Live Review: Newport Folk Festival 2022 @ Fort Adams State Park, RI — 7/22-7/24/22

Posted on August 1, 2022 by Casey Vock in Live Review and tagged Adia Victoria, Anaïs Mitchell, Aroof Aftab, Bela Fleck, Bendigo Fletcher, Blake Mills, Bleachers, Brandi Carlile, Buffalo Nichols, Carm, Cassandra Jenkins, Clairo, Courtney Barnett, Dinosaur Jr., Faye Webster, folk, Goose, Hermanos Gutierrez, Hurray For The Riff Raff, Illiterate Light, Japanese Breakfast, John Craigie, John Moreland, Joni Mitchell, Langhorne Slim, Lee Fields, Low Cut Connie, Lucius, Lucy Dacus, Madi Diaz, Marcus Mumford, Maren Morris, Matt Berninger, music festival, Natalie Merchant, Nathaniel Rateliff, Newport Folk Festival, Paul Simon, Psychic Hotline, Rhiannon Giddens, Robert Ellis, Sierra Ferrell, Sylvan Esso, Taj Maha, Taylor Goldsmith, Texas Pianoman, The A's, The Felice Brothers, The Linda Lindas, The National, The Roots, Varlerie June.

Brandi Carlile welcomes Joni Mitchell to the stage at the Newport Folk Festival on July 24, 2022, her first time back at Fort Adams since 1969. (Photo by Casey Vock)

When musicians themselves hold a place and event so close to their hearts that it becomes sacred, the experience for fans is that much more lasting and remarkable.

The Newport Folk Festival, long considered one of the country’s most influential gatherings of songwriters, artists, and performers, proved to be that and so much more this year — three full days of celebrating music as a communal power and a change agent at a time when the nation feels fragmented by political turmoil and the lingering struggles of the pandemic.

Live Review: Langhorne Slim w/ Riddy Arman @ The Birchmere — 3/22/22

Posted on March 28, 2022 by Mark Engleson in Live Review and tagged Americana, Casey Vock, folk, Langhorne Slim, Pennsylvania, Riddy Arman, The Birchmere.

Langhorne Slim performs at The Birchmere on March 22, 2022. (Photo by Casey Vock)

I feel a certain kinship with soulful folk-Americana troubadour Langhorne Slim. We’re a couple of Jewish kids who were born just two days apart, and we grew up in neighboring states; he named himself for the suburb of Philadelphia he hails from, while I grew up just outside of Akron, Ohio. We love a lot of the same stuff: Dylan, Waits, Cat Stevens, Woody Guthrie, Captain Beefheart, Will Oldham, and Uncle Tupelo.

Langhorne is a high-energy performer, someone who is more than dynamic enough to capture an audience when he’s out there on his own with just an acoustic guitar. There’s a lot of motion in his performance and you couldn’t miss it at The Birchmere in his recent date there: He moved around the stage, he came out from behind the mic, he went into the crowd. Slim had a lot of energy, and I could relate to that!

Snapshots: Langhorne Slim @ The Birchmere — 3/28/18

Posted on March 30, 2018 by Ari Strauss in Live Review and tagged Americana, folk, Langhorne Slim, Nashville, singer-songwriter, The Birchmere.

Langhorne Slim performs at The Birchmere on March 28, 2018. (Photo by Ari Strauss)

An Intimate Evening with Langhorne Slim on “The Lost at Last Tour”

Langhorne Slim gave a very intimate solo performance at The Birchmere in Alexandria on Wednesday. Rather than relying on a prepared set list for the performance, Langhorne (whose real name is Sean Scolnick) selected songs on fly and shared nostalgic stories with the audience about his time growing up Southeastern Pennsylvania, his family, recruiting bandmates, and all the influences along the way that informed his music.

Don’t Miss: Langhorne Slim @ The Birchmere, 3/28/18

Posted on March 16, 2018 by Mickey McCarter in Live Review and tagged Americana, folk, Langhorne Slim, Nashville, singer-songwriter, The Birchmere.

Langhorne Slim (Photo by Harvey Robinson)

It seems Langhorne Slim is always on tour, but maybe that’s because he always has something to say! The singer-songwriter recently released Lost at Last Vol. 1, his sixth and latest album, via Dualtone Records. Now, he’s performing at The Birchmere in Alexandria, Virginia, on Wednesday, March 28.