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"Ryan Adams and Wilco-inspired songs should make you nostalgic for something - or someone." -The Boston Globe "A Cambridge folk singer with a keen ear for pop hooks." -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...

Secrets of Kaplan, a name which derives from the Alfred Hitchcock film “North by Northwest”, is an alternative rock trio from Yorkshire, England. The band consists of Gareth Kent (Bass), Damien Selby (Vocals/Guitar) and Ben Hirst (Drums). Secrets of Kaplan are featured on Super Crazy Guitar Maniac Deluxe 4 & also on BBC Introducing. You can find them at www.secretsofkaplan.com including all the links to their Twitter, Soundcloud and Facebook. .

Veteran musician and songwriter Paul Kaplan (www.paulkaplanmusic.com) has been an enthusiastic participant in the folk music world since the late 1960s when his early anti-Vietnam war songs were published in the legendary protest magazine Broadside. His involvement with the singer-songwriter movement was sparked by his early love of the songs of Bob Dylan, Phil Ochs and Tom Paxton. He pursued that love as a frequent attendee at the Songwriters’ Exchange at the Cornelia Street Cafe, in New York, and as a prolific contributor to The Fast Folk Musical Magazine, in which ten of his songs were included. In the late...

Sol Kaplan (April 9, 1919 – November 14, 1990) was a prolific film and television music composer. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Kaplan worked as a successful concert pianist, including performing at Carnegie Hall. That same year, in 1941, Kaplan composed his first film score. He went on to write music for dozens of films including the 1953 films Titanic and Niagara. His film career was disrupted during the 1950s when he was blacklisted after being uncooperative in testimony before the House Committee on Un-American Activities. For Star Trek, Kaplan scored two episodes, "The Enemy Within" and "The Doomsday Machine". Jeff...