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Langhorne Slim: Newport Folk 2009
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Newport Folk Festival

Langhorne Slim: Newport Folk 2009

The self-described "country-punk" guitarist and singer, born Sean Scolnick, plays ramshackle acoustic songs tinged with blues. His albums find him pitching his frayed vocals on the edge of a wail.

Langhorne Slim At Newport 2009

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Langhorne Slim & The Law, Live In Concert
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Newport Folk Festival

Langhorne Slim & The Law, Live In Concert

With a big, ragged voice and a bigger personality, Slim has little trouble grabbing a crowd's attention with raucous songs from his newest album. Hear his set from the 2013 Newport Folk Festival.

Langhorne Slim & The Law, Live In Concert: Newport Folk 2013

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Will Hoge And Langhorne Slim In Concert
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Will Hoge And Langhorne Slim In Concert

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A performer who's always managed to dodge easy trends, Will Hoge plays sharp, smart, passionate rock 'n' roll that seems to exist out of time. The Nashville singer-songwriter invests his songs, as heard on his new album The Man Who Killed Love, with a working-class feel and universal appeal. Hear Hoge perform live in concert from WXPN and World Cafe Live in Philadelphia, along with another down-to-earth rocker, Langhorne Slim.

Will Hoge And Langhorne Slim In Concert

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Concerts

Langhorne Slim in Concert

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An unconventional folk and blues singer from Brooklyn (by way of Pennsylvania), Langhorne Slim skillfully infuses his rootsy songs with elements of bluegrass, rock, and country music. Hear Slim perform a concert from WXPN and World Cafe Live.

Langhorne Slim in Concert

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World Cafe

Langhorne Slim: Soul and Fire

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The songwriter, who hails from Brooklyn via Pennsylvania, conjures images of many other neo-folk singers, but there's energy and warmth in his recordings. Hear Langhorne Slim perform songs from his new album with host David Dye.

Langhorne Slim in Studio on World Cafe 6/4/08

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Bryant Park Project Video

Langhorne Slim Rocks Midtown Park

Singer-songwriter Langhorne Slim brings his country-punk sound to Manhattan. With help from the BPP, he and his band got permission to perform "Honey Pie" live in Bryant Park, one of Midtown's most beloved green spaces.

Langhorne Slim Rocks Midtown Park

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Music Interviews

Langhorne Slim's Folk-Rock Live Wire

Langhorne Slim and his band The War Eagles mix folk and blues with reckless punk-rock energy. Now touring with a new self-titled album, the singer-songwriter performs and discusses his love for playing live.

Langhorne Slim's Folk-Rock Live Wire

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Video Sessions

Country-Punk Langhorne Slim Rocks the 'BPP'

Langhorne Slim, born Sean Scolnick, is known as a country singer-songwriter with a punk sensibility. He visited the Bryant Park Project to discuss his self-titled album and to perform a couple of his songs.

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World Cafe

Langhorne Slim: Restless Folk Rocker

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Langhorne Slim mixes folk, blues, and rock in a way that only lunatic rocker Hasil Adkins could understand. The Brooklyn-via-Pennsylvania songwriter conjures images of many other neo-folk singers, but there's soul, fire, and warmth in his recordings.

Langhorne Slim: Restless Folk Rocker

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Cabinet Of Wonders: Episode Six

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Cabinet Of Wonders

Cabinet Of Wonders: Episode Six

Laughs, musical mash-ups and a Conway Twitty cover on this episode of Cabinet. Comedian and actress Janeane Garofalo is a self-proclaimed bacon-eating vegan, but she takes a stab at the good citizens who shop at Whole Foods.

Cabinet Of Wonders: Episode Six

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Langhorne Slim On Mountain Stage

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Mountain Stage

Langhorne Slim On Mountain Stage

The songwriter and his band wore down the tires on their van from constant touring. Here, Slim performs songs from his latest album, Be Set Free.

Listen Now: Langhorne Slim In Concert

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