Chris Smither http://smither.com Fri, 05 Mar 2010 13:57:45 +0000 en hourly 1 How to Fly http://smither.com/how-to-fly/ http://smither.com/how-to-fly/#comments Wed, 24 Feb 2010 00:52:27 +0000 admin http://smither.com/?p=461

Read an article written by Chris, on how to fly with your guitar, in this month’s issue of Acoustic Guitar.

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Buy tickets online or in person at Elmer’s Store (Ashfield), Mocha Mayas (Shelburne Falls), or World Eye Bookshop (Greenfield).
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Also, for a limited time, purchase the CD plus bonus DVD, The Time Stands Still Sessions, about the making of the album, exclusively online:

Order the CD + Bonus DVD

SPREAD THE WORD:

View & send your friends an eCard about the record (with video clips, song samples, and more)!

ALSO: FOLLOW CHRIS ON FACEBOOK!
Follow Chris’s daily musings from the road on his Facebook page

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UPDATE!

Time Out Chicago reviews Amplified and says: “Veteran Boston folk singer Chris Smither opens the collection with the best story…”

Click here to read the full review.

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]]> http://smither.com/acoustic-guitar/feed/ 0 Chris Wins Boston Music Award http://smither.com/chris-wins-boston-music-award/ http://smither.com/chris-wins-boston-music-award/#comments Sat, 01 Aug 2009 15:39:11 +0000 admin http://smither.com/?p=66 Boston Music AwardsWe’re happy to announce that Chris won the award for Outstanding Folk Act in this year’s Boston Music Awards. Big thanks to everyone who voted.

]]> http://smither.com/chris-wins-boston-music-award/feed/ 0 The Last Fruit Peddler in New Orleans http://smither.com/the-last-fruit-peddler-in-new-orleans/ http://smither.com/the-last-fruit-peddler-in-new-orleans/#comments Sat, 01 Aug 2009 15:38:57 +0000 admin http://smither.com/?p=65 Those familiar with Chris’s song No Love Today might enjoy this video about the last fruit peddler in New Orleans. (Click photo to view video.)

fruit peddler

Thanks to Nate Goldshlag for the link.

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The ceremony took place at the 2007 North American Folk Alliance Conference in Memphis, TN.

www.folkalliance.org

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]]> http://smither.com/rolling-stone-best-songs-of-06/feed/ 0 World Cafe Live http://smither.com/world-cafe-live/ http://smither.com/world-cafe-live/#comments Sat, 01 Aug 2009 15:37:44 +0000 admin http://smither.com/?p=62 World Cafe LiveChris recently performed at World Cafe Live in Philadelphia for the series “Live Fridays”, produced by NPR and member station WXPN. You can listen to Chris’s performance on the NPR website.

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