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Larry Kaplan (22 August 1950 -     )  American singer and songwriter.

Larry Kaplan is a New England based singer and songwriter. Born in Boston and raised in Maine and Massachusetts, Kaplan is best known for his songs of New England which have been recorded both by himself and by a number of folk music artists and filmmakers since the 1970s. A graduate of Bowdoin College in Maine, Kaplan first came to the attention of musicians and audiences in the mid-to-late 1970s after returning to Maine to work in a variety of jobs along the coast. It was during that time that he helped to sail then restore the historic schooner, The Bowdoin. Kaplan himself has a clear tenor voice a unique guitar style, and an engaging and interactive stage presence, but he is best known for his song writing. His songs are traditionally based and notable for their lyricism and rich melodies. Many would be classified as ‘ballads’ and in fact, a number of his songs such as ‘Old Zeb, The Wreck of The Bayrupert and Song For Gale' in particular are often mistaken for traditional ballads.

Kaplan signed with Folk Legacy records in 1993 and his first CD ‘Worth All the Telling’ was issued later that year. A number of songs on this album including ‘Old Zeb’,‘Song for Gale’ and ‘Song for the Bowdoin’ have not only received significant air play on folk radio stations in the US, Canada, and Europe, but also have been recorded and sung by a number of other artists, including Cindy Kallet, Bob Zentz, Gordon Bok, Anne Dodson and Cindy Mangsen. His second Folk Legacy CD ‘Songs for an August Moon’ also on Folk Legacy, was released in April 2014 and like his first recording, has quickly gained considerable attention for its range of themes and its melodic and singable choruses including 'Too Late For The Breaking Yard','Selling The Isabel','Emma's Attic', 'John', and 'Get Her Into Shore'.

While his most popular songs involve themes related to the sea and rivers, many address other subjects including topical stories,known and little known historical events, ballads of rural life, and the humor inherent in daily life. He has performed at major folk venues in the United States, including, Café Lena, Ramblin' Conrad’s, The Me and Thee, Trinity, Folkway, and U’N’I and Sounding Board coffee houses among others, and at a number of leading folk festivals including The Mystic Sea Music, Old Dominion, Eisteddfod, and Pinewoods Folk Music gatherings. Kaplan’s songs have been used as soundtracks for short films, and fundraising efforts, and some have been sung in schools as far away as Labrador and Greenland. Over the past few years Kaplan has a steady performance schedule and his performances are generally sold out, as long time fans and folks new to folk music come to hear him perform his own work. His songs also continue to be recorded and sung by many other artists in the US and increasingly in the UK and mainland Europe.

Discography

Captain Hawkins’ Choice, Winter Harbor Records, 1977

Further North—HLM-001, Hannah Lane Music, 1992

Worth All the Telling—CD-122, (Folk Legacy Records, Sharon Connecticut, 1993

Songs for an August Moon—CD-143, (Folk Legacy, Sharon Connecticut, 2014

Sources

Looney, Larry. ‘Larry Kaplan’s Worth All the Telling 20 Years On.’ No Depression: The Roots Music Authority. http://www.nodepression.com/profiles/blogs/larry-kaplan-s-worth-all-the-telling-20-years-on

Blackman, Bob, ‘Worth All The Telling’ by Larry Kaplan (Album Review), Sing Out, vol.39, No.2,Aug/Sept/Oct. 1994

Ide,Stephen, "Larry Kaplan, 'Worth All The Telling," Recording Review, New England Folk Almanac, 1994

Petric,Faith, 'Larry Kaplan, Worth All The Telling,' Recording Review, Folknik, 1994

De, Nicki, 'Larry Kaplan,' Victory Review, 1994

Ide,Stephen, "Larry Kaplan, Worth All The Telling," Recording Review, Dirty Linen, 1994

Luft, Barry, ‘Worth All The Telling’ by Larry Kaplan (Album Review), Canadian Folk Music Bulletin, vol.28, No.2, Calgary Alberta, Canada, June, 1994

Looney, Larry. ‘Songs For An August Moon,’ (Album Review),  No Depression: The Roots Music Authority. http://www.nodepression.com/profiles/blogs/larry-kaplan-songs-for-an-august-moon-cd-review

Paton Sandy. About Larry Kaplan. http://www.larrykaplanmusic.com/ Sing Out Magazine, Song Index. Song For The Bowdoin. v.39#3. p.103

Sing Out Magazine, Song Index. Song For Gale. v.34#1. p.76

External Links

1.	http://www.larrykaplanmusic.com/ (Official Website)

2.	http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqVs_ybM8M1aOF8rbL6D_wA (Youtube)