Jon Kaplan made his mark playing solo and with his band Bicycle Thieves, in the DC area where he was awarded several Wammies (Washington Area Music Awards) and play venues large and small, including the Kennedy Center and DC’s RFK Stadium. Mark Jenkins of The Washington Post wrote the “Jon Kaplan, singer-composer, knows how to pin a phrase to a shiny hook and sing it skyward.” And Richard Harrington of The Washington Post wrote “Kaplan displays a knack for catchy hooks and provocative lyrics, and is also blessed with a virile vocal style reminiscent of Train’s Pat Monahan and Guster’s Ryan Miller.”