Cover for Smither's latest CD, Train Home (Hightone, 2003) Chris Smither has been honing his bluesy, folk-centered acoustic sound for four decades now -- and critics and fans say he's getting better ...

A profound songwriter, Chris Smither draws deeply from a combination of Blues, American Folk music, modern poets, and philosophers. With his signature gravelly voice and dazzling guitar work, he has ...

Sound Check is the Globe’s weekly guide to concerts, tunes, and trends rooted in Boston and beyond. This column covers Nov. 8-14. “I’ll live to be 100, I was born in ‘44,” Chris Smither recites on his ...

EASTON Bluesy, folk-rock guitarist and singer Chris Smither and Susan Werner, known for crafting almost unrecognizable covers out of classic songs, will share the bill tonight at the Avalon Theatre.

When Chris Smither found his live gigs shut down during the worst months of COVID-19, he figured it might at least be a good opportunity to write some new songs — something the veteran folk/blues ...

Chris Smither returns to Fort Smith for an intimate show at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 12 at 801 Media Center. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Smither's career spans nearly 50 years and includes 18 albums, seven books, ...

Acclaimed folk-blues singer-songwriter Chris Smither, who lives in Amherst, never expected to be cast in a Netflix movie — and he certainly never expected to be part of a project that won an Oscar.

Calling Chris Smither a singer-songwriter is a misnomer – he is a entertaining sage, a metaphysician on acoustic guitar, diagnosing what ails mankind and offering some relief but no easy answers in ...