The selections below highlight Steve’s duo work with Kaplan Caluori, a collaboration with Steve and violinist Paul Caluori. Kaplan Caluori play 7 centuries of music. Their focus is on traditional Irish and pub music, jazz, and innovative takes on rock n’ roll.
The combination of guitar and violin cuts a wide swath across many genres. Kaplan Caluori’s memorable performances often feature songs that are unexpected and seldom heard, but familiar. Their approach to music is deceptively simple; wring as much emotion out of it as possible without losing the essential structure, harmony, and melody of the songs. Their repertoire spans 700 years, from medieval folk music to rock n’ roll.
Kaplan Caluori performs at clubs, weddings, jazz fests, St. Patrick’s Day Concerts, galleries, private functions, and museums and can be seen with the Big Apple Pops Orchestra playing swing, big band, jazz, and classical music.
Barlow Knife
Solo Guitar
Bouchard’s Hornpipe
The Green Fields of America
Kaplan Caluori
Quindaro
Solo Guitar
Quindaro Kansas – formed in 1857 – populated mostly by freed slaves and a prominent stop on the underground railroad.
A Farewell To Whiskey
Julia Clifford’s Polka
Kaplan Caluori – It’s not a polka!
Lochrynach
Solo Guitar
The Great Waltz Of China
Kaplan Caluori – A modern tune that Paul Caluori and I refer to as “The Ineffable Waltz”
Lord Mayo
Kaplan Caluori – A traditional Irish Christmas Song
Neil Gow’s Lament For His Second Wife
Solo Guitar
Salt River
The Forks Of Sandy
The Boys of Wexford
Solo Guitar
The Boys of Wexford is a famous Irish ballad commemorating the Irish Rebellion of 1798. The lyrics were composed by Patrick Joseph McCallwith music by Arthur Warren Darley.
“We are the boys of Wexford, Who fought with heart and hand. To burst in twain the galling chain
And free our native land…”
World Turned Upside Down – By Mark O’Connor
Kaplan Caluori
Song Of The Liberty Bell – By Mark O’Connor
Kaplan Caluori