it here
04/06/2017
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Gary is quoted in the Observer today about working on The Clash for CBS Records in a previous lifetime...to the left is one of the posters he created for them
04/06/2017
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Next up: Gary is giving a Masterclass and a Solo Acoustic concert at Biblioteca Benjamin Franklin in Mexico City Tues. April 18th, by invitation of the U.S. Embassy Mexico
04/06/2017
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Sun. April 30th at 2pm Gary will the guest of Mr. Mike Edison—writer, musician, raconteur and good guy—on his long-running Heritage Radio Network podcast "Arts and Seizures". He'll be playing live, discussing the 3 albums with 3 excellent collaborators he currently has out on release through Okaymusic (Gary Lucas and Toni Dezso's "Go Nutz!", Najma Akhtar and GL's "Rishte", his Don Van Vliet spoken word and music collaboration with Co De Kloet "I Have a Cat") and the 4th, "Find It Amigo: The Great Lost Gods and Monsters Live Album", out May 12th on OPM. Listen live here
04/04/2017
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Rave review from Gary's solo concert last night 4/2/17 at Quinn's in Beacon NY from programmer James Keepnews:
"Yes, there have been some amazing nights at Quinn's over the last 3+ years but Gary Lucas' two sets last night were on some wholly other kind of world-historical stuff. On both acoustic and electric, he utterly galvanized the SRO crowd with his supreme artistry and his between-song patter also had the room in stitches — cat can truly work a room! Special guest Ben Neill also totally brought his A+++ game on mutant trumpet and laptop, playing as well as I've ever heard him. If you weren't there, what can I tell you — your considerable loss. Fortunately, I suspect he'll be back at the Q PDQ. Thanks again to Gary, Tom, Che, George, everyone at Quinn's who helped make last night a thrilling success and to everyone who came out. I'm not much of a weeper but when Gary kicked off Set 2 with this little number he wrote and which Jeff Buckley set words and melody to subsequently, I pretty much lost it. Thanks again, Gary — next time!"
"Yes, there have been some amazing nights at Quinn's over the last 3+ years but Gary Lucas' two sets last night were on some wholly other kind of world-historical stuff. On both acoustic and electric, he utterly galvanized the SRO crowd with his supreme artistry and his between-song patter also had the room in stitches — cat can truly work a room! Special guest Ben Neill also totally brought his A+++ game on mutant trumpet and laptop, playing as well as I've ever heard him. If you weren't there, what can I tell you — your considerable loss. Fortunately, I suspect he'll be back at the Q PDQ. Thanks again to Gary, Tom, Che, George, everyone at Quinn's who helped make last night a thrilling success and to everyone who came out. I'm not much of a weeper but when Gary kicked off Set 2 with this little number he wrote and which Jeff Buckley set words and melody to subsequently, I pretty much lost it. Thanks again, Gary — next time!"
04/02/2017
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Digital re-release of Najma Akhtar & Gary Lucas - "Rishte" added to the Discography
04/01/2017
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Just released digitally on Okaymusic!! "I HAVE A CAT"—the last lengthy interview with Don Van Vliet a/k/a Captain Beefheart, conducted by Co De Kloet and set to music by Gary Lucas
Download here
· Gary's solo shows tomorrow night at Quinn's in Beacon NY are a Pick in the Hudson Valley Chronogram
· Gary's solo shows tomorrow night at Quinn's in Beacon NY are a Pick in the Hudson Valley Chronogram
03/29/2017
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Just confirmed: In protest of alt-right obergruppenfuhrer Richard Spencer's recent depiction of the media as "soulless golem", Gary is performing his live solo score for "THE GOLEM" (1920, d. Paul Wegener and Carl Boese) at the Alamo Drafthouse NYC in Brooklyn on Thurs. Oct. 26th
photo: performing with "The Golem" at the 53rd Valladolid Film Festival in Spain
photo: performing with "The Golem" at the 53rd Valladolid Film Festival in Spain
03/29/2017
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MY LOVE AFFAIR WITH CUBA—A NEW ESSAY BY GARY LUCAS
03/29/2017
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Just confirmed: Tues. April 18th I am giving a masterclass and performing a solo acoustic concert for disadvantaged children at Biblioteca Benjamin Franklin in Mexico City
03/28/2017
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Coming this Friday March 31st on Okaymusic worldwide: "I HAVE A CAT", the last lengthy interview with Don Van Vliet conducted by Co De Kloet, and set to music by Gary Lucas
painting: "Cat's Got His Tail" by Don Van Vliet
1985
oil on wood
painting: "Cat's Got His Tail" by Don Van Vliet
1985
oil on wood
03/27/2017
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Gary is mentioned in the Class Notes section of the Yale Alumni Magazine 4/2017
03/19/2017
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Rave Reviews for GARY LUCAS / TONI DEZSO - Gary and Toni Go Nutz! (Rare Lumiere 017; digitally available from Okaymusic):
From Downtown Music Gallery NYC's newsletter (click here), and from screenwriter Francis McCarthy: "Arresting, gripping, hypnotic. Multi-layered harmonics draw you in and hold you fast, a soundtrack to your dreams."
From Downtown Music Gallery NYC's newsletter (click here), and from screenwriter Francis McCarthy: "Arresting, gripping, hypnotic. Multi-layered harmonics draw you in and hold you fast, a soundtrack to your dreams."
03/18/2017
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Gary at home after rehearsing with Dutch jazz vocalist Julia Werner, who will perform "Grace" with him this Tues. night 3/21/17 at the Birthday Tribute to Giorgio Gomelsky at Niagara, 112 Ave. A and 7th St. in the East Village...they will go on at 10pm
03/17/2017
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Gary was just invited to perform solo acoustic for US Consul General in Milan Ambassador Philip Reeker and invited guests on Tues. May 2nd. Joining him will be his friend and collaborator Alessio Franchini—the second time they have performed for the US Consul General in Milan
03/14/2017
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3 European Gary Lucas solo dates just confirmed:
Thur.-Fri. June 22nd-23rd - Recoletos Jazz Club, Calle Recoletos, 18, Madrid, Spain
Sun. June 25th - Soliloquios, Rua das Carmelitas, 100, 3e, Porto, Portugal
Thur.-Fri. June 22nd-23rd - Recoletos Jazz Club, Calle Recoletos, 18, Madrid, Spain
Sun. June 25th - Soliloquios, Rua das Carmelitas, 100, 3e, Porto, Portugal
03/11/2017
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Gary has just been invited to perform at performance artist Deenah Vollmer's Poetry/Protest Music event Thurs. March 30th at Counter Evolution, 37 W. 17th St.—a Benefit for Make the Road New York, the local immigrants rights organization—also appearing are Jeffrey Lewis, Devon Church, poet Josef Kaplan, Susan Hwang and others
photo: performing in the Hellfire Caves High Wycombe England for the marriage of Yuliana Galitskaya and Alec Mahler June 2011
photo: performing in the Hellfire Caves High Wycombe England for the marriage of Yuliana Galitskaya and Alec Mahler June 2011
03/09/2017
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Just out!! New album "Gary and Toni Go Nutz!" Explosive instrumental sonic wonderment on Rare Lumiere, digitally distributed by Okay Music, features "Trout Fishing in Trump Amerika" and other toe-tappers, check out the long-form animation "Cyberpunk" by Rokus Kalapis with music from the new album
03/05/2017
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Interview with Rick Karr about Gary's love of live film scoring for silent and sound films which was broadcast last night Sat. March 4th on NPR's Weekend All Things Considered, listen to the complete broadcast and read the transcript here
photo: performing the world premiere of Gary's new live score for Orson Welles' 1938 silent surrealist classic "Too Much Johnson" at Roulette Brooklyn 1/27/17
photo: performing the world premiere of Gary's new live score for Orson Welles' 1938 silent surrealist classic "Too Much Johnson" at Roulette Brooklyn 1/27/17
03/03/2017
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Tomorrow Sat. March 4th Gary is being interviewed by Rick Karr on NPR's Weekend All Things Considered, tune in at 5pm EST on 93.9FM and 820AM, or listen here!
02/28/2017
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Watch excerpts from the world premiere Jan. 27th 2017 of Gary Lucas' new live score accompanying Orson Welles' silent surrealist comic masterpiece "Too Much Johnson", recorded, filmed, and edited by Phil Mango at Roulette Brooklyn
02/28/2017
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Gary was just confirmed to play solo acoustic at a memorial birthday concert for the late great Giorgio Gomelsky (Yardbirds, Stones, Gong, Julie Driscoll and so much more) Tues. March 21st at Niagara Bar on Ave A, he will go on at 10pm
02/26/2017
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Just confirmed: New GARY LUCAS album coming your way—"FIND IT, AMIGO: THE GREAT LOST GODS AND MONSTERS LIVE ALBUM" CD out Fri. May 12th on the OPM label through Dot Time Records
Photo by Arjen Veldt, Amsterdam, l to r: Jerry Harrison, Ernie Brooks, Jason Candler, Billy Ficca, and yrs truly
The album also features Joe Hendel and special guest Felice Rosser, Jazz-Rock-Psychedelic madness featuring many original songs, plus music by Miles Davis, Suicide, Syd Barrett, Television, Modern Lovers, Abdullah Ibrahim and more
· Flash! Mutant trumpeter Ben Neill is sitting in on Gary's Sun. April 2nd solo concert at Quinn's in Beacon NY
Photo by Arjen Veldt, Amsterdam, l to r: Jerry Harrison, Ernie Brooks, Jason Candler, Billy Ficca, and yrs truly
The album also features Joe Hendel and special guest Felice Rosser, Jazz-Rock-Psychedelic madness featuring many original songs, plus music by Miles Davis, Suicide, Syd Barrett, Television, Modern Lovers, Abdullah Ibrahim and more
· Flash! Mutant trumpeter Ben Neill is sitting in on Gary's Sun. April 2nd solo concert at Quinn's in Beacon NY
02/25/2017
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Check out a new interview with Gary on Captain Beefheart in Classic Rock Lifestyle Italia #52, March 2017, and see the English original of Gary's interview first done over the net with Gabriele Marino and then translated into Italian
02/24/2017
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Arthur Brown was just phenomenal last night—totally brilliant, singing fabulously, better than ever!! The NYC crowd at (le) poisson rouge went berserk. Backstage he was utterly friendly and warm—a genuine diamond geezer
photo by Caroline Sinclair
photo by Caroline Sinclair
02/23/2017
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Sin of Omission: DownBeat Magazine gives Gary big props in a review of a new book "Jews and Jazz"
02/16/2017
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Just confirmed: PARIS show at La Bellevilloise Wed. April 26th as part of Gary and Alessio Franchini's "A TOUCH OF GRACE" Tribute to Jeff Buckley Spring European Tour—check out the new tour trailer here
Tour Schedule:
4/26 - Paris, La Bellevilloise
4/28 Zoetermeer - NL - Borderij
4/29 Heerlen - NL - Heerlen Theatern
5/4 - Roma - IT - Auditorium Parco della Musica
5/5 Madrid - ES - Sala Chango
5/6 Barcelona - ES - Sala Bikini
Tour Schedule:
4/26 - Paris, La Bellevilloise
4/28 Zoetermeer - NL - Borderij
4/29 Heerlen - NL - Heerlen Theatern
5/4 - Roma - IT - Auditorium Parco della Musica
5/5 Madrid - ES - Sala Chango
5/6 Barcelona - ES - Sala Bikini
02/04/2017
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Gary gets a thumbs up from DownBeat in a review of the premiere of his new live score for Orson Welles' "Too Much Johnson" at Roulette Brooklyn 1/27/17
02/03/2017
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Check out the clip for Gary Lucas & Alessio Franchini's "A Touch of Grace" European tour
02/02/2017
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NY Times film critic Glenn Kenny on the world premiere of Gary's new live score for Orson Welles' 1938 silent surrealist film "Too Much Johnson":
"The inchoate genius of Orson Welles further illuminated by the ingenious musical inventions of Gary Lucas. Lucas' ecstatic, dreamy, cleverly referential score takes Welles' unfinished work and floats it on a regenerating psychedelic nimbus."
· Gary is quoted re: Jorma Kaukoken in an article by John Kruth celebrating the 50th anniversary of the release of Jefferson Airplane's "Surrealistic Pillow" album in the NY Observer
"The inchoate genius of Orson Welles further illuminated by the ingenious musical inventions of Gary Lucas. Lucas' ecstatic, dreamy, cleverly referential score takes Welles' unfinished work and floats it on a regenerating psychedelic nimbus."
· Gary is quoted re: Jorma Kaukoken in an article by John Kruth celebrating the 50th anniversary of the release of Jefferson Airplane's "Surrealistic Pillow" album in the NY Observer
02/01/2017
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Just confirmed: "A Touch of Grace" Jeff Buckley Tribute with Gary Lucas and Alessio Franchini on vocals, on Thurs. May 4th in Rome, Italy at the Auditorium Parco della Musica
01/28/2017
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Gary performs in this official live clip at the UN before the General Assembly 1/27/17 for International Holocaust Remembrance Day
01/23/2017
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This just in from Richard Gehr in Relix Magazine re: Gary Lucas' FLEISCHEREI album on Cuneiform Records:
"Swing, you sinners. During the pre-Hays Code '30s, Fleischer Studios' cartoons purveyed family-friendly sexual innuendo from scantily clad vixens, giant circus clowns, talking dogs, unmarried mothers, and horny sailors amid luridly pulsating black-and-white backgrounds. Guitarist Gary Lucas and his flippy-floppy jass combo reanimate the music of these debaucherously delightful Betty Boop and Popeye cartoons on Fleischerei! (Cuneiform). Lucas's dazzling slide guitar work and Sarah Stiles's saucy soprano will teleport you to some of the pre-war America's trippier environments. You'll want to listen to songs like 'The Broken Record' on permanent repeat."
· Clip of Gary at the Women's March NYC 1/21/17
"Swing, you sinners. During the pre-Hays Code '30s, Fleischer Studios' cartoons purveyed family-friendly sexual innuendo from scantily clad vixens, giant circus clowns, talking dogs, unmarried mothers, and horny sailors amid luridly pulsating black-and-white backgrounds. Guitarist Gary Lucas and his flippy-floppy jass combo reanimate the music of these debaucherously delightful Betty Boop and Popeye cartoons on Fleischerei! (Cuneiform). Lucas's dazzling slide guitar work and Sarah Stiles's saucy soprano will teleport you to some of the pre-war America's trippier environments. You'll want to listen to songs like 'The Broken Record' on permanent repeat."
· Clip of Gary at the Women's March NYC 1/21/17
01/21/2017
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TONIGHT!! In the spirit of the Inauguration, "Trout Fishing in Trump Amerika" is getting a spin this Sat. night Jan. 21st on Co De Kloet's long-running "Co Live!" program on national Dutch radio NPO—tune in at 7pm Dutch time, 1 pm EST, listen live here; as featured on the new "Gary and Toni Go Nutz!" album from Gary Lucas and Toni Dezso—listen here
· Gary was interviewed on legendary Bob Fass' Radio Unnameable show at 12:30am last night on WBAI in NYC to wax wroth re Trumpasoreass Erectus, listen around 30 minutes in here from WBAI's digital archive; he comes back again a second time in the program for more of the interview at 1:22:49
· Gary was interviewed on legendary Bob Fass' Radio Unnameable show at 12:30am last night on WBAI in NYC to wax wroth re Trumpasoreass Erectus, listen around 30 minutes in here from WBAI's digital archive; he comes back again a second time in the program for more of the interview at 1:22:49
01/19/2017
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Just confirmed: I am going on legendary Bob Fass' Radio Unnameable tonight Thurs. Jan. 19th on WBAI 99.5 FM New York at 12:30am EST to talk about my upcoming appearances at the UN and Roulette Jan. 27th, and new albums and stuff, maybe play live solo acoustic from my livingroom (it's a phoner) if Lulu and Caroline will let me :-) Listen live here
· Read the latest Press Release
· Read the latest Press Release
01/17/2017
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On Fri. Jan. 27th Gary will perform solo before the General Assembly as part of their Holocaust Remembrance Ceremonies. He will perform around 11:20am after speeches by the Secretary General and the US and Israeli ambassadors. Any friends and supporters who would like to attend should register on the UN website asap. Registration closes on Jan. 20th and no-one will be allowed into the venue if they have not registered. Everyone coming to the event must bring photo id with them.
01/15/2017
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Happy Birthday Don Van Vliet (Captain Beefheart), who would have been 76 today Jan. 15th!! Please enjoy a selection of Don Van Vliet's art from Gary's private collection, and this reminiscence about his early experiences working with Don from "Dangerous Minds"
01/13/2017
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Just confirmed, Gary performs solo acoustic on Feb. 14th at the Music Hall of Williamsburg in NYC as part of a special Valentine's Day VILLAGE OF LOVE Planned Parenthood of NYC Benefit Concert & Dance, also featuring Kid Congo Powers, Eleanor Friedberger and others
01/08/2017
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Gary with the late great Bernie Worrell 5 years ago today 1/8/12 backstage at (le) poisson rouge after sitting in with him and his band for the NYC Winter Jazzfest