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By Grant Snider
Published on August 12, 2008 at 12:24pm
"Rebel Side of Heaven," by Langhorne Slim, fromLanghorne Slim (Kemado):
If folk pseudonyms were like Web addresses, Langhorne Slim would have been snatched up shortly after the invention of the Internet. True to his name, Langhorne makes barefoot folk Americana with a voice to fuel front-porch stomps and sunset hymns, evoking both a less-screechy Jack White and Nashville Skyline–era Dylan. He's backed by the drums and hulking upright bass of a rhythm duo known as the War Eagles. Though Langhorne Slim is a State University of New York music conservatory alum rather than a boxcar-hoppin' hobo, his eponymous 2008 album rings with country-fried authenticity. It's music taught nowhere but backwoods schoolhouses and clandestine alt-folk seminars.
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