DOWN BY THE RIVER (2017)

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"Vikesh Kapoor’s music has always defied logic. Here’s a young artist—born in small town Pennsylvania to immigrants from India—who seems more inspired by Pete Seeger, John Jacob Niles and Woody Guthrie than any popular music from the last two decades." - THE FRETBOARD JOURNAL

Song of the Week - THE BLUEGRASS SITUATION

THE BALLAD OF WILLY ROBBINS (2013)

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1 Bottom of the Ladder
2 The Ballad of Willy Robbins
3 I Dreamt Blues
4 Blue-Eyed Baby
5 Carry Me, Home
6 I Never Knew What I Saw In You
7 Searching for the Sun
8 Ode To My Hometown
9 Forever Gone

Best 100 Albums of the Year - ROUGH TRADE

Best Indie Roots Albums of the Year - MAGNET MAGAZINE

20 Best Music Videos of 2013 - THE HUFFINGTON POST

"One of our favorite folk albums from 2013" - THE FRETBOARD JOURNAL

"Kapoor’s cameos of blue-collar life are poignant and universal: wrecked home towns, insecure employment, busted dreams. An impressive debut." ★★★★ THE GUARDIAN

"A series of sharply etched portraits of struggling Americans that points back along a road of socially conscious songs." - THE NEW YORKER

"Sincere, husky ballads of the apathetic, recession-era (or Depression-era) working man." - INTERVIEW MAGAZINE

"Folk's Newest Hero" - THE BLUEGRASS SITUATION

"Vikesh Kapoor possesses the kind of voice you believe in" - CITY ARTS SEATTLE

"The Ballad of Willy Robbins is astonishingly good, with each song cutting like a sharp blade." - THE PORTLAND MERCURY

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