Chris Smither

With his rugged baritone and distinctive fingerstyle guitar work, Chris Smither has cut a deep path through American folk and blues music over the course of his six-decades-plus career. After coming up through the mid-'60s Boston folk circuit, he released just two albums before a lengthy struggle with alcoholism derailed his recording career in the '70s. Though he remained a dynamic live performer, Smither didn't begin recording again until the early '90s, when he enjoyed an unlikely but well-deserved revival. A prolific run in the '90s and 2000s helped cement his legacy with ...