Cat No:
VJCD215
Release Date: 14 April 2014
Label: Loose Music
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 5029432021525
Genres: Rock
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Description
Following a spur-of-the-moment cross-country trip with a pair of fiery European girls, Vikesh Kapoor left school for a brief yet inspiring stint as a masons apprentice. The America he had previously known resided narrowly between his childhood home in rural Pennsylvania and the New England university he left home for. Alongside his parents own immigrant struggles, these experiences quickly witnessed Kapoor to the scope of the American dream.
A few years later, Kapoor performed at Howard Zinns memorial service in Boston, in front of Zinns family and colleagues (including Noam Chomsky). Roused by Zinns lifelong battle against class/race injustice, Kapoor spent the next two years in Portland, Oregon working on his full-length debut record.
The Ballad Of Willy Robbins, a concept album loosely based on a newspaper article, chronicles the brutal but hopeful story of a working class man who slowly loses everything: ambitions, health, family and shelter. Its a workers tale, less specific to the blue-collar life as it is about anyone struggling to make something of themselves.
Co-produced by Adam Selzer (M. Ward) and features Nate Query (Decemberists, Black Prairie), Jeff Ratner (Langhorne Slim) and Birger Olsen (Denver). -
Tracklisting
- 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
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Old Flowers
Courtney Marie Andrews
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You Are Not A Stranger Here
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On a Golden Shore
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Brown Horse
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Thank God We Left The Garden
Jeffrey Martin
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Hollow
The Handsome Family
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The Ballad Of Willy Robbins
Vikesh Kapoor
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