Chris Smither, whose songs have been covered by Diana Krall, Emmylou Harris and Bonnie Raitt, to name a few, is one of a handful of musicians active today who were on the scene during the folk/blues ...

More than two years have passed since folk guitarist Chris Smither and his wife adopted a bouncing baby girl from China. The performer was still getting used to the new addition when he spoke to the ...

Chris Smither started as a would-be anthropology major at a couple colleges, but then became fascinated, even obsessed, with classic blues. Five decades later, Smither’s lifelong study of the genre ...

Chris Smither learned to play music in New Orleans on his mother's ukulele. He loved the blues as a kid, but he started his career as a folk artist in Cambridge, Mass., in the music scene there. That ...

Chris Smither is not afraid to have some fun with death. “I think about it, and everyone I know that’s anything like as old as I am does too,” says the singer-songwriter about his typically wry ...

Singer Chris Smither is out with his latest album "All About the Bones." The 80-year-old reflects on his career, including Bonnie Raitt's cover of his song "Love You Like a Man" with NPR's Don Gonyea.