Nobody blends groove and gravitas quite like Chris Smither. The folk-blues master leads off his new album with the title song, “All About the Bones.” Over a seductive mid-tempo rhythm burnished by his own deftly picked guitar, Chris Cheek’s late-night […]
Tron Theatre, Glasgow. Celtic Connections 2019
Celtic Connections 2019. Tron Theatre, Glasgow.
With so much happening during the past few weeks, there was not the time to hear from our favorite Pennsylvania contributor to this column, Mark J. Smith. Mark knows the Philadelphia Folk Festival well, and yet he always is discovering […]
The 2018 Newport Folk Festival is in the books. There were numerous highlights – new discoveries along with some revered favorites. While there, I spoke with a several artists backstage to get their thoughts on playing the iconic festival. All […]
Chris Smither’s new double album is titled Call Me Lucky, and he surely sounds like a man with no complaints. “Call me lucky” are the first words he sings on the album’s first song “The Blame’s on Me,” and “on […]
