Release Date: 21 April 2014
Label: Loose Music
Packaging Type: Slip Sleeve (CD or Vinyl)
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 5029432021518
Genres: Folk
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. It's 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
Courtney Marie Andrews
Kassi Valazza
Margo Cilker
Brown Horse
The Hanging Stars
Jeffrey Martin
The Handsome Family
Margo Cilker
Vikesh Kapoor
