For those who don’t know, Canadian Ben Caplan is a singer, songwriter, performer, and entertainer.
On his website, he explains that he touches on themes of immigration, loss, darkness, and love in his latest project. Caplan and his band, The Casual Smokers, play concerts all around Europe, Australia and North America. Caplan’s music hasn’t gone unnoticed, and he even enjoyed WOON Roots Recording of The Year award in 2013.
In all, he has released three studio albums—but this video alone earned him almost 10 million views since it was published in 2011.
Combined with beautiful scenery around him, Caplan films a pretty exceptional music video.
The song he’s performing is “Down to the River,” recorded live in Trinity Bellwoods Park in Toronto in Ontario, Canada. As the clip begins, Caplan sits on a log with autumn leaves all around him and his perfect music resonates through the natural space.
The whole time, Caplan’s voice emanates peace and warmth.
Caplan’s beard, guitar, attitude, and style are all so reassuring.
The warmth of the video is appealing, and it’s sure to make viewers want to hit the replay button. The video’s art direction all establishes a pleasant and relaxing tone that’s slowed down enough to let him man sing his song. As his voice echoes through the park, one of the best things about the video is that Caplan found a perfect setting for his soulful and heartfelt song.
Poetry, a guitar, and his soulful voice were all that it took to make this performance great!
The way Caplan sings is simple, honest, captivating, and passionate.
As he picks the guitar strings, his whole body follows the rhythm. “Down the River” is Caplan’s original song, which is clearly visible during the performance. The fact that he feels the lyrics so deeply is undeniable, and he pours his soul into this song. The performance is true poetry, and it doesn’t lack any emotion. The way he delivers it keeps your eyes glued to the screen. The only thing we can think of that’s missing is a bonfire—but this video is sure to make you want to start your own in the backyard!
Caplan’s “Down the River” performance is one of those where you can almost see the music pouring out the instrument if you look close enough.
Without a doubt, Caplan has an authentic vibe and a lot of talent.
He pushes the basic format and his instrument as far as they can go, and the music that comes out is divine. This song is a powerful song with interesting lyrics that makes you contemplate life. Although some songs like that can bring you down, Caplan still keeps a light touch here. Instead, it’s like he wrote a song to make you feel at ease with your life decisions and the things behind you while trying to find your way home. We could imagine this song being played in any genre and be amazing.
Whenever we hear a track that’s this moving and full of energy, it can easily bring a tear to the eye.
Caplan sometimes performs the song on his ukulele as well, which is an interesting touch for a folk performance. Regardless, listening to Caplan’s talents is sure to give people all the tingly feelings and is just another example of the spectacular things that music can do.
Since it was posted, Caplan’s video got 10 million views on this stellar performance.
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