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New album in June!
**NEWS** Listen to an interview with Chris (including live performances of a few songs from the new album) on NPR / Radio Boston** June 19, 2012 marks the release of Hundred Dollar Valentine (Signature Sounds), Chris Smither’s twelfth studio record, and it will not disappoint. In fact, it is the first record that has all [...]
Boston Globe Books Article
May 13, 2012 / The Boston Globe Chris Smither: Folk/blues musician and voracious re-reader Chris Smither has had the well-sanded, world-weary voice of an old blues man since the New Orleans transplant first landed on Boston’s folk scene in the 1960s. This summer he comes out with his 12th studio record, Hundred Dollar Valentine, which [...]
New DVD featuring Chris & other songwriters
Troubadour Blues is a journey into the world of well-traveled singer-songwriters like Peter Case, Mary Gauthier, Chris Smither, Dave Alvin, Slaid Cleaves and many more. This 95-minute documentary, produced over a 10-year period by filmmaker Tom Weber, provides a revealing look at the heartbreaks and joys of these modern-day wandering minstrels. The film contains live [...]