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Ira Kaplan
Ira Kaplan in 2005
Background information
Birth name	Ira David Kaplan
Born	(1957-01-07) January 7, 1957 (age 67) Queens, New York, United States
Genres	Indie rock
Occupation(s)	Singer-songwriter, musician
Instrument(s)	Vocals, guitar, piano
Years active	1984–present

Ira David Kaplan^[1] (born January 7, 1957) is a co-founder, vocalist, guitarist and songwriter in the American indie rock band Yo La Tengo. He is married to the band's co-founder Georgia Hubley.^[2]

A graduate of Sarah Lawrence College, Kaplan formed Yo La Tengo in the early 1980s. Previously, he worked as a music critic for the SoHo Weekly News, New York Rocker, Village Voice^[3] and Matter,^[4] as well as serving as a soundman, roadie and backup musician for Mofungo and other New York-area bands.^[5]^[6] Kaplan's life, family, and musical development were chronicled in the book Big Day Coming: Yo La Tengo and the Rise of Indie Rock, by Jesse Jarnow (Avery Books, 2012).^[7]

In 2012, Spin named Kaplan the 97th greatest guitarist of all time.^[8]

Kaplan's vocals were featured in Eluvium's 2013 album Nightmare Ending in the song "Happiness". He occasionally hosts a free-form radio program on WFMU under the name "Ira the K."^[9]

References

^ "ABOVE THE SOUND". ASCAP. American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers. Retrieved November 11, 2023.
^ Allmusic.com Entry for Ira Kaplan
^ Perfect Sound Forever: "From Gem Spa to the World"
^ "Matter magazine". The Rock Mag Archive. rockmagarchive.com. Retrieved 9 May 2024.
^ "An American Band: Yo La Tengo's Ira Kaplan Reminisces..." Baltimore City Paper, February 2, 2007 Archived April 6, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
^ Booth, Vachel (1988) "Yo, Dudes! - Home runs and headbutts with Yo La Tengo", Underground, February 1988 (Issue 11), p. 21
^ Big Day Coming review at Pitchfork.com
^ "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time". 3 May 2012.
^ WFMU archives for Ira Kaplan

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v t e Yo La Tengo
Georgia Hubley Ira Kaplan James McNew Dave Schramm Dave Rick
Studio albums	Ride the Tiger New Wave Hot Dogs President Yo La Tengo Fakebook May I Sing with Me Painful Electr-O-Pura I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out Summer Sun I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass Popular Songs Fade Stuff Like That There There's a Riot Going On We Have Amnesia Sometimes This Stupid World
EPs	Today Is the Day!
Compilation albums	Genius + Love = Yo La Tengo Prisoners of Love Yo La Tengo Is Murdering the Classics They Shoot, We Score Murder in the Second Degree
Other albums	Strange but True (with Jad Fair) The Sounds of the Sounds of Science Fuckbook
Singles	"You Can Have It All" "Saturday" "Periodically Double or Triple" "Stupid Things"
Related articles	Discography This Stupid World tour Dump

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