Audio CD review:
Lucy Kaplansky - Over the Hills

Lucy Kaplansky - Over the Hills

Band: Lucy Kaplansky Title: Over the Hills Rating: Release Date: 13 March, 2007 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Manhattan Moon 2: Amelia 3: More Than This 4: Ring of Fire 5: Swimming Song 6: Today's The Day 7: Over The Hills 8: Somewhere Trouble Don't Go 9: Someday Soon 10: The Gift

Editoral Review What's as surprising as the song choices is that Kaplansky makes so much of the material sound so much the same, as if she isn't as emotionally invested in it as she is in her own writing. Though the strength of her songwriting has distinguished previous releases by folk troubadour Lucy Kaplansky, here she covers a wide range of material, from "More Than This" by Roxy Music's Bryan Ferry and Johnny Cash's classic "Ring of Fire" (written by his wife June) to Loudon Wainwright III's idyllic "The Swimming Song" and Ian Tyson's "Someday Soon" (a '60s hit for Judy Collins). An exception is her duet with Buddy Miller on "Somewhere Trouble Don't Go," written by Buddy's wife, Julie. Kaplansky receives stellar support from Larry Campbell (formerly with Bob Dylan) on slide and steel guitars, and harmonies from Jonatha Brooke, Eliza Gilkyson, and Richard Shindell. Yet "Today's the Day," a song about the death of Kaplansky's father, with minimal musical backing, is the most compelling performance here. --Don McLeese .. You can see a complete list of all Lucy Kaplansky discography, or go back to the Lucy Kaplansky tabs