Singer-songwriters in recovery
A sober Langhorne Slim builds a beautiful ‘Mansion’ out of the ashes
For the longest time, even during his first go-around with recovery, Sean Scolnick — the artist known as Langhorne Slim — felt a bit like a British explorer from the 1920s, hobbling his way across the Tibetan plateau toward the ultimate summit. Despite the majestic views of every peak scaled, little else mattered, he said,…
Read MoreThree chords & the truth: In recovery, Tim Easton gets more real than ever
Courtesy of Michael Weintrob Like a hungry dog drawn to the assurances of warmth and sustenance, singer-songwriter Tim Easton circled the fires of sobriety for a while before he finally found the fortitude to emerge from the shadows. For roughly a decade, he told The Ties That Bind Us recently, he was able to avoid…
Read MoreThe becoming: Sheva Elliot channels her sobriety into ‘cosmic witch rock’
Courtesy of Alicia Echeverria If recovery is about change and growth, then Sheva Elliot is a supercharged version of the woman she once was. She’s coming up on two years sober after making the decision to quit drinking in 2017, dabbling with weed and falling off the wagon for a single weekend in 2019. That…
Read MoreSobriety gives producer, musician Stefan T a high no drug could ever touch
It all came to a head for Stefan Tisminezky, the artist known as Stefan T, in the parking lot of a job he was on the verge of losing, along with his sanity and possibly his life. The night before, he told The Ties That Bind Us recently, he’d met up with former co-workers at…
Read MoreDelivered by grace: In sobriety, Jon Foulk sings ‘A New Song’
Within the span of a week, singer-songwriter and sideman Jon Foulk went from the lowest of addiction’s lows to the highest of spiritual highs. It was early 2016 when, after numerous times through addiction treatment gave him a glimmer of hope only to have it dashed by an ensuing relapse, that he found himself at…
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