From: owner-lucy-list-digest@smoe.org (lucy-list-digest) To: lucy-list-digest@smoe.org Subject: lucy-list-digest V1 #32 Reply-To: lucy-list@smoe.org Sender: owner-lucy-list-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-lucy-list-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk lucy-list-digest Friday, March 26 1999 Volume 01 : Number 032 In this issue: [lucy-list] Dress for success [lucy-list] My review of TYN at Amazon [lucy-list] audrey [lucy-list] Barns of Wolftrap Review 3/25/99 [lucy-list] Lucy-list is archived ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 25 Mar 1999 13:14:22 EST From: Radnj@aol.com Subject: [lucy-list] Dress for success In a message dated 3/25/99 3:16:52 AM Eastern Standard Time, owner-lucy-list- digest@smoe.org writes: << Hint: I hope Lucy is calling the Armani people to set up a fitting appointment for her Grammy dress.... >> Harvey, I don't think anyone could ever get her out of that leather jacket!!!!! She looks GOOD!!! Just curious...has anyone recently NOT seen this jacket on Lucy? jodi ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 25 Mar 1999 15:02:30 -0500 (EST) From: Bill Wynn Subject: [lucy-list] My review of TYN at Amazon Just thought I'd share this with you folks before it becomes "the property of Amazon.com." TYN showcases Kaplansky's best writing to date. (Five Stars) Ten Year Night, the third album from guitarist/singer/songwriter Lucy Kaplansky, comes together deceptively, in the guise of a happy coincidence. As soon as you find yourself soothed by the comforting yet somehow thrilling security of the opening (title) track, "End of the Day" sneaks up behind you, puts its hands over your eyes and says, "Boo!" The juxtaposition of "One Good Reason's" dark examination of the destructiveness of alcoholism to its up-tempo toe tapping beat hints at the sense of delicious irony found throughout Ten Year Night. Kaplansky's writing is at its peak here. This listener shares the sense of empowerment as the protagonist of "Turn the Lights Back On" realizes she is beyond the simplistic manipulations of her less than helpful therapist ("That trusting girl you knew is dead and gone.") But Ten Year Night evokes many emotions. It would be difficult not to be captivated by the beautiful sadness of an adult child trying to help her mother cope with a hurt from the mother's childhood in "For Once in Your Life," a hurt that has been an unacknowledged presence in the lives of both mother and daughter. As with all of Kaplansky's recordings the musicianship and production on Ten Year Night are outstanding. Kaplansky has surrounded herself with only the best, and it's easy to see why such luminaries as John Gorka, Jennifer Kimball, Larry Campbell, and the brilliant Richard Shindell are drawn to work with her. Kaplansky is an extremely talented vocalist as well as a gifted and clever song writer, and as if that weren't enough she plays a pretty mean guitar too. Ten Year Night belongs to an emerging genre of recordings that defy classification. Acoustically driven with a hint of country and no small measure of rock-n-roll, Kaplansky's latest project could easily cross all over the dial. It's a wonderful introduction to Kaplansky's fascinating and insightful musical world. * Bill Wynn ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 25 Mar 1999 21:15:59 EST From: GalilSprkl@aol.com Subject: [lucy-list] audrey hey so where are you now that you're not in bensalem or high school? i love xpn.. etc. ~*maya*~ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 26 Mar 1999 01:48:22 -0500 From: votels Subject: [lucy-list] Barns of Wolftrap Review 3/25/99 Lucy Kaplansky, March 25, 1999, at the Barns of Wolf Trap, Vienna, Va. Reviewed by Jay Votel — votels@dmv.com 1. Speaking With the Angel 2. One Good Reason (with Duke Levine on lead) 3. Ten Year Night (with Levine on lead) 4. Scorpion (with Levine on lead) 5. End of the Day (with Levine on lead) 6. Turn the Lights Back On (with Levine on lead) 7. This Summer I Went Swimming (with Levine on mandolin) 8. For Once in Yoiur Life 9. The Tide 10. A Song About Pi 11. Love Is the Ride (with Levine on mandolin) 12. Grievous Angel (with Levine on mandolin) 13. If You Could See (Lucy on piano, Levine on lead) —> —> 14. I Still Miss Someone (Lucy on piano, Levine on lead) 15. By Way of Sorrow (Levine on mandolin) Encore: Guinevere This was unquestionably the best Lucy Kaplansky concert of any I have attended. Introducing “End of the Day,” Lucy said it best: “This is about the best time I’ve had in my life right now.” Lucy told several stories. Her introduction to “For Once in Your Life” went into great detail of how she wrote the song for her mother and was afraid it would hurt her feelings. She told of all the angst she went through putting the song on “Ten Year Night” without telling her mother about the tune. She ended by saying her mom liked the third verse best, where Lucy wrote, “I think you forgave me long ago.” Not only had her mother figured out the song was about her, but, “She even liked it,” Lucy said. Her performance of the song was powerful and dramatic. She also told the stories and related jokes concerning her father’s songwriting “career,” leading up to the a capella rendering of “A Song about Pi,” and she related the “Amazing Kreskin” First Night incident from the Cry Cry Cry tour before singing Julie and Buddy Miller’s “By Way of Sorrow.” Duke Levine is an incredible guitarist whose fluid leads on his Danelectro and Stratocaster give a lot of the edge to “Ten Year Night.” He’s darned good on mandolin, too, eliciting applause after a hot instrumental break on “Love is the Ride,” which was a much more swinging version than the straight-up country recording on “Flesh and Bone.” Lucy settled in at the grand piano for a medley of “If You Could See” and Johnny Cash’s “I Still Miss Someone.” I had never heard Lucy on piano before and it certainly was the high point of the show for me. She should play it more. Her piano playing really gave a new, powerful feeling to the song, which has always been a personal favorite. She came back for one encore with “Guinevere,” a request from the audience. Canadian singer-songwriter Stephen Fearing was all business opening the concert. He is a very talented guitarist whose fingerstyle work is percussive with traditional blues and jazz overtones. His original songs show fine craftsmanship. I could be wrong, but I think this show marked Lucy’s first time as the headliner at the Barns. She was relaxed and extremely happy with the full house there, which she said is a fairly large venue for her as a solo artist. Next stop on on the “Ten Year Night” tour: The Tin Angel in Philadelphia March 26, two shows, with Cliff Eberhardt opening. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 26 Mar 1999 02:35:36 -0500 From: "Tom Neff" Subject: [lucy-list] Lucy-list is archived Just a note to mention that Lucy-list is now archived at http://ifolk.iserver.net/stax/lucy-list using the same Stax system that archives the Richard Shindell and Dar Williams lists. I do not have the first month of traffic, but if someone does (preferably in text format, as saved by Eudora or under Unix) and wants to send it to me, I can probably backfill. - -- Tom Neff Grassy Hill Tendency ------------------------------ End of lucy-list-digest V1 #32 ****************************** This has been a posting from the Lucy Kaplansky mail list digest To unsubscribe send mail to Majordomo@smoe.org with "unsubscribe lucy-list-digest" in the body of the message