Billboard.com
"....Kapoor is no gimmick; he is a true folk aficionado whose music references traditionalists like Woody Guthrie and Pete Seeger. His fiery performances have inspired a frenzy of hooting and hollering at house shows, communal foot stomping at P.A.’s Lounge and even captured the attention of Josh Ritter, for whom he played in a moonlit alley outside Club Passim."
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Indiemuse.com
"....in
order to create a piece of intellectual, poetic tradition one must come to
terms with both who they are and what they have learned along the long, hard
path. Kapoor’s feet are on their way to becoming tough and leathery
and we’re lucky enough to catch him so soon."
"Truly, Vikesh Kapoor’s poetry is the most obvious talent"
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Splicetoday.com
"Vikesh
Kapoor sounds like Jackie Green with a bit more of the Boss and Dylan—i.e.
more subtlety in his lyrics and composition. This is some great present day
folk music."
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Show Review
"It certainly seems that in the future, Vikesh will be selling out shows at every venue he plays. For now, Vikesh enjoys playing at small venues and even in people’s homes.
In early April, Vikesh played a show at the Harriet Richards Cooperative House on Bay State Road. After two other acts that played before him, Vikesh walked up to the stage area and the entire mansion fell silent. The only noise came from him fiddling with his harmonica and guitar while preparing to play his set for the night. In concert, Vikesh is extremely charismatic; he, no doubt, had everyone’s attention in the room. The connection he has with his audience is very important to him. He compared an audience at a live concert to an audience watching a movie: 'you can watch a movie and everything is happening in front of you, but when someone is on stage, it’s live, so there needs to be more of a connection. When it comes to audiences, I know I can connect to them, but I just look at everyone as individuals instead of a collective. You think about them as individuals, because they are all having different experiences.' With an approach to the stage like this, his listeners respect him and are extremely loyal." -Annie Berman
Lint Magazine
"Armed
with a harmonica around his neck and his beaten but loyal 1966 acoustic
guitar, local musician Vikesh Kapoor plays American folk music.
“The tradition is the stories. It’s history,” Kapoor says.“It’s what Bob Dylan did in his early years. People say that he stole music. They just don’t understand that retelling and reinterpretation is a vital part of the folk tradition.”
Just as Dylan was in the sixties, Kapoor is part of an intimate, urban folk revival."
