Chris Smither & the Motivators + Andy Friedman

Acoustic-folk-blues singer-guitarist Chris Smither has been performing since the mid-’60s, but it's only in the past decade that the wry, gruff-voiced picker has gained the recognition he deserves (Diana Krall covered his "Love Me Like a Man" in 2004). He's just issued his 12th studio album, Hundred Dollar Valentine.