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Chris Smither's 'Hundred Dollar Valentine' Due in June

Chris Smither's 'Hundred Dollar Valentine' Due in June

Source: conqueroo

First long-player by fingerpicker/singer/songwriter to feature all original songs features session support from Morphine, Groovasaurus, The Lemonheads players BOSTON, MA: There are such things as the cosmic blues. Janis Joplin once recorded a song by that name — she spelled it kosmik. But Chris Smither lives them. Smither's cosmic blues are on full display in Hundred Dollar Valentine, a brilliant amalgam made of equal parts past, present and future. It is music that traces its roots back deep into tradition, ...

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Performance / Tour

Chris Smither in Philadelphia 10/06 & 10/07, New CD Out 09/19

Chris Smither in Philadelphia 10/06 & 10/07, New CD Out 09/19

Source: All About Jazz

CHRIS SMITHER'S LEAVE THE LIGHT ON DRAWS FROM BLUES AND FOLK, POETS AND PHILOSOPHERS

12th album due on Signature Sounds September 19

BOSTON, MA -- Chris Smither, whose songs have been covered by Diana Krall, Emmylou Harris and Bonnie Raitt, to name a few, is one of a handful of musicians active today who were on the scene during the folk / blues renaissance of the '60s. Born in Miami and raised in New Orleans - where he first heard ...

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Recording

Chris Smither's 'Leave The Light On' Draws from Blues, Folk, Poets and Philosophers

Chris Smither's 'Leave The Light On' Draws from Blues, Folk, Poets and Philosophers

Source: All About Jazz

BOSTON, MA -- Chris Smither, whose songs have been covered by Diana Krall, Emmylou Harris and Bonnie Raitt, to name a few, is one of a handful of musicians active today who were on the scene during the folk / blues renaissance of the '60s. Born in Miami and raised in New Orleans - where he first heard the blues - before heading on to Boston at the onset of that city's late '60s musical greening, Smither has carved a ...

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Recording

Chris Smither's 'Leave the Light On' Draws from Blue and Folk, Poets and Philosophers

Chris Smither's 'Leave the Light On' Draws from Blue and Folk, Poets and Philosophers

Source: All About Jazz

12th album due on Signature Sounds September 19

Chris Smither, whose songs have been covered by Diana Krall, Emmylou Harris and Bonnie Raitt, to name a few, is one of a handful of musicians active today who were on the scene during the folk/blues renaissance of the '60s. Born in Miami and raised in New Orleans -- where he first heard the blues -- before heading on to Boston at the onset of that city's late '60s musical greening, Smither ...

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