Personnel: Langhorne Slim (vocals, guitar, harmonica, Fender Rhodes piano); Langhorne Slim; Christopher Bear (lap steel guitar, saxophone, triangle, bells); John Kingsley Hall (harmonica); Brendan Ryan (accordion); Chris Taylor (saxophone, bells); Ben Shandley (trombone); Lane Brown (piano, Fender Rhodes piano, Hammond b-3 organ, drums); Paul DeFiglia (upright bass); Adira Amram, Sarah Crespo (background vocals); Charles Butler (banjo).
Audio Mixers: Chris Taylor; Malachi DeLorenzo.
Recording information: Brooklyn, NY (07/15/2004-01/14/2005).
Photographer: Drew Goren.
Arranger: Langhorne Slim.
This is a deluxe two-disc reissue of the Brooklyn-based bluegrass and folk revivalist Langhorne Slim's well-received 2005 album, adding five unreleased tracks to the original's 15. The preternaturally gifted songsmith plays with both heart and talent on his sleeve, with real enthusiasm (and no traces of opportunism) for the bluegrass sound. And WHEN THE SUN'S GONE DOWN might well be his best all-around collection: there's the usual flying-finger banjo and steel-string virtuosity on tracks like "In the Midnight" and "And If Its True," beautiful high-range vocal trills on "Mary," and touching ballads like "Checking Out," among many other highlights.
Professional Reviews
Uncut (p.102) - 4 stars out of 5 - "[T]he 24-year-old's razor-like keen takes in everything from Foggy Mountain breakdown to freewheelin' Fred Neil-isms..."
Magnet (p.117) - "[The songs] show a jaunty, determined sense of songwriting..."
Mojo (Publisher) (p.60) - Ranked #8 in Mojo's "Top Ten Underground Albums Of 2005."
Mojo (Publisher) (p.98) - 4 stars out of 5 - "[I]mbued with vitality and life by Langhorne's unique vocal chords, his winning way around words and a talent which suggests he's only just getting warmed up here."
