Grassroots Concert – Lucy Kaplansky

Lucy returns to the Live Well Nightclub and Coffee Bar in Nisswa Friday, Oct. 4 for a 7:30 p.m. show. She is the first of three artists scheduled this fall.

The Boston Globe said Kaplansky is “becoming the troubadour laureate of modern folk.”

This will be her fourth appearance at the nonprofit, all-volunteer venue. She was a guest of the series in 1997, 1999, and 2014.

Kaplansky draws from personal experiences for her lyrical subject matter, focusing on the often complex matters of the heart. Universal themes of loss, longing and loneliness, as well as love, joy, friendship and hope, are all propelled musically by roots-based instruments including acoustic guitars, mandolin, piano, percussion, and the occasional electric guitar.

What Kaplansky seeks to capture and share in her songs are emotional truths, as she puts it, “When I listen to music, or even read something, it has to ring true to me in some deep way. I’m striving for that in my writing.”

Lucy Kaplansky is an acclaimed singer-songwriter as well as a former clinical psychologist. She started out singing in Chicago folk music clubs as a teenager, then took off for New York City where she found a fertile community of songwriters. Kaplansky’s latest release, Last Days of Summer, was created during the Covid pandemic, offering a mix of both the personal & political. “Utterly beautiful and affecting. Lucy sings songs from her life that have resonance in ours.” -Scott Simon, NPR