PAST NEWS: 2019
12/29/2019
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Read a live review of Gary and The Niro's live show in Milan last week, English translation here
· New live review of Gary and The Niro's concert in Rome, Italy in Mescalina Magazine, English translation here
· New live review of Gary and The Niro's concert in Rome, Italy in Mescalina Magazine, English translation here
12/27/2019
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Gary, The Niro and Francesco Arpino perform an acoustic "Story Without Words" live for Italian national newspaper La Reppublica in a hotel lobby in Italy
12/17/2019
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Just confirmed: Wed. March 4th, Gary Lucas plays his live soundtrack accompanying an incredible new restoration of the classic 1920 German expressionist horror film "The Golem" (d. Paul Wegener and Carl Boese) at the Cornell Cinema at Cornell University in Ithaca NY, photo to the left by Arjen Veldt
· Listen to Gary solo acoustic on Co Live! broadcast yesterday on national Dutch radio NTR, taped at Nick Vollebregt's famous jazz club in Laren Holland
· Listen to Gary solo acoustic on Co Live! broadcast yesterday on national Dutch radio NTR, taped at Nick Vollebregt's famous jazz club in Laren Holland
12/14/2019
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Read a great new review of THE COMPLETE JEFF BUCKLEY AND GARY LUCAS SONGBOOK in the new issue of Relix
12/12/2019
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Read a new article/interview with Gary Lucas in Italian Rolling Stone about working with Jeff Buckley, English translation here
12/10/2019
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Read a great new review of Gary's new album with The Niro on JP's Music Blog
11/28/2019
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Check out the poster for Gary's upcoming shows in Italy with The Niro
11/28/2019
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Just added to the upcoming Italian tour with The Niro, Fri. Dec. 20th in Milano at Serraglio
11/26/2019
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Just confirmed: Wed. Feb. 19th, 7pm, Joe's Pub NYC - GARY LUCAS AND FRENZ, with special guests Ernie Brooks, Billy Ficca, Jason Candler, Feifei Yang, and all the way from the UK, Pierre Roxon, more tba
11/26/2019
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English translation of new review of "The Complete Jeff Buckley and Gary Lucas Songbook" in Polish music blog LongPlay-recenzje
11/21/2019
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Just confirmed: Sun. Dec. 15th, Gary performs live solo acoustic on the long-running show live from the famous jazz club Nick Vollebregt Jazz Cafe in Laren Netherlands, hosted by his old friend Co de Kloet. The show will be broadcast from 7-9pm that night on national Dutch radio NTR. Famous musicians who have played at the Jazz Cafe include Chet Baker, Dizzy Gillespie, Art Blakey and Bill Evans.
11/10/2019
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UPCOMING GARY LUCAS SHOWS IN FRANCE, BELGIUM, NETHERLANDS AND ITALY THROUGH NEW YEAR'S
Gary Lucas and Yass Body Masterclass Tour
Sat. 30/11 : Le Metaphone 9-9 bis, Oignies, France
Sun. 01/12 : Amul Solo, Lille, France
Mon. 02/12 : CEMC, Clamart Henri Dutilleux Conservatoire de la Musique, Clamart, France
Wed. 04/12 : Conservatory of Music, Dunkerque, France
"Grace" Tributes in Belgium and Netherlands
Fri. 13/12 : "Grace" Tribute with Dutch musicians at C-Mine Genk Belgium
Sat. 14/12 : "Grace" Tribute with Dutch musicians at Eindhoven Musiekgebouw
Gary Lucas and Jeff Buckley Songbook Italian concerts with The Niro and Francesco Arpino
Wed. 18/12 : Druso, Bergamo
Thu. 19/12 : Astro Club, Pordenone
Sat. 21/12 : Bad King, Perugia
Sun. 22/12 : Area Fuori Tema, Bologna
Mon. 23/12 : i vizi del Pellicano, Correggio (MO)
Thu. 26/12 : BLAH BLAH Torino
Fri. 27/12 : MONK Roma, Roma
Sat. 28/12 : Mercato Nuovo, Taranto
Sun. 29/12 : Anche Cinema, Bari
Gary Lucas and Yass Body Masterclass Tour
Sat. 30/11 : Le Metaphone 9-9 bis, Oignies, France
Sun. 01/12 : Amul Solo, Lille, France
Mon. 02/12 : CEMC, Clamart Henri Dutilleux Conservatoire de la Musique, Clamart, France
Wed. 04/12 : Conservatory of Music, Dunkerque, France
"Grace" Tributes in Belgium and Netherlands
Fri. 13/12 : "Grace" Tribute with Dutch musicians at C-Mine Genk Belgium
Sat. 14/12 : "Grace" Tribute with Dutch musicians at Eindhoven Musiekgebouw
Gary Lucas and Jeff Buckley Songbook Italian concerts with The Niro and Francesco Arpino
Wed. 18/12 : Druso, Bergamo
Thu. 19/12 : Astro Club, Pordenone
Sat. 21/12 : Bad King, Perugia
Sun. 22/12 : Area Fuori Tema, Bologna
Mon. 23/12 : i vizi del Pellicano, Correggio (MO)
Thu. 26/12 : BLAH BLAH Torino
Fri. 27/12 : MONK Roma, Roma
Sat. 28/12 : Mercato Nuovo, Taranto
Sun. 29/12 : Anche Cinema, Bari
11/09/2019
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New Italian Tour Dates just announced for Gary Lucas and The Niro!!
18/12 Druso, Bergamo
19/12 Astro Club, Pordenone
21/12 Bad King, Perugia
22/12 Area Fuori Tema, Bologna
23/12 i vizi del Pellicano, Correggio (MO)
26/12 BLAH BLAH Torino
27/12 MONK Roma, Roma
28/12 Mercato Nuovo, Taranto
29/12 Anche Cinema, Bari
Booking:
Musiche Metropolitane e La Fabbrica Etichetta Indipendente
18/12 Druso, Bergamo
19/12 Astro Club, Pordenone
21/12 Bad King, Perugia
22/12 Area Fuori Tema, Bologna
23/12 i vizi del Pellicano, Correggio (MO)
26/12 BLAH BLAH Torino
27/12 MONK Roma, Roma
28/12 Mercato Nuovo, Taranto
29/12 Anche Cinema, Bari
Booking:
Musiche Metropolitane e La Fabbrica Etichetta Indipendente
11/07/2019
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By kind invitation of the US Embassy in Mexico, Gary is honored to be giving a solo concert for disadvantaged Mexican children this Fri. night Nov. 8th at the Biblioteca Benjamin Franklin in Mexico City at 7pm
11/06/2019
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Read a rave review of Gary's Spanish "Dracula" show in Cuernavaca Mexico for Day of the Dead 11/3/19
11/05/2019
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With Solange Garcia in Mexico City about to play Spanish "Dracula" at Cine Tonala 11/2/19 for Day of the Dead
11/02/2019
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With Gary's friend and collaborator Sandra Bernhard at the Chutzpah! Festival in Vancouver Canada 11/1/19
10/30/2019
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Gary's two Day of the Dead shows with Spanish "Dracula" are a pick in Mexico's national newspaper La Jornada today
10/23/2019
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8 out of 10 in OA Plus (Italy) for The Niro featuring Gary Lucas - "The Complete Jeff Buckley and Gary Lucas Songbook", English translation here
10/18/2019
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Read a new interview with Gary from The Georgia Straight about his upcoming concert in Vancouver at the Chutzpah! Festival Oct 30th with his live soundtracks for Spanish "Dracula" and "Frankenstein"
· View the poster for Gary's upcoming "Grace" tribute show in the Netherlands
· View the poster for Gary's upcoming "Grace" tribute show in the Netherlands
10/12/2019
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Updates made to the Tour section
10/10/2019
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View the poster for Gary's upcoming charity concert in Mexico City at Biblioteca Benjamin Frank on Fri. Nov. 8th
10/10/2019
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Rave review of THE COMPLETE JEFF BUCKLEY AND GARY LUCAS SONGBOOK from Indie-Zone (Italy), English translation here
10/05/2019
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Check out the posters for Gary's 2 special Day of the Dead shows with Spanish "Dracula" in Mexico! Sat. Nov. 2nd at Cine Tonala in Mexico City, and Sunday Nov. 3rd at Teopanzolco Centro Cultural in Cuernavaca!
10/03/2019
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Read a rave review of THE COMPLETE JEFF BUCKLEY AND GARY LUCAS SONGBOOK from Magazzini Inesistenti, English translation here
10/02/2019
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Check out great reviews of THE COMPLETE JEFF BUCKLEY AND GARY LUCAS SONGBOOK featuring Gary and The Niro from the latest issue of UnCut Magazine and in the latest issue of Il Manifesto Italy, English translation here
· Watch a new clip for "She is Free", one of the Buckley/Lucas songs that graces the album—released in Italia Oct. 4th and in the US Nov. 8th on Esordisco
· Watch a new clip for "She is Free", one of the Buckley/Lucas songs that graces the album—released in Italia Oct. 4th and in the US Nov. 8th on Esordisco
09/28/2019
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Write a new song with Gary at Hookist.com!! Gary's looking for lyrics to go along with a new instrumental of his, check out the story so far on YouTube here and here—submit your lyrics now
09/12/2019
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Read a new interview with Gary from J Dubber Music Promotions
08/24/2019
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Gary Lucas' collaboration with Jeff Buckley is spotlighted in the new Rolling Stone, in the Consequence of Sound, and in Headstuff
· New interview with Gary Lucas on Australian national radio network ABC
· New interview with Gary Lucas on Australian national radio network ABC
08/23/2019
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Celebrating 25 years of "Grace", Gary shares the original Gods and Monsters studio demo version from 1991
photo by Jack Vartoogian
photo by Jack Vartoogian
08/23/2019
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Two more gigs announced in Mexico City:
Sat. Nov. 2nd SPECIAL DAY OF THE DEAD SHOW at Cine Tonala in Mexico City - Spanish "Dracula" rises again, time tba
Fri. Nov. 8th free Masterclass and Solo Acoustic concert for disadvantaged Mexican children at the Biblioteca Benjamin Franklin in Mexico City, times tba—this is Gary's 7th time playing there!
Sat. Nov. 2nd SPECIAL DAY OF THE DEAD SHOW at Cine Tonala in Mexico City - Spanish "Dracula" rises again, time tba
Fri. Nov. 8th free Masterclass and Solo Acoustic concert for disadvantaged Mexican children at the Biblioteca Benjamin Franklin in Mexico City, times tba—this is Gary's 7th time playing there!
08/20/2019
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Gary is interviewed in an article about the 50th anniversary of "Trout Mask Replica" in the latest Pop Matters
08/10/2019
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Listen to "No One Must Find You Here", one of 5 unreleased Lucas/Buckley songs featured on the forthcoming album by The Niro and Gary Lucas, THE COMPLETE JEFF BUCKLEY AND GARY LUCAS SONGBOOK, released Oct. 4th on Esordisco
photo taken in Rome 7/21/19 by Paolo Soriani
photo taken in Rome 7/21/19 by Paolo Soriani
08/10/2019
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Check out the complete interview with Gary about working with Jeff Buckley and his forthcoming album with the Niro, THE COMPLETE JEFF BUCKLEY AND GARY LUCAS SONGBOOK as it ran in Italian national newspaper Il Messagero 7/20/19
08/03/2019
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Check out a new clip of Gary playing live solo acoustic on a rooftop in Porto Portugal—thanks to Tiago Ferreira
08/03/2019
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Another rave review of Gary and The Niro's teaser concert at Villa Ada Rome 7/21/19 in Post.it Roma
photo by Paolo Soriani
photo by Paolo Soriani
08/03/2019
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New date Wed. Sept. 18th 7-8pm for THE EDGE OF HEAVEN (Gary, Feifei Yang and Jason Candler) at the Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA) as part of their exhibition "The Moon Represents My Heart: Music, Memory and Belonging"
08/02/2019
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Another rave review for Gary and The Niro's live tribute in Rome last week 7/21/19 in End of a Century magazine
photo by Paolo Soriani
photo by Paolo Soriani
07/29/2019
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Read a live review from Metropolitan Magazine of Gary's concert with Italian vocalist The Niro on 7/21/19 at Villa Ada in Rome, a teaser for their new album "The Complete Jeff Buckley and Gary Lucas Songbook", released Oct. 4th on Esordisco
See some images from the concert in updates made to the Photos
photo by Paolo Soriani
See some images from the concert in updates made to the Photos
photo by Paolo Soriani
07/29/2019
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New interview with Gary in The Times of Israel about performing "The Golem" at The Metrograph NYC recently
07/27/2019
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Just confirmed: by popular demand, Gary returns to The Colony in Woodstock with his one-man multimedia show "From Beefheart to Buckley and Beyond"—featuring stories from his 40 year career in music, rare clips, and lots and lots of guitar spanning his 30 plus albums on Fri. Sept. 6th at 8:00pm
07/23/2019
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Front page of Italian national newspaper Il Messagero's cultural section 7/21/19, see it larger here
07/20/2019
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Gary is interviewed in Italian national newspaper Il Messagero about working with The Niro on "The Complete Jeff Buckley and Gary Lucas Songbook"—released Oct. 4th on Esordisco
07/20/2019
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Gary plays a special outdoor concert tribute to Jeff Buckley in Rome's largest park Villa Ada tomorrow Sunday July 21st at 9:30pm with singer The Niro and producer Francesco Arpino as a teaser for the Oct. 4th release of "The Complete Jeff Buckley and Gary Lucas Songbook" album on Esordisco
07/12/2019
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Check out Joseph Arthur's cool new YouTube podcast "Come to Where I'm From", featuring Gary being interviewed for 2 hours on all phases of his career by JA
07/11/2019
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EARLY HALLOWEEN:
Just confirmed for Wed. Oct. 30th at the Chutzpah! Festival in Vancouver BC
"DRACULA VS. FRANKENSTEIN"
2 of Gary's favorite live film scores
George Melford's Spanish "Dracula" at 7pm
and James Whale's "Frankenstein" at 9pm on the MainStage
Just confirmed for Wed. Oct. 30th at the Chutzpah! Festival in Vancouver BC
"DRACULA VS. FRANKENSTEIN"
2 of Gary's favorite live film scores
George Melford's Spanish "Dracula" at 7pm
and James Whale's "Frankenstein" at 9pm on the MainStage
07/02/2019
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Just confirmed: Italian vocalist Davide Combusti (The Niro), keyboardist/producer Francesco Arpino and Gary with a smoking rhythm section behind them will perform selections from their forthcoming album THE COMPLETE JEFF BUCKLEY AND GARY LUCAS SONG BOOK (coming this fall on Esordisco) at lovely Villa Ada, a beautiful open-air park in Rome on Sunday July 21st at 8pm
photo of The Niro and Gary by Paolo Soriani
photo of The Niro and Gary by Paolo Soriani
06/20/2019
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THIS FRIDAY AT 5pm on the Joe's Pub Outdoors Stage, THE EDGE OF HEAVEN live at the Make Music NY Festival!!
06/20/2019
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From Jian Xiao, who headed up the restoration of 1934 Chinese silent film classic "The Goddess", which Gary recently accompanied with his original live solo score at the Transylvania International Film Festival:
"Thank you very much Mr. Gary Lucas for playing your live solo guitar soundtrack for "The Goddess" at TIFF. This film is about a tragedy in early Shanghai, China. Gary Lucas uses his guitar plus his understanding of the film to show the essence of the film vividly. At the climax of the film, his guitar score drives the audience to tears. This is the best time I've seen famous diva actress Ruan Lingyu's show-stopping scene driven by music outside of China. Lucas' score promotes the integration of Eastern and Western cultures, so that European audiences can better understand the film."
—Jiao Xiang, China Film Archive, Beijing 2019.6.18
photo by Nicu Cherciu
"Thank you very much Mr. Gary Lucas for playing your live solo guitar soundtrack for "The Goddess" at TIFF. This film is about a tragedy in early Shanghai, China. Gary Lucas uses his guitar plus his understanding of the film to show the essence of the film vividly. At the climax of the film, his guitar score drives the audience to tears. This is the best time I've seen famous diva actress Ruan Lingyu's show-stopping scene driven by music outside of China. Lucas' score promotes the integration of Eastern and Western cultures, so that European audiences can better understand the film."
—Jiao Xiang, China Film Archive, Beijing 2019.6.18
photo by Nicu Cherciu
06/17/2019
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New interview podcast with Gary on Fred.FM about his live performance with "The Goddess" last week at the Transylvania International Film Festival
06/08/2019
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Some fantastic photos by Nicu Cherciu from Gary's sold-out show with "The Goddess" at the Transylvania International Film Festival 6/5/19
06/07/2019
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Sold-out and standing ovation for Gary's show with "The Goddess" in the Church of the Holy Trinity at the Transilvania International Film Festival in Cluj Romania 6/5/19
05/31/2019
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Hey guys I'm playing solo acoustic here in the West Village at legendary jazz/blues watering hole The 55 Bar Sunday June 16th from 3-5pm...which happens to be Bloomsday for all you James Joyce fans...and also the actual 50th anniversary to the day of the release of Trout Mask Replica...expect the unexpected
05/03/2019
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With Feifei Yang at the Museum Of Chinese in America (MOCA)'s party for the opening of their new exhibition "The Moon Represents My Heart: Music, Memory and Belonging" 5/1/19 NYC
04/30/2019
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New album THE COMPLETE JEFF BUCKLEY AND GARY LUCAS SONGBOOK coming this fall from Italian label Esordisco featuring Davide Combusti (The Niro) and produced by Francesco Arpino; this news item just appeared in the Italian music magazine Buscadero
04/26/2019
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Just confirmed: Gary, Feifei Yang, and Jason Candler will bring THE EDGE OF HEAVEN to The Cutting Room NYC on Tues. May 28th at 9:30pm, with hypnotic visuals by Kristopher Anton
photo by Frederic Foto
photo by Frederic Foto
04/24/2019
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Rave review in the latest issue French music mag Rock&Folk for Gary's live solo show in Paris March 9th
04/17/2019
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Flash!! Gary was just invited to perform his celebrated solo score for the 1934 Chinese silent film "The Goddess" at the Transylvania International Film Festival (TIFF) on Wed. June 5th in Cluj Romania—his second time performing at this cool festival, a special event of TIFF 18's Focus China program
04/16/2019
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Check out the new track "Toby's Place" featuring Gary along with UK drum and bass meisters Arkell and Hargreaves on the new On-U Sounds compilation "Pay It All Back Vol. 7", produced and mixed by Adrian Sherwood
04/11/2019
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Just confirmed: Gary will perform his celebrated live solo score accompanying a brand new restored print of "The Golem" struck from the original German negative on Sat. June 15th at the Metrograph, NYC's premier arthouse cinema; part of his ongoing live score retrospective there, curated by Jacob Perlin and Bob Rubin
03/21/2019
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Rave review from Frederic Bonnaud, Directeur general de la Cinematheque francaise, for Gary's new live solo score for Erich Von Stroheim's "The Wedding March", which he premiered in Paris on March 1st
03/14/2019
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Gary packed the Sunset Jazz Club with his tribute to Jeff Buckley and Captain Beefheart Sat. March 9th—special guests included Davide Combusti (The Niro) and Francesco Arpino from Rome pictured here, plus Yass Body, David Konopnicki, David Fenech, Laurent Davd and special guest Jan-Philippe Rykiel; read an appreciation here by writer Julie Blore-Bizot
photo to the left: Gary, The Niro and Francesco Arpino at Sunset Jazz Club Paris 3/9/19
photo to the left: Gary, The Niro and Francesco Arpino at Sunset Jazz Club Paris 3/9/19
03/05/2019
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Gary packed the Cinematheque francaise in Paris on Fri. March 1st with the world premiere of his new live solo score accompanying Erich Von Stroheim's 1928 silent masterpiece "The Wedding March"
02/22/2019
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Check out a live clip of Gary, Feifei Yang and Jason Candler at Joe's Pub at the Public NYC 2/20/19 performing "The Moon Represents My Heart" as part of their EDGE OF HEAVEN project with special guest Yao Wang on guzheng
02/21/2019
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This Fri. night Fed. 22nd at The Colony in Woodstock, with Gary's special guests Josiah Longo and Mimi Sun Longo sitting in!
02/09/2019
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Save the date: Fri. March 1st Gary returns to la Cinematheque francaise in Paris at 8:30pm to perform the world premiere of his new live solo score accompanying Erich Von Stroheim's 1928 romantic silent drama "The Wedding March" (La Symphonie nuptials) in the Henri Langlois Theatre
01/28/2019
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The European premiere of Gary's live solo score for Luis Bunuel's "El Angel Exterminador" at Sala BBK in Bilbao Spain a Pick in El Correo 1/27/19
01/17/2019
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Two upcoming NYC shows just confirmed:
Mon. Feb. 4th, 8pm, Mercury Lounge NYC - Gary performs solo on "Opening Day", celebrating the opening of the Mercury Lounge 25 years ago to the day on a bill with friends and collaborators Richard Barone, Peter Stampfel and Laura Cantrell, tickets here
Fri. Mar. 15th, 8pm, City Vineyard on Pier 26, NYC - An Evening with Gary Lucas solo acoustic, with his special guest Feifei Yang sitting in, tickets here
Mon. Feb. 4th, 8pm, Mercury Lounge NYC - Gary performs solo on "Opening Day", celebrating the opening of the Mercury Lounge 25 years ago to the day on a bill with friends and collaborators Richard Barone, Peter Stampfel and Laura Cantrell, tickets here
Fri. Mar. 15th, 8pm, City Vineyard on Pier 26, NYC - An Evening with Gary Lucas solo acoustic, with his special guest Feifei Yang sitting in, tickets here
01/15/2019
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Photo to the left: Full House for Gary's performance with his live solo score for "The Unholy Three", part of his ongoing retrospective of his live scores at The Metrograph NYC 1/11/19, view a clip here
photo by Phil Mango
photo by Phil Mango