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SUMMARY:An Evening with Chris Smither
DESCRIPTION:Price includes all applicable state and local taxesAll About th
 e BonesThe sound and imagery of the 20th release by Chris Smither\, All Ab
 out the Bones\, (release date: May 3\, 2024 on Signature Sounds/Mighty Alb
 ert\, distributed by Redeye) is as elemental as the inky black shadows cas
 t by a shockingly bright moon. The listener is welcomed into some gothic m
 ansion on an imaginary New Orleans street\, and there in the lamplit parlo
 r confronts the band\, a minimalist skeleton crew: Smithers inimitable pro
 pulsive guitar and rumbling baritone are joined seamlessly to producer Dav
 id Goodrichs carpetbag of instruments\, Zak Trojanos rock-steady\, primal 
 drumming\, BettySoos diaphanous harmony vocals\, and the flat\, mournful f
 lood of Jazz legend Chris Cheeks saxophone.Recorded at Sonelab Studios in 
 Easthampton MA by Justin Pizzoferrato (Sonic Youth\, Dinosaur Jr.\, the Ho
 ld Steady) All About the Bones has a feel that is somehow baroque and aust
 ere at once. Smither and his longtime producer David Goodrich have been re
 fining their musical conversation for decades\, both in the studio and ons
 tage\, and by now\, their bond verges on the telepathic. Goodrich plays on
  nearly every track. His sound is by now so translucent that it seems to f
 unction as a swath of silence\, allowing the songs to burn like ciphers in
  the crackling air.And oh\, the songs on All About the Bones. Chris Smithe
 r\, after six decades of sharpening his knife as a songwriter\, can at thi
 s point open damn near anything with a flick of his wrist. God and the Dev
 il are opened here. Mortality is too. Politics\, consciousness\, renewal\,
  family\, vulnerability\, surrender Smither has sat with these topics like
  so many Zen koans\, for so long\, that every line is a pearl. The title t
 rack\, All About the Bones\, kicks the record off with Consider your high 
 station/ think about your fame. All of your creation depended on your fram
 e. Irony\, wit\, the double meaning of depended each verse is a master cla
 ss in songwriting.Yet the stark\, elemental sage always has a twinkle in h
 is eye\, a light touch at your elbow as he guides you along. From the wick
 edly funny defense of the Adversary in If Not for the Devil to the unsenti
 mental open-heartedness of Still Believe in You\, he is as human as we all
  long to be. The disjointed imagery of In the Bardo and the dystopian mirr
 or of Close the Deal find Smither unflinchingly staring down the mortality
  of both individuals and republics\, and yet he is at peace\, among loved 
 ones in his cover of Eliza Gilkysons Calm Before the Storm\, and turning h
 is gaze to the future in Completion. He sends us on our merry way\, startl
 ed\, dazzled\, unsettled and then comforted\, with Tom Pettys Time to Move
  On.As noted by the New York Times\, Rolling Stone\, MOJO\, NPR\, and othe
 rs\, in the decades of travels to All About the Bones\, Chris Smither has 
 gone from up-and-comer to journeyman to veteran to icon\, and yet the whol
 e time his path has more closely resembled Joseph Campbells Hero with a Th
 ousand Faces- an unblinking\, fearless trek into the depths of struggle an
 d revelation\, and a return back to the land of the living\, to share the 
 hard-won treasures found along the way. His restlessness is long gone\, an
 d his eyes are fixed where the moonlight falls on some never-to-be-seen ho
 rizon (Still Believe in You). The light given off from his music casts our
  own lives into a sublime and welcome clarity. This event is 18 and over. 
 Any ticket holder unable to present valid identification indicating that t
 hey are at least 18 years of age will not be admitted to this event\, and 
 will not be eligible for a refund.
LOCATION:The Southgate House Revival - Sanctuary\, 111 E Sixth Street\, New
 port\, KY\, 41071\, United States
URL:https://www.qmeet.net/EventDetails?EventID=25439
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