By Debra Levy Martinelli
The Norman Transcript
Norman — Multi-talented New York singer/songwriter Lucy Kaplansky will close the Performing Arts Studio’s Winter Wind Concert Series season Sunday.
The 7 p.m. performance will be held at the PAS’s home, the Santa Fe Depot, 200 S. Jones Ave.
Kaplansky, who started her singing career in Chicago bars, moved to New York after high school. There she found a fertile community of songwriters and performers, including Shawn Colvin, Suzanne Vega, Nanci Griffith, John Gorka, Bill Morrissey and Cliff Eberhardt. She and Colvin became a popular singing duo.
Convinced that her calling was in another direction, however, Kaplansky returned to school and earned a doctorate in psychology from Yeshiva University. She worked as a staff psychologist at a New York hospital and opened a private practice.
Her latest CD, 2007’s Over The Hills, recounts the story of how her family came to be in America and the struggles it has endured and connects to the universal themes of love, joy, loss and dreams for the future. She is joined on harmony by Eliza Gilkyson, Buddy Miller, Richard Shindell and Jonatha Brooke.
Kaplansky’s other albums include Flesh and Bone (1996), Ten Year Night (1999), Every Single Day (2001) and The Red Thread (2004). A new single, “Life Threads” is available as a digital download.
Tickets for Kaplansky’s Winter Wind performance are $20. Seating is limited and advance purchase is recommended.
For more information on Winter Wind and other PAS programs, visit www.thepas.org or call 307-9320.
