Every Single Day

by Lucy Kaplansky

Overview

Lucy Kaplansky is a talented songwriter and a delightful singer who suffers somewhat from one or two of the afflictions that are endemic to modern folk-rock singer/songwriters -- chief among them Irritating Vowel Syndrome, which can cause one to pronounce "sky" as "skeh-ee" and "heart" as if one had grown up in Maine. (Kaplansky seems to have caught this disease from Dar Williams, with whom she sometimes collaborates and who is in its advanced stages.) Those tendencies are easy to ignore on this gorgeous album, though, which floats deliriously on a bed of lush chord progressions, gently powerful guitar work (courtesy of an all-star cast of backing musicians that includes Larry Campbell and Jon Herington), and Kaplansky's own sweet, unassumingly lovely voice. Her own compositions are consistently very good, but she also exhibits fine taste in others' work as well, delivering covers of Steve Earle's excellent "You're Still Standing There," Julie Miller's "Broken Things," and, most surprisingly, an old Louvin Brothers gospel tune. John Gorka and Richard Shindell pitch in low harmonies at perfect moments. Very, very nice. ~ Rick Anderson

Product Details

Release Date:	09/11/2001
Label:	Red House Records
UPC:	0033651015628
Rank:	98903

Tracks

1. Written on the Back of His Hand
2. Crazy Dreams
3. Every Single Day
4. Don't Mind Me
5. Broken Things
6. Guilty as Sin
7. Nowhere
8. No More Excuses
9. Song for Molly
10. You're Still Standing There
11. The Angels Rejoiced Last Night

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Lucy Kaplansky   Primary Artist,Guitar (Acoustic),Vocals (Background)
Richard Shindell   Guest Artist,Vocals (Background)
Buddy Miller   Guest Artist
John Gorka   Guest Artist,Vocals (Background)
Larry Campbell   Mandolin,Pedal Steel,Slide Guitar,Guitar (Steel),Guitar (Acoustic),Guitar (Electric),Cittern,Fiddle
Ben Wittman   Drums,Keyboards,Percussion
Jon Herington   Slide Guitar,Guitar (Electric)
Jennifer Kimball   Vocals (Background)
Zev Katz   Bass
Duke Levine   Mandola,Soloist,Guitar (Acoustic),Guitar (Electric)

Technical Credits

Larry Campbell   Arranger
Ben Wittman   Arranger,Engineer,Producer
Ben Wisch   Mixing
Julie Miller   Composer
Lucy Kaplansky   Composer
Zev Katz   Arranger
David Glasser   Mastering
Duke Levine   Arranger,Composer
Charlie Louvin   Composer
Manfred Knoop   Assistant Engineer
C. Taylor Crothers   Photography
Ian Fraser   Assistant Engineer
Richard Litvin   Composer
Carla Leighton   Design,Art Direction
Richard Levine   Composer
Paul Brady   Composer
Ira Louvin   Composer