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Program #2089
Pioneering underground ax-hand Gary Lucas, who first emerged on the scene in the early 1980s as a soloist with Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band, is featured on this installment of New Sounds. Dubbed "the guitarist with 1,000 ideas" by the New York Times, Lucas has amassed a string of impressive credits playing with, among others, Lou Reed, Iggy Pop, Patti Smith, Graham Parker, Bryan Ferry, Nick Cave, Bob Neuwirth, DJ Spooky and Jeff Buckley. He is joined live in the WNYC studios with the Chinese pipa virtuoso Min Xiao-Fen (pictured). We also offer music from the Incredible String Band's 2-CD set "U."
PROGRAM # 2089 w/Gary Lucas & Min Xiao-Fen (First aired on Tuesday, October 29, 2002)
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ARTIST(S) |
RECORDING |
CUT(S) |
SOURCE |
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Gary Lucas |
The Edge of Heaven |
Please Allow Me To Look At You Again, excerpt [1:30] |
Label Bleu #2582 - HM 83 |
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Osvaldo Golijov |
St. Mark Passion |
Baptism On The Cross [1:00] |
Hanssler Classics #98404** |
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The Incredible String Band |
U |
El Wool Suite [8:30] |
Elektra #62761** |
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Gary Lucas & Min Xiao-Fen |
Live |
The Wall [2:30] |
All but "Two Little Flowers" are on the CD "Edge of Heaven" in different arrangements These specific performances are not commercially available. See above for label info. |
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Liu Sola & Wu Man |
China Collage |
War [3:00] |
Avant #046 |
*, ** Find the recordings you've heard - go to the New Sounds Recordings Information page
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