Vikesh Kapoor "Down By The River"

Following up his acclaimed 2013 debut  The Ballad of Willy Robbins  , Vikesh Kapoor returns with his newest single, "Down By The River." The  affecting ballad brought to life by Kapoor's ethereal and subdued vocals, restrained  instrumentation, and imagery-filled lyrics  is  nothing short of beautiful.
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"Down by the river there she was
pinning the line and drying her clothes
from the hill I watched as my love stood alone
Fare thee well, oh honey, fare thee well
The old church bells never did sound
as they did the day my love and I were bound
as they did the night my wife was not found
Fare thee well, oh honey, fare thee well"
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Kapoor had this to say of the song,  "I wrote  'Down by the River'  while stuck in a blizzard in Pennsylvania. A river called the Susquehanna rushed through my town and I'd sit on its bank in the snow thinking about a Ukrainian girl I met there, by chance, the winter before. A few nights later, waiting for the snow to melt, the image of her on the edge of the river became clear in my mind. I finished the song while the sun was still down, but never got to sing it for her in the morning."

Listen (and be moved) below. Pre-order here:   tinyurl.com/vkflexidiscpre