Ricky Vasan

Ricky Vasan is a Boston based independent singer songwriter. He spent his formative years in Dehradun, India and counts <a href="spotify:artist:74ASZWbe4lXaubB36ztrGX" data-name="Bob Dylan">Bob Dylan</a> <a href="spotify:artist:5l8VQNuIg0turYE1VtM9zV" data-name="Leonard Cohen">Leonard Cohen</a> <a href="spotify:artist:70cRZdQywnSFp9pnc2WTCE" data-name="Simon &amp; Garfunkel">Simon &amp; Garfunkel</a> <a href="spotify:artist:5hW4L92KnC6dX9t7tYM4Ve" data-name="Joni Mitchell">Joni Mitchell</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:3nnQpaTvKb5jCQabZefACI" data-name="Jeff Buckley">Jeff Buckley</a> as some of his major influences along with contemporary artists such as <a href="spotify:artist:4EVpmkEwrLYEg6jIsiPMIb" data-name="Fleet Foxes">Fleet Foxes</a> <a href="spotify:artist:2cCUtGK9sDU2EoElnk0GNB" data-name="The National">The National</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:7B2edU3Q7btJoNsoHCNohM" data-name="Laura Marling">Laura Marling</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:6fxk3UXHTFYET8qCT9WlBF" data-name="Kevin Morby">Kevin Morby</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:79JJCxCCfJ8HufX6w8q2k4" data-name="Damien Jurado">Damien Jurado</a>
Ricky’s Debut EP <a href="spotify:album:3dQPU4XStaxk6B9TggW6Tw" data-name="Weekend Smile">Weekend Smile</a> came out in early 2020.
The latest 8-track release (Treading Water) sees him put more confidence in his words and melodies, as all superfluous arrangement elements or production-led trickery settle behind to give him his full space. Every once in a while a melodic percussion will supplement his guitar&#39;s plucks, a pad augment the ring of his strings or an electric guitar&#39;s hook fill the spaces in between to create a dynamic journey, while at the centre stage, Vasan&#39;s singing over acoustic guitar remains the defining constant.