Although we’re a few years past 2020 and the COVID pandemic closures, it’s still fascinating for me to ask musicians how they spent that hazy period of time. Some formed bands or wrote songs. For ...

“Back in the old days,” muses resilient troubadour Chris Smither, “writing new songs and making new albums were just chores. My priority was, and still is, performing live. I guess I still write the ...

Songwriter Chris Smither is marking his 50th year in music this year. Fans can hear his latest blues-folk offerings from his upcoming 16th album during Wednesday’s performance at the Southern Café and ...

Club Passim will celebrate legendary bluesman and songwriter Chris Smither's 80th birthday with musical performances from various artists on November 9. Over the course of Smithers sixty year career ...

In its most literal meaning, the phrase “singer-songwriter” can apply to any artists who sing their own compositions—be it Trent Razor or Bootsy Collins. But that’s not the way the term is used in ...

He's a happy, comfortable guy, so the idea that he's not as famous as he should be just slides off his back. "How come you ain't famous?" he says, with a dusky laugh... Chris Smither’s new album, Time ...

Chris Smither is just the opposite of many musicians who migrate to New Orleans to further their careers. He grew up in the Crescent City; his father was a professor at Tulane, and he even won a folk ...

Legendary singer-songwriter Chris Smither sat down with us at the Newport Folk Festival to discuss Folkways Records' major influence on him as a budding artist, from Eric Von Schmidt to Dave Van Ronk.

For nearly 60 years, blues guitarist Chris Smither has toured the world, received accolades and even had his songs covered by other notable artists. Sometimes he performs solo, and sometimes he gets ...