Lucy Kaplansky
Lucy Kaplansky (born February 16, 1960) is a folk singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist based in New York City who plays guitar, mandolin, and piano. She grew up in Chicago, the daughter of mathematician and pianist Irving Kaplansky, and moved to New York at 18. There she joined the Greenwich Village folk scene, playing with Suzanne Vega, Shawn Colvin and Richard Shindell. She performed as a duo with Colvin while earning a doctorate in clinical psychology from Yeshiva University, then worked as a psychologist for several years before returning to music full time. Colvin produced her debut album, The Tide, released in 1994. She formed the folk trio Cry Cry Cry with Dar Williams and Shindell in 1998 and released Ten Year Night in 1999. She has frequently collaborated with John Gorka and Nanci Griffith.
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- No. 31 December 2002