"The Edge of Heaven" Gary Lucas Plays Mid-Century Chinese Pop EPK

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VSPACE=2 SRC="http://garylucas.com/www/disc/edge/edge_inner_cover.jpg" BORDER=0></A> </TR></TD> <TR><TD> <A HREF="http://garylucas.com/www/disc/edge/edgeMAIN.html" TARGET="BODYFR"><IMG WIDTH=200 HEIGHT=172 ALIGN=LEFT HSPACE=5 VSPACE=2 SRC="http://garylucas.com/www/disc/edge/edge200_172.jpg" BORDER=0></A> </TR></TD> </TABLE>  Released originally in 2001, a tribute to the lush melodic sound of 30's Chinese pop, the album features songs originally sung by two legendary Chinese film divas, <B>Chow Hsuan</B> and <B>Bai Kwong</B>. <P> Coming out of Shanghai originally between the wars, this fascinating (and little known in the West) musical genre combined elements of Western swing and jazz and Tin Pan Alley pop styles with Chinese influences -- and was extremely popular in 1930s and 40s China. <P> And it lives again in China today, where it is undergoing a resurgence of interest -- featured on the soundtrack to films like Zhang Yimou's "Shanghai Triad" and Wong Kar-Wai's "In the Mood for Love"...rearranged and remixed for clubs with dance beats...and rediscovered and re-recorded by current popular Chinese singers. <P> Guitarist extraordinaire/composer/songwriter <B>Gary Lucas</B>, recently called "The Thinking Man's Guitar Hero" in The New Yorker, arranged many of these classic songs for his album as both solo acoustic instrumentals: <BLOCKQUOTE> check out a YouTube clip of Gary performing "The Mad World" <A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/v/GIskunRKR0Q" TARGET="_blank">here</A> </BLOCKQUOTE> and recorded many of these songs with various female vocalists, singing in the original Mandarin: <BLOCKQUOTE> listen to mp3s of:<BR> <TABLE><TR><TD> <B><A HREF="http://garylucas.com/epk/Please_Allow_Me_To_Look_At_You_Again_(edit).mp3" TARGET="_blank">Please Allow Me to Look at You Again</A></B> - Vocal by Celest Chong</TD></TR> <TR><TD><B><A HREF="http://garylucas.com/epk/Night_In_Shanghai_(edit).mp3" TARGET="_blank">Night in Shanghai</A></B> - Vocal by Celest Chong</TD></TR> <TR><TD><B><A HREF="http://garylucas.com/epk/The_Wall.mp3" TARGET="_blank">The Wall</A></B> - Vocal by Gisburg</TD></TR> </TABLE><BR> all taken from <B><A HREF="http://garylucas.com/www/disc/edge/edgeMAIN.html" TARGET="BODYFR">The Edge of Heaven</A></B> -- which to date has sold over 10,000 copies internationally. </BLOCKQUOTE> The album received rave reviews around the world -- topping the World Music Charts in Canada, and making many Best of the Year lists (including the French newspaper Liberation)...received 4 star reviews in Rolling Stone, fRoots, Vibrations, and Global Rhythms...was extensively praised in the Chinese press in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau....and was profiled in the International Herald Tribune and on NPR: <P> listen to the NPR feature <A HREF="http://www.npr.org/programs/asc/archives/asc35/index.html#lucas" TARGET="_blank">here</A>,<P> and check out the Press Raves <A HREF="http://garylucas.com/www/quots/qtsEDGE.shtml" TARGET="_self">here</A>.<P>  You can order this stunning album <A HREF="http://garylucas.com/www/merch/merchMAIN.shtml#EDGE" TARGET="_self">here</A>.<P> Contact info: Gary Lucas <BR> 212 243 3619 <BR> <SCRIPT TYPE="text/javascript">  </script> <NOSCRIPT> <em>Email address protected by JavaScript. 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