Featuring wonderful, traditional favorites... a superb variety of dining specialties 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 • 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. 1A.4WW.m.A.M More Highlights 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. 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