PAUL KAPLAN & ROD SINCLAIR TRANSATLANTIC DUO
PAUL KAPLAN & ROD SINCLAIR ARE BRINGING THEIR DOUBLE MAGIC TO THE NORTHEAST U.S. THIS MAY, 2025.
Paul Kaplan and Rod Sinclair are reuniting after their hugely successful 2023 tour of Denmark and Germany.
Now they will be touring the Northeast, singing songs from Paul's and Rod's pens and touching base in the Scottish & US traditions. A duo concert with a wry smile that triggers deeper thoughts. Finely crafted lyrics and tunes resolutely grounded in the terse reality of the old songs.
TOUR DATES
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May 3, 9:30-12:30: Amherst Farmers’ Market On the Amherst MA Common FREE! |
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May 3, 7pm: Song & Story Swap First Church Amherst 165 Main St. Amherst MA, 01002 One set after the sharing circle Theme for the circle: “Old vs. New” Suggested donation $7.50 www.pvfs.us/ |
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May 4, 4pm: Music at the Ridge Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Danbury 24 Clapboard Ridge Road, Danbury CT 06811 Two sets $25 in person, $20 streaming www.musicattheridge.org/ |
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May 9, 7pm: Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the Eastern Slopes 30 Tamworth Road, Tamworth, NH 03886 Two sets $20 or $25 suggested donation |
May 10, 8pm: People's Voice Cafe |
May 11, 7pm: House Concert! |
Rod, from Fife, Scotland, now living in Denmark, has sung his songs and played guitar and 5-string banjo all over the world. He contributed to every Tønder Festival, from 1985-1990 as artistic director. With some of Denmark's leading young musicians, Rod provided original music and songs for the Royal Inauguration of Denmark's biggest national park, the Wadden Sea. He’s toured Denmark with Dick Gaughan, fiddle player Brian McNeill and with Danish guitar virtuoso Christian Alvad. Among Rod's many albums is a collection of songs by Robert Burns, "Gammel Venskab - Robert Burns i Danmark", from 2020.
Musician and songwriter Paul Kaplan has been an enthusiastic participant in the folk music world since the late 1960s. His songs “I Had an Old Coat,” “Henry the Accountant,” “Call Me the Whale,” and many others have been covered by such musical legends as Jay Ungar and Molly Mason, Sharon, Lois and Bram (Nickelodeon’s “Elephant Show”), Sally Rogers and Claudia Schmidt, Priscilla Herdman, Ed McCurdy, and Lui Collins. Paul’s song “Vietnam” appears in the Grammy-nominated Best of Broadside, along with singers such as Bob Dylan, Phil Ochs, Tom Paxton, Pete Seeger, etc.
Pete Seeger said “I am a big fan of Paul Kaplan. I love his singing; I love his songs.”
REVIEWS
“Paul Kaplan and Rod Sinclair bring warmth and comfort on a cold autumn evening with their accomplished songs and stories from gentler times. The songs side with the powerless but are strong in their solidarity, love and trust in an alternative, better future. We are reminded what music can do, particularly in these times when a ceasefire seems a distant dream. A powerful concert! Songs of conviction, without prejudice or didactics. Songs that touch us with both bite and wit.” Copenhagen educator Mette Solkær
"In Rod's and Paul's friendly banter ... we heard about the interesting history of the songs and their own personal connections to the music, ranging from Scottish ballads and American folk music to their own compositions accompanied by guitars, harmonica, mandolin and banjo. The audience could easily feel Rod and Paul’s close affinity to the music throughout the two-hour concert, imparting to the listeners a special bond. A performance of unique warmth." Copenhagen educator Stan Bento
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