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Village folk scene. But — although
she continued to sing backup for now-
famous friends such as Suzanne Vega
and Shawn Colvin — she gave up her
musical ambitions to pursue a career
as a clinical psychologist, doing her
doctoral work at Yeshiva University.
After completing her degree,
Kaplansky started a private practice.
When Colvin asked her to go into the
studio, Kaplansky agreed in spite of
her ambivalence. The experience
marked her full-scale return to a musi-
cal career, starting with 1994's The
Tide, a record which showcased
Kaplansky's acclaimed ear for covers.
She followed that up with a record
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of original songs, Flesh and Bone
(1996), hailed by the Associated Press
as "an extraordinary, luminous collec-
tion of songs with lyrics that read like
poetry."
The release of her newest CD,
which offers a number of original
songs written by Kaplansky and hus-
band Richard Litwin, was a bittersweet
experience.
With a scheduled release date of
Sept. 11, the record — titled Every
Single Day (Red House Records; 2001)
— marked an unexpectedly strange
and sad day.
Says Kaplansky, who lives in
Greenwich Village, "The importance
of the album was utterly eclipsed by
everything else."
In part, her reaction to the frighten-
ing events of Sept. 11 has been to
chronicle her own experiences in
music. She has written a new song
that she describes simply as "what I
saw when I walked out my door that
morning."
She has only played the song a cou-
ple of times but has been moved by
people's strong reactions, and plans to
play it at this year's Ann Arbor Folk
Festival.
"I've thought a little bit about some
of the things that I lost out on, but
they are trivial compared to what
other people have lost," she says. "I've
been feeling lucky and grateful." Fl
The 25th Ann Arbor Folk
Festival begins 6 p.m. Saturday,
Jan. 26, at Hill Auditorium.
Tickets range from $25-$40 and
are available at all Ticketmaster
outlets. For ticket information or
to charge by phone, call (734)
763-TKTS or (248) 645-6666.
Tax-deductible patron and spon-
sor tickets are available at the
Ark, (734) 761-1800.
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The Ark, now in its 35th year, is
one of the premiere acoustic
venues in the nation, and was
founded by Dave and Linda
Siglin in a three-story Victorian
mansion in Ann Arbor that nar-
rowly escaped being scrapped to
make way for a parking lot.
It. has since moved locations
and is now located in the heart
of Ann Arbor's Main Street busi-
ness district. The annual Ann
Arbor Folk Festival is a fund-
raiser for the Ark, a nonprofit
educational arts organization
and one of North America's old-
est continuing nonprofit
acoustic music clubs.
In addition to some of the big
names at this year's show, the
Ark also introduces audiences to
new names in the world of
acoustic music:
* Eric Bibb has been named
"Best Newcomer" by the British
Blues Awards, and has been
twice nominated for W C.
Handy Awards. Says legendary
bluesman Taj Mahal, "Eric has a
great voice and has a great
knowledge about the roots of
this music. I love him."
* Annie Gallup has been com-
pared to Joni Mitchell and Lou
Reed. Says Dirty Linen maga-
zine, "[Gallup is] a practiced sto-
ryteller and poet. Her lyrics are
complex and often nonlinear,
but well worth following, her
quiet but careful guitar accompa-
niment a well matched frame."
Gallup, who grew up in Ann
Arbor, has several releases includ-
ing Cause and Effect (1994),
Backbone (1996), Courage My
Love (1998), Steady Steady Yes .
(1999) and Swerve (2001).
* Melissa Ferrick is the reigning
winner of this year's Boston Music
Award for Best Singer/Songwriter.
Although she may not have much
name recognition yet, she is no
newcomer to recording. Ferrick
has eight full-length CDs on her
discography, and her April 2000
release Freedom has sold more
than 20,000 copies.
Other performers at this year's
folk festival include Grammy-
nominated folksinger Greg
Brown and the vocal trio Sons
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