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Balancing Act
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Balancing Act
Released: Jan 1, 2010
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  • Genre: Acoustic / Folk / Folk Rock

    Location Cambridge, Massachusetts, Un

    Profile Views: 18327

    Last Login: 1/10/2013

    Member Since 2/16/2006

    Website www.dankaplanmusic.com

    Record Label Folkus Records

    Type of Label Indie

  • Bio

    "A Cambridge folk singer with a keen ear for pop hooks." -The Boston Globe .... "Ryan Adams and Wilco-inspired songs should make you nostalgic for something - or someone." -The Boston Globe .... With influences ranging from traditional folk music and Americana to more contemporary alt-country and pop, Dan Kaplan's sound is at once familiar, but altogether his own. Exploring recognizable themes of love and loss, emotional insecurity and mortality, Kaplan manages to survey the landscape of twentysomething trials by fire without sounding derivative. .... Coupled with a delivery that is both heartfelt and honest, Kaplan’s tales of longing, youth, and world-weariness defy categorization into any one genre. "I’ve always been drawn to the idea of not being constrained by any preconceived ideas of what music has to be...the goal has always been to figure out how to break the patterns that are so easy [for me] to fall into - to constantly challenge myself to write better melodies, better songs". And with an extensive back catalogue already, including 3 solo EPs and a newly released full length album, it’s clear that there’s no end in sight to his creative potential.

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    Influences include but are not limited to The Beatles, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Tom Waits, Neil Young, Ryan Adams, Wilco, R.E.M., Radiohead, etc.

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"A Cambridge folk singer with a keen ear for pop hooks." -The Boston Globe

"Ryan Adams and Wilco-inspired songs should make you nostalgic for something - or someone." -The Boston Globe

With influences ranging from traditional folk music and Americana to more contemporary alt-country and pop, Dan Kaplan's sound is at once familiar, but altogether his own. Exploring recognizable themes of love and loss, emotional insecurity and mortality, Kaplan manages to survey the landscape of twentysomething trials by fire without sounding derivative.

Coupled with a delivery that is both heartfelt and honest, Kaplan’s tales of longing, youth, and world-weariness defy categorization into any one genre. "I’ve always been drawn to the idea of not being constrained by any preconceived ideas of what music has to be...the goal has always been to figure out how to break the patterns that are so easy [for me] to fall into - to constantly challenge myself to write better melodies, better songs". And with an extensive back catalogue already, including 3 solo EPs and a new full length album due out this spring, it’s clear that there’s no end in sight to his creative potential...

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