Langhorne Slim and John Craigie
Date
- Sat, Apr 22, 2023
- Expired!
Time
- 8:00 pm
Cost
- Premium - $40 (includes fee); Orchestra & Balcony - $35 (includes fee); Day of Show - $46 (includes fee)
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Sponsored by Poole Anderson Construction and Yocum Real Estate Centre
Nashville and Portland troubadours Langhorne Slim and John Craigie are coming together for 10 intimate solo shows. Joining forces for the first time on tour since sharing the stage at the Newport Folk Festival, the duo will be stripping down to the essence of what they do best – sharing a personal musical experience with audiences. Join Slim and Craigie as they pair their one-of-a-kind songwriting abilities for a slew of unequaled shows.
Langhorne Slim
Born Sean Scolnick in 1980, Slim took part of his artistic moniker from his hometown of Langhorne, Pennsylvania, a place he’s still very much connected to despite making his home in Nashville. Since the advent of Covid-19, he has been traveling back to PA once a month to see his mother and grandmother, and, like many Americans, finding strength in his origins and family bonds.
Slim’s most recent release, Strawberry Mansion, is the singer-songwriter’s seventh full-length album. He released his first record, Electric Love Letter, back in 2004. Since then he has graced the stages of Bonnaroo, Lollapalooza, Newport Folk Festival, and the Conan O’Brien show, winning fans over with his heart-on-a-sleeve sincerity and rousing live shows.
The title Strawberry Mansion refers to the neighborhood in Philadelphia where both of his grandfathers grew up, a place he calls “dirty but sweet, tough but full of love, where giants roamed the earth and had names like Whistle and Curly.” That idea of a mythical wonderland informs the new album from head to toe. Strawberry Mansion is not so much about nostalgia for the past as it is about the possibility of better days ahead in this world. These are songs that remind us we’re all part of a collective “Mighty Soul,” united in one journey, just like the characters in that old Philly neighborhood. It’s a life-affirming album for these times.
John Craigie
Portland, OR-based singer, songwriter, and producer John Craigie adapts moments of solitude into stories perfectly suited for old Americana fiction anthologies. Instead of leaving them on dog-eared pages, he projects them widescreen in flashes of simmering soul and folk eloquence. On his 2022 full-length album, Mermaid Salt, we witness revenge unfurled in flames, watch a landlocked mermaid’s escape, and fall asleep under a meteor shower.