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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Lucy Kaplansky |
| Born | 1960 |
| Origin | Chicago, Illinois, United States |
| Genre(s) | Folk Singer-songwriter |
| Instrument(s) | Vocals |
| Years active | 1978 – present |
| Associated acts | Cry Cry Cry |
| Website | www.lucykaplansky.com |
Lucy Kaplansky (born 1960) is an American folk musician based in New York City. Chicago (ʃɪˈkɑːgoʊ is the largest City by population in the state of Illinois and the American Midwest of the United States. The State of Illinois ( roughly ill-i-NOY is a state of the United States of America, the 21st to be admitted to the Union. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Folk music can have a number of different meanings including Traditional music: The original meaning of the term "folk music" was synonymous Singer-songwriter is a term that refers to Performers who write, compose and sing their own material including Lyrics A musical instrument is a device constructed or modified for the purpose of making Music. The lead vocalist (or lead singer) is the member of a band who sings the main vocal portions of a song Cry Cry Cry was a folk supergroup, consisting of Richard Shindell, Lucy Kaplansky, and Dar Williams. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Folk music can have a number of different meanings including Traditional music: The original meaning of the term "folk music" was synonymous The City of New York Kaplansky also has a PhD in clinical psychology from Yeshiva University. Clinical psychology includes the scientific study and application of Psychology for the purpose of understanding preventing Yeshiva University is a private Jewish University in New York City whose first component was founded in 1886.
Kaplansky was originally from Chicago, and at the age of 18, decided not to go to college, and moved to New York City. Chicago (ʃɪˈkɑːgoʊ is the largest City by population in the state of Illinois and the American Midwest of the United States. She became involved in the city's folk music scene, particularly around Greenwich Village, where she played with, among others, Suzanne Vega, Shawn Colvin and Richard Shindell. Greenwich Village (ˌgrɛnɪtʃ ˈvɪlɪdʒ often simply called the Village, is a largely residential area on the west side of downtown (southern Manhattan Suzanne Nadine Vega (born 11 July 1959 in Santa Monica, California) is an American Songwriter and Singer Shawn Colvin (born January 10, 1955) is a Grammy Award -winning American singer songwriter and Musician. Richard Shindell (born 1960 Lakehurst, New Jersey) is an American folk Songwriter.
In 1983, she decided to become a psychologist, enrolling in Yeshiva University. She continued playing music while doing her PhD, and began to have some success as part of a duo with Colvin. However, when they began to attract record company interest, Kaplansky declined, choosing instead to set up a private practice and become a staff psychologist at a New York hospital. For several years, she concentrated largely on her work, and played little in the way of concerts. However, she still did some session work, such as singing backing vocals in the studio for Suzanne Vega. Suzanne Nadine Vega (born 11 July 1959 in Santa Monica, California) is an American Songwriter and Singer
By the early 1990s she found herself increasingly drawn back to music. Colvin, who by this time had experienced some commercial success, offered to produce an album for her. The result, The Tide, a mixture of her own songs and several covers, was released by Red House Records (Greg Brown's label) in 1994. Greg Brown (born July 2 1949 is a Folk musician from Fairfield IA, USA. At this time, she decided to give up her psychology practice, and return to music full-time. She released three more albums before her latest, The Red Thread, was released in February 2004.
In 1998 Kaplansky joined with Dar Williams and Richard Shindell to form the folk group Cry Cry Cry, which made an album and toured at length before going their separate ways. Dar Williams (Dorothy Snowden Williams born April 19, 1967) is an American singer-songwriter specializing in Pop folk. Richard Shindell (born 1960 Lakehurst, New Jersey) is an American folk Songwriter. Cry Cry Cry was a folk supergroup, consisting of Richard Shindell, Lucy Kaplansky, and Dar Williams. Her Ten Year Night album in 1999 won rave reviews and boosted her popularity, leading to performances on CBS-TV. Her album, The Red Thread has a hauntingly beautiful song about her experience of being a New Yorker on 9-11. Ironically, in August 2001, she played a memorable concert outside the World Trade Center.
She is in high demand as a backing vocalist on the records of others, being a semi-regular collaborator with John Gorka and Nanci Griffith. John Gorka (born 1958 Edison New Jersey) is a contemporary American Folk musician In 1991 Rolling Stone magazine called him "the preeminent Nanci Caroline Griffith, (born July 6, 1953 in Seguin Texas) is an American Singer, Guitarist and Songwriter
Her father was the noted mathematician Irving Kaplansky. Mathematics is the body of Knowledge and Academic discipline that studies such concepts as Quantity, Structure, Space and Irving Kaplansky ( March 22, 1917 &ndash June 25, 2006) was a Canadian Mathematician. Lucy Kaplansky sometimes performs songs composed by her father (who was also an accomplished pianist) on mathematics-related themes.
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Discography
Solo releases
- The Tide (1994, re-released 2005)
- Flesh and Bone (1996)
- Ten Year Night (1999)
- Every Single Day (2001)
- The Red Thread (2004)
- Over the Hills (2007)
Collaborations
- The Song Project (1985) with Frank Christian, Tom Intondi, and Martha Hogen
- Cry Cry Cry (1998) with Dar Williams and Richard Shindell
External links
- Official site
- Lucy Kaplansky on myspace
- Lucy Kaplansky collection at the Internet Archive's live music archive
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