All About The Bones, by Chris Smither

All About The Bones

by Chris Smither

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1.	All About The Bones 03:16	buy track
2.	Digging The Hole 02:34	buy track
3.	Still Believe In You 03:54	buy track
4.	If Not For The Devil 03:32	buy track
5.	Calm Before The Storm 03:13	buy track
6.	Down in Thibodaux 03:29	buy track
7.	In The Bardo 03:52	buy track
8.	Close The Deal 03:38	buy track
9.	Completion 03:29	buy track
10.	Time To Move On 03:23	buy track

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The sound and imagery of Chris Smither’s 20th album is as elemental as the inky black shadows cast by a shockingly bright moon. The listener is welcomed into some gothic mansion on an imaginary New Orleans street, and there in the lamplit parlor confronts Smither’s inimitable propulsive guitar and rumbling baritone, joined seamlessly to producer David Goodrich’s carpetbag of instruments, Zak Trojano’s rock-steady drumming, BettySoo’s diaphanous harmony vocals, and the mournful flood of Jazz legend Chris Cheek’s saxophone. Smither deemed “One of the absolute best singer-songwriters in the world” (Associated Press) is an American original whose genius is both in his effortless, distinctive, rippling guitar and in his reimagining of the acoustic blues as a vehicle for rich, philosophically complex lyrics. The light given off from the music and writing on All About The Bones casts our own lives into a sublime and welcome clarity.

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released May 3, 2024

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Chris Smither Amherst, Massachusetts

A profound songwriter, Chris Smither draws deeply from the blues, American folk music, modern poets, and philosophers. Reviewers continue to praise his dazzling guitar work, gravelly voice and songwriting. “Smither is an American original – a product of the musical melting pot and one of the absolute best singer-songwriters in the world.”—Associated Press. ... more

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May 4

Eddie's Attic

Decatur, GA
May 17

Narrows Center for the Arts

Fall River, MA
May 18

City Winery - Boston

Boston, MA
May 19

3S Artspace

Portsmouth, NH
May 25

Jorma Kaukonen's Fur Peace Ranch

Pomeroy, OH
May 29

The Hamilton Live

Washington, DC
May 30

World Cafe Live

Philadelphia, PA
May 31

Levon Helm Studio

Woodstock, NY
Jun 1

BOMBYX Center for Arts & Equity

Northampton, MA
Jun 6

Rams Head On Stage

Annapolis, MD
Jun 7

Iridium

New York (NYC), NY
Jun 20

The Bur Oak

Madison, WI
Jun 21

SPACE

Evanston, IL
Jul 11

Freight & Salvage

Berkeley, CA
Jul 12

McCabe's Guitar Shop

Santa Monica, CA
Jul 13

McCabe's Guitar Shop

Santa Monica, CA
Jul 22

Pitchfork Social

Salt Spring Island, BC
Jul 23

Tractor Tavern

Seattle, WA
Aug 1

Cedar Cultural Center

Minneapolis, MN
Aug 2

Shank Hall

Milwaukee, WI
Oct 12

Swallow Hill Music - Daniels Hall

Denver, CO

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