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BIOGRAPHY


 C.K. Smith’s Celtic Folk Blues draws on influences from 70s folk revival artists such as Hamish Imlach; the scurrilous raconteur and gifted guitarist who went on to influence artists such as Christy Moore and John Martyn. All three of whom if you tilt your head slightly to the left you can hear their mark of influence on Smith.


Born and bred in Glasgow, C.K. Smith played in various bands over the years, covering genres from blues to Britpop. In his mid 20s he moved to London and joined 60s Garage aficionados The Baron Four, a band in which he still plays.  Currently living in Vancouver, Canada and working on a new album.




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Ben Graham Album Review in Shindig: 4/5 stars:

From Glasgow via St Leonards, CK Smith (Kevin to his friends) may be better known to our dear readers as guitarist with garage champions The Baron Four. His debut solo album, however takes inspiration from British folk revival (Celtic division), though Smith is happy to mix together styles in the service of a good song. On “Shelter” his haunting, minor key vocals and finger picked guitar bed in with bass, drums, cello and violin, rising to effective orchestrated climax, while “Inside Out” sways like The Coral’s psychedelic shanties, with electric guitar and keyboards adding texture. Faithful renditions of trad tunes “Hares on the Mountain” sit along side jazzy folk-pop bounce of “I got your love”, redolent of Donavan circa era “Sunny Goodge Street”, the kitchen sink Kinks of “Let Down” and the Bert Jansch flavoured “The Pilgrim”. No folk purism here, then; just melodic acoustic songwriting at its best.

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