Photos of Langhorne Slim at Club Helsinki in Hudson, NY on March 26th, 2017
Photos of Langhorne Slim at 2016 Newport Folk Festival in Newport, RI
Photos of Langhorne Slim at 2015 Outside Lands in San Francisco, CA
Photos of Langhorne Slim at 2015 Newport Folk Festival
Photos of Langhorne Slim at Southgate House Revival in Newport, KY on April 6th, 2014
Photos of Langhorne Slim at Radio Radio in Indianapolis, IN on July 21st, 2012
Photos of Langhorne Slim at Bowery Ballroom in New York, NY on June 14th, 2012
QRO’s review of Langhorne Slim at McCarren Park Pool in Brooklyn, NY on August 10th, 2008
Photos of Langhorne Slim at Sound Fix Records in Brooklyn, NY on June 1st, 2008
Langhorne Slim has quietly been delivering everything you could want from an alt-country/folk artist. He’s got an authentic twang that works in both upbeat and downbeat pieces, and a charming, sly personality. His songs have the kind of quality of sound and skill that indie-country fans are looking for. This continues with Lost at Last Vol. 1, if a little too on the nose sometimes.
Lost has the intimate finger-plucking one wants in pieces such as openers “Life Is Confusing” and “Old Things”, as well as the more galloping style with “Bluebird”. “Private Property” brings the storytelling mode folk is known for, but there’s also the catchy “Funny Feelin’ (For Junior Kimbrough & Ted Hawkins)”, and forthright spiritual pleading “Better Man”.
Some of the songs are a bit too obvious – “Old Things” is almost too cute in celebrating older items, while “Better Man” is exactly as emotional as its name entails. Maybe Langhorne Slim is looking to be a little more straightforward, out-Mumford Mumford & Sons or what have you, to get the alt-country/folk credit that is his due.