(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
Gary closes the 1st International Fantasy Film Festival of Sao Paulo Brazil-SP Terror with "The Golem" Thursday night!!
06/29/2009
Read a new "Rishte" review from Word Music Central
"Rishte" is Disc of the Day on the Jazz Breakfast website and receives a rave review on the Fly Global Music site
06/24/2009
Check out the press release for Gary's performance closing the Malaga Film Festival with "The Golem" this Friday!
Check out the program for the Malaga Film Festival, which Gary closes this Friday with "The Golem" (see page 24)
Read a rave review of "Rishte" from Marseille daily newspaper "La Marseillaise"
06/23/2009
Both Gary's shows at the Holland Festival in Amsterdam on Wed. and Thursday playing his new score for "J'Accuse" are sold-out!!
See a clip from the film "J'Accuse" with Gary's title music featuring violinist Emi Ohi Resnick, from Dutch national newspaper De Volkskrant
Read a new Spanish review of "Rishte" from Culturas (La Vanguardia cultural supplement), English translation here
Check out a feature on Chase the Devil (Gary and Dean Bowman) from the latest issue of online Jewish magazine Tablet
"Rishte" receives 4 out of 5 in Haute Fidelite (France), english translation here
Read a 5 star review of "Rishte" from the Financial Times (UK)
Read a rave "Rishte" review in the Australian Cyclic Defrost Magazine
Read a fan's blog tribute to Gary Lucas & Gods and Monsters 20th Anniversary Show
06/14/2009
Read a rave review of Gary Lucas & Gods and Monsters 20th Anniversary Show at Gramercy Theater NYC
Check out a fan's review of Gary's 20th Anniversary Show posted to Beefheart.com
Check out this clip from the gala event of Gary and Alan Vega performing their new song "Life Kills"
Updates made to the tour section
Updates made to the pics, including photos of Gary's 20th Anniversary Show at the Gramercy Theater NYC 6/11/09
06/11/2009
Read a rave review of "Rishte" from the new issue of Songlines (UK)
Read the new press release (in Portuguese) for Gary's "Golem" show July 2nd in Sao Paolo Brazil, closing the 1st International Fantasy Film Festival of Sao Paolo—SP Terror
06/09/2009
Gary's 20th Anniversary Show at the Gramercy Theater NYC this Thursday is a featured pick in Time Out New York!!
06/07/2009
See the playlist for the recent Gary Lucas Special on national German Radio Deutschlandfunk's "Soundcheck" program, hosted by Karl Lippegaus
06/05/2009
Gary performs live solo acoustic at Time Out New York 6/2/09 to plug his upcoming 20th anniversary show at the Gramercy Theater June 11th in NYC
06/04/2009
Check out a 4 Star review of "Rishte" in the new MOJO!!
Gary Lucas and Jason Candler on the legendary Bob Fass' WBAI program "Radio Unnameable" tonight at midnight!! Listen to the archived show at archive.wbai.org, scroll down and click on Radio Unnameable for Friday June 5th
06/03/2009
Check out the press release for "J'Accuse" at the Holland Festival in Amsterdam June 23-24th, with a new live score by Gary Lucas and Reza Namavar
Gary and Najma's "Rishte" makes the "Top of the World" Top Ten in the new issue of Songlines (UK)—a track from their album is featured on a CD covermount compilation
Gary's performance last September at the Hollandsche Schouwburg Jewish Memorial in Amsterdam is highlighted in the institution's annual report
Check out "Nobody's House", new studio track from Chase the Devil (Gary and Dean Bowman) on Gary's myspace jukebox now
Updates made to the pics
05/29/2009
Sign up as a friend on Gary Lucas and Najma Akhtar's new "Rishte" MySpace site!
Check out four Tom Waits songs performed by Gary and friends at the recent NYC book party held for famed music writer Barney Hoskyn's new Waits biography "Low Side of the Road"
05/27/2009
Chase the Devil (Gary and Dean Bowman) are a Pick in Time Out NY today for their upcoming free show this Friday at BAMcafe in NYC
Check out this rave about Gary and Najma Akhtar's forthcoming "Rishte" album from Karl Lippegaus of national German public radio
05/24/2009
Read a rave review of Fast 'N Bulbous' "Waxed Oop" from beefheart.com
Check out the new single "Kazan" (Japanese for "volcano") from Wild Rumpus (Gary and DJ Cosmo)—coming soon on Japanese dance label Mule Musiq, now playing on their MySpace jukebox
Check out the new additions to Gary's through the past, brightly archive
05/23/2009
Gary and Dion October from UK band Good Weather Girl perform the Beatles' "Here Comes the Sun" and John Lennon's "Cold Turkey" in London recently
Read a rave review of Gary and Najma Akhtar's forthcoming "Rishte" album from the June issue of fRoots (UK)
Read a new feature interview with Gary from the Manchester Jewish Telegraph
05/13/2009
Gary is a pick in BrooklynVegan today
New article in the NY Times on the resurgence of Golem-mania in Prague—read a short story here about Gary playing his original solo guitarsoundtrack with "The Golem" in Prague
Gary is praised by his former Yale English professor William Zinsser in a reminiscence in the April issue of the Yale Alumni Magazine
05/11/2009
Jon Spencer just added as a special guest to Gary Lucas and Gods and Monsters' 20th Anniversary Show at the Blender Theater NYC June 11th!
05/07/2009
Legendary performers Alan Vega, Lenny Kaye and Peter Stampfel confirmed now as special guests at Gary Lucas & Gods and Monsters 20th Anniversary Show at the Blender Theater in NYC on Thursday, June 11th
05/03/2009
Check out the press release for Gary's headlining solo show at the Jazz Cafe London Sat. May 16th with his special guests The Dark Poets sitting-in
Check out this flyer for Gary's upcoming appearance at the Holland Festival in Amsterdam performing his new score live for "J'Accuse"
New track "Jerusalem" from Chase the Devil (Gary Lucas and Dean Bowman) up now on Gary's myspace jukebox
Check out a rave review of the new Fast 'N Bulbous album "Waxed Oop" in the May 2009 issue of The Word (UK)
04/21/2009
Gary celebrates the new Dylan album and talks and plays live this Thursday at midnight on the legendary Bob Fass' "Radio Unnameable" program, WBAI FM, 99.5 FM NYC, listen live on the web at http://stream.wbai.org/
04/19/2009
Gary performs George Gershwin's "Our Love is Here to Stay" at a memorial service in Riverside California for his father Murray Lucas, who died on Passover at age 86
Updates made to the bio
Gary headlines London's prestigious Jazz Cafe solo on Saturday May 16th, with his friends The Dark Poets sitting in with him on a few numbers. The direct link for tickets is here. They can also be booked over the phone: 08700 603 777, and restaurant tickets can be booked on +44 (0) 207 688 8899
04/03/2009
Added Mercedes Ferrer "Travesia" to the discography
04/01/2009
Check out a 4 star review from Uncut of Gary Lucas and Gerald Zbinden's "Down the Rabbit Hole" album
Promo video for Wild Rumpus' "Rock the Joint" single now over 50,000 hits on all websites, and rising...
New live clip "Nobody's House", an original song by Chase the Devil featuring music by Gary Lucas and lyrics by Dean Bowman, up now on YouTube
Updates made to the tour section
03/26/2009
Gary's music featured on UK radio today at 9:00pm GMT, 5:00pm eastern daylight time, more info in the tour section
03/18/2009
Wild Rumpus' "Rock the Joint" is video of the week on BBC 6 Music
Click on the Monday button and listen to an interview with animator Tabbi about 2 hrs. 21 min, into the show
Over 35,000 hits to date, and rising...
Check out this recent No. 1 charting of a new track from Gary and Najma Akhtar's forthcoming album "Rishte" on taste-maker internet radio station North Fork Sound—"Rishte" is released June 15th worldwide on Harmonia Mundi/World Village
03/16/2009
Chase the Devil (Gary Lucas and Dean Bowman) new live concert clip "Hinay Ma Tov" up now on YouTube
03/09/2009
Check out a special Spanish radio podcast from Catalonia about Gary's career entitled ONES DE CROM (Chromatic Waves)
03/05/2009
Check out the new catalogue for the 2009 Holland Festival (the Netherlands' biggest arts festival) with details of Gary's upcoming collaboration with Dutch-Iranian composer Reza Namavar scoring Abel Gance's silent film masterpiece "J'Accuse" live—world premiere at the Stadsschouwburg Amsterdam June 23rd and June 24th!
03/04/2009
Check out a new review on 2/25/09 of Gary's first album "Skeleton at the Feast" (1990, reissued 2008) at Musebin.com
Five new live clips of Chase the Devil—Gary's new spiritual roots project with jazz/blues vocalist Dean Bowman—up now on the garylucas YouTube channel—including "Hinay Ma Tov" (English translation here), "Jerusalem", and "Let My People Go" (different closeup angle)
