Great Blue - Shirl Lawrence and Steve Kaplan East Coast Visit

Tompkins Corners Cultural Center will welcome Shirl Lawrence and Steve Kaplan, a/k/a Great Blue, to our stage. Singing together for more than thirty years in the Hudson River Valley, their beautifully crafted music has been heard at coffeehouses and festivals as a duo and also as members of the Hudson River Sloop Singers and the Walkabout chorus.  

 Using two voices, guitars, and mandolin, Shirl and Steve weave a fabric of eclectic tunes that warm the heart and feed the soul. Their memorable harmonies are carefully delivered to touch people by emphasizing their meaningful lyrics. They have spent many years perfecting their musical performances while working with or opening for Pete Seeger, Kim and Reggie Harris, Joe Crookston, David Amram, Odetta, Guy Davis, Eric Weissberg,  Tony Bird, Dr. Bernice Johnson Reagon, and Sy Kahn. 

“I enjoyed their work enormously” -- Bob Sherman, Woody’s Children on WFUV

Now based in the Rockies of Northern Colorado, we are thrilled to host them on their visit to the East Coast.