Lucy Kaplansky
14th December 2008
City Hall
Start Time: 8:00pm
Alt-country star Lucy Kaplansky plays live in the City Hall's Memorial Hall.
Lucy's stellar song writing, shines as never before against an acoustic-based alt-country backdrop of pedal steel, mandolin, accordion and upright bass. Produced by Ben Wittman (Roseanne Cash, Paul Simon), her latest album "Over the Hills" features a world-class band including Larry Campbell (Bob Dylan Band, Elvis Costello, Emmylou Harris), Jon Herington (Steely Dan), Duke Levine (Mary Chapin Carpenter), and noted jazz bassist Stephan Crump. Lucy is also joined on harmony by her friends Eliza Gilkyson, Buddy Miller, Richard Shindell and Jonatha Brooke.
Rediscovering her musical roots, Lucy returns to the more acoustic sound of the music she first fell in love with - folk and classic country. She re-invents Bryan Ferry's "More than This" as a pedal-steel soaked ballad, rocks out on Ian Tyson's "Someday Soon" and June Carter Cash's "Ring of Fire," performs a winning country duet with Buddy Miller on Julie Miller's "Somewhere Trouble Don't Go," and romps joyously through Loudon Wainwright's "Swimming Song." From the New York skyline to the hills beyond, Lucy's latest album is pure Americana, wonderfully raw and rich with heartache and hope.
