KW: "Do you think this record will raise your profile
in the UK?"
LK : "I hope so. I'd like to make something happen
over here. It's a very hard market to break. It's very
difficult to get mainstream radio play. I am starting to
have a career over here....more and more people are
coming to the shows. I don't know how big it will get.
Just to be able to come over and play my material to
people who want to hear it is a great gift in itself. It's
so much fun playing over here - much more than
playing at home."
Mind, I'm not sure she'd say that today after the great
summer she's been having in the States.
So I asked her
PC : "Do you still think it's much more fun playing in
the UK? Are the audiences much different?"
LK: "Actually, it's equally fun playing in both places,
and the audiences are fundamentally the same:
respectful, warm and gracious."
PC: "Have you had any especially good gigs over here?"
LK: "Probably my favorite place to play in the UK has
been London, partly because the audiences have been
so incredibly enthusiastic, and partly because I just love
London so much.
PC: "Will you still be concentrating on Ten Year Night
on the next trip? Any plans to bring a band? (I see you've
been having a good time playing with Duke Levine, Zev
Katz & Ben Wittman (your law firm, I hear!)."
LK: "Yeah, mostly I'll be concentrating on 'Ten Year
Night', but I've got some new songs I'll be playing too.
No immediate plans to bring a band over, probably the
first step will be to bring a guitar player, not sure if that'll
happen this time."
PC: "You've been getting a lot of radio airplay over here
lately, with national BBC Radio 2 DJs like Bob Harris and
Mike Harding both very enthusiastic, as well as with daytime
presenters like Terry Wogan playing your single 'At the End
of the Day'. Any plans to do any radio interviews?"
LK: "Yeah, there's a national radio show I'll be doing at the
beginning of my tour, can't remember the name of it
(maybe Johnny Walker?)"
PC: "Thanks Lucy - look forward to seeing you in November."
[See Lucy Kaplansky's September/October US tour dates here]
