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Readers’ Pick: Chris Smither – All About the Bones

Friday, May 10, 2024 By Tom Osborne

Chris Smither – All About the Bones (cover art)

You picked Chris Smither – All About the Bones as your favorite new release for the week of May 3, 2024.

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Bonus Monday Video – The Meadowlark Festival

Monday, August 14, 2023 By Mayer Danzig

Our friends at The Meadowlark Festival have something special cooking. Let’s start with the setting – the Stone Ridge Orchard and Farmers Market in New York’s Hudson Valley. Pick some apples (and maybe grab some cider…) as you enjoy a wonderful and eclectic weekend of music. Among their featured performers are renowned folk/blues singer-songwriter Chris […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Blues, Folk, Indie Rock, Singer/Songwriter, Videos Tagged With: Chris Smither, Chris Staples, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Devotchka, Jolie Holland, Kacy and Clayton, Kaia Kater, Lizzie No

Chris Smither on “Real Work” and What Makes Him Happy

Tuesday, November 24, 2020 By Mayer Danzig

Chris Smither

Singer-songwriter Chris Smither talks about his cozy and comfy home rehearsal space, early gigs on Bourbon Street in New Orleans, and the first song that he wrote (and that he still occasionally plays)

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Folk, Interviews, Singer/Songwriter, Why It Matters Tagged With: Chris Smither

Readers’ Pick: Chris Smither – Call Me Lucky

Friday, March 09, 2018 By Tom Osborne

Chris Smither - Call Me Lucky - cover art

You picked Call Me Lucky by folk singer-songwriter, Chris Smither, as your favorite new release for the week of March 2, 2018. Poll Results New Releases Did we miss something? If you feel a new release is missing from our current poll, please let us know in the comments. Readers’ Tops Winter & Spring 2018 CALEB […]

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The Twangville 2018 Release Preview

Thursday, January 11, 2018 By Mayer Danzig

If the albums scheduled for release over the next few months are any indication, there’s a great year of music ahead of us. Here are just a few forthcoming long-players that we are eagerly anticipating in 2018. BETWEEN TWO SHORES by GLEN HANSARD (19 January on Anti- Records) Hansard has the unique ability to combine […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Blues, Country, Folk, Indie, News, Outlaw Country, Pop, Rock, Soul/R&B Tagged With: Aoife O'donovan, Bahamas, Ben Miller Band, Brandi Carlile, Buffalo Tom, Caleb Caudle, Chris Smither, Fruition, Glen Hansard, Grant-Lee Phillips, I'm With Her, Janiva Magness, Justin Peter Kinkel-Shuster, Marie/Lepanto, Michael McDermott, Michelle Malone, Nathaniel Rateliff, Ruby Boots, Sam Morrow, Sara Watkins, Sarah Jarosz, The Low Anthem, Will Johnson

Mayer’s Playlist for August 2014, Part 2

Wednesday, August 20, 2014 By Mayer Danzig

ALBUMS OF THE MONTH Uncle John Farquhar, by Goodnight, Texas Goodnight, Texas are on a journey, if not across geography then certainly through time. The bi-coastal group – songwriters Avi Vinocur and Patrick Dyer Wolf live in San Francisco, CA and Chapel Hill, NC respectively – are committed to taking listeners on a musical tour […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Downloads, Folk, Playlists, Pop, Reviews, Rock, Streams Tagged With: Benjamin Booker, Chris Smither, Cory Branan, Goodnight Texas, Otis Gibbs, Peter Himmelman, Rusty Belle, Tinnarose, Walter Salas-Humara

Music with a Purpose: Songs for the World’s Bravest Kids

Tuesday, September 24, 2013 By Mayer Danzig

This post continues our series of posts about music that serves a higher purpose. This music reaches beyond pure listening enjoyment, raising awareness about important issues that affects countless people in their day-to-day lives. Alastair Moock had built a successful career as a folk musician when cancer struck. It didn’t strike him, but rather his […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Alternative, Folk, Reviews Tagged With: Alastair Moock, Aoife O'donovan, Chris Smither, Mark Erelli

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