#2227: Lute and Lucas

New Sounds | May 24, 2010
On this edition of New Sounds, John Schaefer welcomes Dutch ten-string Renaissance lute player Josef van Wissem, along with guitarist Gary Lucas, the NYC-based musician well known from his days with Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band. Together, on their unusual combination of instruments, they perform quirky original works live in the WNYC studio.

PROGRAM #2227 Gary Lucas & Jozef van Wissem, live (First aired on Tuesday, 12-9-03)

ARTIST(S)

RECORDING

CUT(S)

SOURCE

Jozef Van Wissem

Simulacrum

John F. Kennedy, excerpt [1:30]

BVHaast #0104 www.bvhaast.nl

Incesaz

Iki / Eylül Sarkilari

Dogu [2:30] Balat [2:00]

Kalan Muzik (Turkey) #262
www.kalan.com

Raz Mesinai

Before The Law

The Metamorphosis, pt. 5 [4:00]

Tzadik #7151** www.tzadik.com*

Gary Lucas & Jozef van Wissem

Live

US Drone Strikes Again [4:30]
Sick Sick And Very Sick [4:00]
If It Doesn't Fit, Thou Must Acquit [4:00]
The Mirror Stage [5:00]

Most of these are on the duo's CD "Diplopia" BV Haast #0103. The first of these is on van Wissem's "Simulacrum." See above.

Elliott Sharp

The Velocity Of Hue

Nebel [5:30]

Emanem #4098 www.emanemdisc.com*

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