Linda Smith is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and home recording artist who began self-releasing cassette albums in the late 1980s. Beginning in the 1990s, some of her recordings were released in vinyl and CD form on indie labels such as Slumberland Records and Harriet Records. In 2021, the Captured Tracks label reissued a selection of her recordings on an album called Till Another Time: 1988–1996. Paste Magazine described the release as a "hidden treasure of America’s pop underground."
In the 1980s, prior to her solo career, Smith was in a New York City band called the Woods. In the 1990s, she was a member of the Silly Pillows, appearing as a vocalist on one album with the band. Other bands that included Smith were the Window Shoppers and Yours Truly.
Smith is a longtime resident of Baltimore.
Discography The Space Between the Buildings (MC) – Preference – 1987 Do You Know the Way...? (MC) – Preference – 1988 "Gorgeous Weather" (7") – Harriet – 1990 Put It in Writing (MC) – Preference – 1991 "Till Another Time" (7") – Slumberland – 1993 Remember Your Heart (EP) – Hoppel di Hoy – 1993 Nothing Else Matters (CD) – Feel Good All Over – 1995; (LP) – Captured Tracks – 2024 I So Liked Spring (MC) – Shrimper – 1996; (LP) – Captured Tracks – 2024 Preference: Selected Songs, 1987–1991 (CD) – Harriet – 1997 Emily's House (CD) – Preference – 2001 Something New! (CD) – Preference – 2001 All the Stars That Never Were (MC) – Juniper Tree Songs – 2014 Till Another Time: 1988–1996 (CD) – Captured Tracks – 2021 Untitled 1–10 Plus 1 (LP) – Almost Halloween Time – 2021
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