Legendary singer-songwriter Chris Smither sat down with us at the Newport Folk Festival to discuss Folkways Records' major influence on him as a budding artist, from Eric Von Schmidt to Dave Van Ronk.

Sound Check is the Globe’s weekly guide to concerts, tunes, and trends rooted in Boston and beyond. This column covers Nov. 8-14. “I’ll live to be 100, I was born in ‘44,” Chris Smither recites on his ...

Chris Smither has finally achieved the greatest level of Western Mass. fame: getting stopped on hiking trails. “I take my dogs for walks up by public conservation land — I couldn’t get two steps!

There were no bells or whistles at Chris Smither’s show last Saturday at Caffè Lena. He played two sets on a Gibson acoustic guitar sitting in a chair. In his dressing room before the show he talked ...

Music A nod to Chris: Boston’s folk legend Chris Smither turns 80 this weekend After hearing the “Word of God” to go to Boston, Chris Smither became a full-on folk legend. He turns 80 this weekend, ...

Club Passim will celebrate legendary bluesman and songwriter Chris Smither's 80th birthday with musical performances from various artists on November 9. Over the course of Smithers sixty year career ...

He's a happy, comfortable guy, so the idea that he's not as famous as he should be just slides off his back. "How come you ain't famous?" he says, with a dusky laugh... Chris Smither’s new album, Time ...

Acclaimed folk-blues singer-songwriter Chris Smither, who lives in Amherst, never expected to be cast in a Netflix movie — and he certainly never expected to be part of a project that won an Oscar.