Ten Year Night (1999)/ Kaplansky, Lucy

" But Ms. Kaplansky is out with her own new CD, and Ten Year Night more than either previous one, highlights her strengths as a songwriter, as well as an appealing and sensitive interpreter of songs. While she visits some of the classic songwriter topics, she does it with great intelligence and taste. She and her husband Richard Litvin collaborated on the lyrics, while she penned the music. She is joined by some of the musicians whose work has graced some of the more memorable albums on the New Folk scene, including producer and drummer Ben Wittman, who is known for his work with The Story, ubiquitous guitarist Duke Levine, of Shawn Colvin's band, electric guitarist Larry Campbell, who has toured with Bob Dylan and k.d. lang, plus Zev Katz on bass. Ms. Kaplansky also attracts some respected names, returning the favor by helping her with the vocals, including John Gorka, Jennifer Kimball, formerly of the Story, and Richard Shindell." (George Graham)|