It's been a busy summer for GARY LUCAS,
with high profile shows in Umbria and Milano Italy with renowned Italian singer/songwriters Vinicio Caposella, Alessio Franchini, and Mauro Ermanno Giovanardi…
Interview in Il Messaggero:
in Budapest at the Sziget Festival with his new ensemble Pearly Clouds featuring traditional Magyar folk star Eniko Szabo and saxophonist Toni Dezso…
and in Sotogrande Spain, where Lucas just returned from playing two nights solo acoustic in a charity event for disabled children with Spanish vocalist Airyn.
Next up, Gary Lucas plays a warm-up show this Monday at Joe's Pub in NYC before departing for Australia on Tuesday with his with his longtime psychedelic art-rock band
GODS AND MONSTERS.
Tickets and info for Joe's Pub:
The band's lineup includes Ernie Brooks (Modern Lovers, Arthur Russell) on bass, Jason Candler (Hungry March Band) on sax, and Richard Dworkin (Alex Chilton, Fast 'N' Bulbous)
on drums--
with their special guest vocalist Felice Rosser (Faith) sitting in.
On Tuesday night Gary flies to Australia with his group including keyboardist Jordan Shapiro (Project Object) for 6 shows in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Canberra,
with Gary as Music Director leading Gods and Monsters as the house band in
"A STATE OF GRACE: THE MUSIC OF TIM AND JEFF BUCKLEY"
a new multimedia concert production
featuring vocalists Martha Wainwright, Steve Kilbey (The Church), Willie Mason, Casper Clausen (Efterklang), Camille O'Sullivan, and Cold Specks,
with text by Australian music journalist and author Jeff Apter ("A Pure Drop").
Produced by Gaynor Crawford and Steve Kilbey.
Interview with Gary Lucas in rehearsal with Gods and Monsters for "A State of Grace":
New feature in The Daily Telegraph (Australia):
New feature in Rhythms Magazine (Australia):
New feature in The Australian:
In November, Gary performs six shows of multiple solo projects as Artist in Residence at Liverpool Philharmonic Hall in the UK.
Schedule and ticket info:
UPCOMING APPEARANCES
Melbourne Recital Centre, Melbourne Australia
"A State of Grace: The Music of Tim and Jeff Buckley"
Gary Lucas, Music Director with his band Gods and Monsters
(Ernie Brooks, Jason Candler, Jordan Shapiro and Richard Dworkin)
featuring Martha Wainwright, Steve Kilbey, Willie Mason, Camille O'Sullivan,
Kasper Klausen and Cold Specks, vocals
http://stateofgracelive.com
Fri. Sept. 25th and Sat. Sept. 26th
8pm
QPAC Concert Hall, Brisbane Australia
"A State of Grace: The Music of Tim and Jeff Buckley"
Gary Lucas & Gods and Monsters
featuring Martha Wainwright, Steve Kilbey, Willie Mason, Camille O'Sullivan,
Kasper Klausen and Cold Specks, vocals
Sun. Sept. 27th
8pm
Enmore Theatre, Sydney Australia
"A State of Grace: The Music of Tim and Jeff Buckley"
Gary Lucas & Gods and Monsters
featuring Martha Wainwright, Steve Kilbey, Willie Mason, Camille O'Sullivan,
Kasper Klausen and Cold Specks, vocals
Tues. Sept. 29th
8pm
Melbourne Recital Centre, Melbourne Australia
"A State of Grace: The Music of Tim and Jeff Buckley"
Gary Lucas & Gods and Monsters
featuring Martha Wainwright, Steve Kilbey, Willie Mason, Camille O'Sullivan,
Kasper Klausen and Cold Specks, vocals
Wed. Sept. 30th
8pm
Canberra Theatre Centre, Australia
"A State of Grace: The Music of Tim and Jeff Buckley"
Gary Lucas, Music Director with his band Gods and Monsters
featuring Martha Wainwright, Steve Kilbey, Willie Mason, Camille O'Sullivan,
Kasper Klausen, and Cold Specks, vocals
Monday Oct. 12th
6-9pm
WKCR FM, Columbia University NY
Gary is a guest on Mitch Goldman's long-running "Deep Focus" program,
discussing the music of Archie Shepp
Thursday Oct. 29th
9pm
Pianos, NYC
Gary sits in with his friend composer/ mutantrumpet player Ben Neill
to celebrate the release of Ben's new album "Horizonal"
Fri. Nov. 13th
8pm
Proctors Theatre, Schenectady NY
Gary Lucas performs a Friday the 13th double bill of his live solo score
accompanying "Vampyr" (1932, d. Carl Theodore Dreyer)
followed by a special solo concert
http://www.garylucas.com/solo.shtml
Just confirmed in late November:
Gary Lucas has been invited to be Artist in Residence at the newly-renovated Liverpool Philharmonic Hall in the UK,
performing a variety of his projects over 4 nights
more details tba
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