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      | NEXT AT THE HURDY GURDYAn Evening with Lucy Kaplansky
Saturday, September 14, 2019 8:00 pm
She started out singing in Chicago folk music clubs as a teenager. Then,
barely out of high school, Lucy Kaplansky took off for New York City. There she found a fertile community of songwriters and performers—Suzanne
Vega, Steve Forbert, The Roches, and others. With a beautiful flair for harmony,
Lucy was everyone’s favorite singing partner, but most often she found herself
singing as a duo with Shawn Colvin. People envisioned big things for them; in
fact, The New York Times said it was “easy to predict stardom for her.” But
then Lucy dropped it all. Convinced that her calling was in another direction, Lucy left the musical
fast track to pursue a doctorate in Clinical Psychology. Upon completing her
degree, Dr. Kaplansky took a job at a New York hospital working with chronically
mentally ill adults, and also started a private practice. Yet she continued to
sing. Lucy was often pulled back into the studio by her friends, (who now had
contracts with record labels) wanting her to sing on their albums. She
harmonized on Colvin’s Grammy-winning “Steady On,” and on Nanci
Griffith’s “Lone Star State of Mind” and “Little Love Affairs.” She
also landed soundtrack credits, singing with Suzanne Vega on “Pretty in
Pink” and with Griffith on “The Firm,” and several commercial credits as
well—including “The Heartbeat of America” for Chevrolet. Her new album, “Everyday Street,” is a dramatic departure for
Lucy: it’s stripped down, just Lucy on guitar, mandolin and piano along with
long-time accompanist and multi-instrumentalist Duke Levine, recorded live in a
Boston studio over four days. The result is a stunning, intimate performance,
reminiscent of Lucy’s powerful live shows. The new songs, written with Richard
Litvin, are gorgeous, evocative and powerful. There are also three stunning
covers that Lucy has been performing live, along with a re-imagined version of
the title song from her first album “The Tide.” |
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