Chris Smither

En este número como siempre, repasando lo mejor del rock clásico y contemporáneo, hemos abierto con nuestra primera dosis de rock clásico, con Fairport Convention, allá por 1969 y su indispensable Unhalfbricking. Después y entre las novedades rock, os presentamos el último trabajo de los alemanes Kadavar, The Isolation Tapes, grabado durante la pandemia. De nuestros recuerdos, destacamos en este número a una de las grande bandas del Brit Pop de los 90, Pulp, de los que escuchamos el estupendo We Love Life, publicado en 2001. También más novedades rock, esta vez dentro del Folk Blues, escuchamos lo nuevo del gran Chris Smither, More From the Levee, publicado en el 2020. Y cerramos vuelta a los clásicos con el Don Van Vliet, Captain Beefheart y su Magic Band, de los que escuchamos, también el indispensable, Clear Spot, publicado en 1972. Que lo disfrutéis!

Chris Smither is an American folk/blues singer, guitarist, and songwriter whose music draws deeply from the blues, American folk music, and modern poets and philosophers. Chris was such a blast to talk to about life, his career, his influences and his love for music and the road. We discuss his journey back to New Orleans after some time away and he plays us one of my favorite songs, being the first musician to do so on Dystopia. Enjoy!

The folk music legend stops by the program to reflect on his 50 year career in music.

Recorded in 2016 at the Byham Theater in Pittsburgh, PA. Podcast support provided by Digital Relativity. https://bit.ly/3yeGvIs

El programa d'avui presenta una novetat i un "descobriment". La novetat és "The Bookends", el darrer disc d'Eric Gales (Memphis, Tennessee), considerat internacionalment un dels millors guitarristes del "blues que ve...", explosiu i acaronador a la vegada. El "descobriment" és el virtuós bluesman Chris Smither (Miami, Florida) en un dels seu discos més representatius, "Small revelations", farcit d'una acurada tècnica instrumental amb una impecable banda de músics que no té pèrdua.Chris Smither (CD "Small revelations")"Thanks to you" - "Hold on" - "Small revelations" - "Dust my broom" - "Sportin' life" - "Hook line and sinker"Eric Gales (CD "The bookends")"Intro" - "Something's gotta give" - "Watcha gon' do" - "It just beez that way"Quico Pi de la Serra en directe, "Lockdown blues"

Abrimos hoy el tiempo del programa escuchando algunas vinculaciones de Chris Smither con el mundo del Blues y prestando atención a su nuevo disco "More From the Levee". Nuestro siguiente artista es el saxofonista Hank Crawford a quien recordamos con dos de sus discos más interesantes. Cerramos el programa escuchando a Lucinda Williams acompañada por músicos como Tony Joe White, de cuyo fallecimiento acaban de cumplirse dos años. Escuchar audio

Every once in a while we get to chat with a Boston legend.Chris Smither is one of the most distinguished and authentic singer-songwriter/bluesmen over the past 50+ years. His soulful voice and excellent finger-style guitar playing is set to a heartbeat kept in time by his signature tapping feet.Chris moved to Boston from New Orleans back in the mid 1960’s and within hours of arriving he was on stage with Eric von Schmidt in Harvard Square at Club ‘47 (now Club Passim).Hanging out with his future producing partner Dick Waterman and blues musicians Son House and Fred McDowell, he began to hone his songwriting chops.Also in that group of bluesmen was the incomparable Bonnie Raitt, who fell in love with his song Love You Like A Man and made it her own. His songs have since been recorded by EmmyLou Harris, Diana Krall, Josh Ritter, Loudon Wainwright III, Dave Alvin, Patty Larkin, Peter Case and Tim O'Brien.He continued to write, perform and also overcome his personal struggles to be a musical road warrior. He has put out 18+ albums, his most recent More From The Levee - a compilation of songs that didn’t make it onto his 2014 album Still On The Levee retrospective that were so good they had to be released as well.Chris is still on the road and has proven to be one of the greatest American Folk/Blues artists to grace the stage.

Hablamos con Nerea Madariaga del festival Letraheridas de Iruña, con Anton Arriola de su nueva novela, con Marta Serna de su exposición artística en Bilbao y con Joseba Martín del nuevo disco del impagable músico estadounidense Chris Smither....

CHRIS SMITHER is truly an American original. For over 50 years, Smiother draws deeply from the blues, American folk music, modern poets, and philosophers. He’s forged lifelong friendships with many musicians, including Bonnie Raitt who went on to record his songs, “Love You Like A Man” and “I Feel the Same. Smither recently released his eighteenth record, ‘Call Me Lucky’ on Signature Sounds/Mighty Albert. It’s arguably his best.SAM MORROW has found his footing as an artist and appears poised to join the ranks of a member of Los Angeles' country elite. He was recently named by Rolling Stone as 10 New Country Artists You Need to Know. At 27 years old, Morrow has released a confident career-defining album ‘Concrete and Mud’ on Forty Below Records. It’s rooted in Texas twang, southern stomp, and old-school funky-tonk.WoodSongs Kid: Ruby Leigh Pearson is an eleven-year-old country singer from Folley, Missouri.Listen Now

CHRIS SMITHER is truly an American original. For over 50 years, Smiother draws deeply from the blues, American folk music, modern poets, and philosophers. He’s forged lifelong friendships with many musicians, including Bonnie Raitt who went on to record his songs, “Love You Like A Man” and “I Feel the Same. Smither recently released his eighteenth record, ‘Call Me Lucky’ on Signature Sounds/Mighty Albert. It’s arguably his best.SAM MORROW has found his footing as an artist and appears poised to join the ranks of a member of Los Angeles' country elite. He was recently named by Rolling Stone as 10 New Country Artists You Need to Know. At 27 years old, Morrow has released a confident career-defining album ‘Concrete and Mud’ on Forty Below Records. It’s rooted in Texas twang, southern stomp, and old-school funky-tonk.WoodSongs Kid: Ruby Leigh Pearson is an eleven-year-old country singer from Folley, Missouri.