(Paul Simon, Bob Dylan et al) selects Gary Lucas as one of his favorite artists in his recent Huffington Post blog:
New York native guitar monster and devilish-voiced composer Gary Lucas lives in his own frequency. A compulsive truth-teller and an earnest artist with a riveting presence. The Grammy-nominated Lucas co-penned Jeff Buckley's "Grace" and "Mojo Pin" and Joan Osborne's "Spider Web", to name a few. Collaborations include the great Captain Beefheart, Jerry Harrison (of Talking Heads), John Cale, Lou Reed, Yael Naim, Iggy Pop, Van Dyke Parks, and Chris Cornell. Lucas's music imagination is infinite, but startwith his take on the Syd Barrett title "Astronomy Domine," from the 1992 album "Gods and Monsters". It's spooky and enigmatic. Currently touring.
Check out live clips from all over
the world spanning Gary's career now on YouTube at the OutFromUnderLive Channel — new clips added frequently
Many of Gary Lucas' Long Out of Print Catalog Albums and New
DVD now upgraded visually using the best source print currently available ("restored" and colour tinted), and all CDs and DVDs for sale are now autographed by Gary — see the merchandise section
Check out Gary's new solo acoustic website
Read a rave review of the new Chase the Devil album from Yahoo.com
Just released on Knitting Factory Records—the new Chase the Devil album, and a reissue of Gary's celebrated 30's Chinese pop album "The Edge of Heaven" with bonus tracks—download them here and here
Check out a new review of Chase the Devil's concert in Venice last December, from Kinematrix.net
02/08/2010
Two recent Gary Lucas interviews for Outsight Radio Hours are now archived here
02/05/2010
Check out three new YouTube clips of Gary and Najma Akhtar live at the WOMAD Festival Las Palmas last November!
"Soul Taker" | "Aksar" | "Rishte"
02/01/2010
Download a podcast interview with Gary about his Rishte" album with Najma Akhtar, and his new Chase the Devil project with Dean Bowman, from Outsight Radio Hours here (iTunes) or here
Gary's upcoming NYC music and film projects—"The Golem" at the Rubin Museum Feb. 5th and "Cinefantastique" at the Gerswhin Hotel Feb. 9th—are picked in The New Yorker and in the NY Post this week
01/26/2010
Check out a clip of Gary playing live at the Tuli Kupferberg Benefit at St Ann's Warehouse NYC last Friday
01/17/2010
Gary is praised in the latest issue of MOJO by psychedelic renegades Amorphous Androgynous, and their collaboration "Opus of the Back Sun" graces the covermount CD (additional article here)
01/15/2010
"Rishte" chosen as one of the Best of 2009 in Sons magazine Spain
English translation of rave review of Gary's Spanish "Dracula" premiere at the Havana Film Festival 12/11/09, plus interview with Gary
12/14/2009
Read a rave review of the world premiere of Gary's Spanish "Dracula" project in Havana from Granma, Cuba's largest newspaper
Read an interview with Gary about his Spanish "Dracula" project from the Diario Del Festival Internacional Del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano from 12/12/09
Read a description of Gary's triumphant world premiere of his new live score for the Spanish-language "Dracula" at the 31st Havana Film Festival from the official festival program
Read an interview in Spanish with Gary about his Spanish language "Dracula" project from the official press conference held in the Hotel Nacional de Cuba from 12/10/09
12/11/2009
Gary selects his Best of 2009 for Portuguese music magazine Bodyspace