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Lucy
Kaplansky started out singing in Chicago bars.
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, John Gorka,
Bill Morrissey, Cliff Eberhardt, and others - where she
fit right in. 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! Lucy left the
musical fast track to pursue a doctorate in 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, on
Nanci Griffith's Lone Star State of Mind and Little Love
Affairs, and on four of John Gorka's albums. She also
landed soundtrack credits, singing with Suzanne Vega on
Pretty in Pink and with Griffith on The Firm, and
several commercial credits.
Then Shawn Colvin, who was itching to produce a
record, hooked up with Lucy, her ex-singing partner.
They went into the studio, and it all came together.
When Lucy's solo tapes got into the hands of Bob
Feldman, president of Red House Records, he was blown
away. Suddenly, Lucy was back in the music business. She
signed with Red House and started playing gigs. Red
House released The Tide in 1994 to rave reviews, and
within six months Lucy signed with a major booking
agency, and began touring so much it required leaving
her two psychologist positions behind.
Five albums behind her, Lucy rediscovers her musical
roots and returns to the more acoustic sound of the
music she first fell in love with - folk and classic
country. Lucy's new life as a mother has enhanced the
emotional depth of her songwriting. Her sixth album
"Over the Hills," released in Matrch, 2007, explores
universal themes of love, joy, loss, and dreams for the
future, through reflections on family. The record
features guest vocalists Eliza Gilkyson, Buddy Miller,
Richard Shindell and Jonatha Brooke. It is pure
Americana, wonderfully raw and rich with heartache and hope.
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