Sitting for an interview, Langhorne Slim is the picture of beatific calm. Wearing a shirt decorated with butterflies, he muses about life and the wonders of fatherhood while sitting in the East Nashville studio where his partner, Alyssa, makes and sells custom and antique rugs. In concert, however, Slim is an entirely different creature, pouring his soul into every syllable sung and guitar chord strummed, dancing on tables, and hugging audience members.
Slim (born Sean Scolnick) brings his intimate and folksy rock (or is it rocking folk?) to New England this month: the Capital Center in Concord, N.H. on July 23, Levitate Backyard in Marshfield on July 24, Newport Blues Cafe in Rhode Island on July 26, and the Newport Folk Festival on July 27.
Slim was long best known for songs like “Changes,” “The Way We Move,” and “Life Is Confusing,” with deeply personal lyrics that reflect a lifelong struggle with anxiety and panic attacks and battles with alcohol and other drugs. But the song you may know best might be one you didn’t know was his — the giddy and euphoric love song “House of My Soul,” which was featured on a Walmart commercial last year. Advertisement Slim, who has been writing and recording for a new album, recently spoke about his emotional journey, parenting, giving it all live, and having the spirit of a punk rocker but putting his music in a commercial.
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