Chris Lambert: Southervisions, Family, and the Kristin Smart Case | Up+Adam

Sponsored by The Mountain Air | Sponsored by Benny’s Pizza | SLOFreeParking Chris Lambert returns to Up+Adam, and this time the conversation begins with the music. His new album, Southervisions, arrives October 6 and draws from family, Louisiana, memory, and Lambert’s experience growing up half-Cajun on California’s Central Coast. Chris talks with Adam about the relationship with his father at the center of much of the record, the childhood trips to Louisiana that shaped him, and the unusual writing process that had songs arriving almost one after another. The album eventually became what Chris describes as a musical documentary of his family. The conversation then turns to the work many listeners first discovered Chris through, Your Own Backyard, and the Kristin Smart case, including our presser question we have been waiting to ask. Chris discusses the recent search activity, his experience at the sheriff’s press conference, the enormous media attention surrounding new developments, and the difficult position the Smart family remains in when public attention moves faster than the answers available to them. This is Part One of Adam’s conversation with Chris Lambert. Part Two continues Thursday with the wedding road trip and the deeply personal story behind Southervisions and Chris’s relationship with his father. • Pre-order Southervisions on Bandcamp • Explore Chris Lambert’s music • Your Own Backyard • Listen to Your Own Backyard on Apple Podcasts ******** *PORTABIDET: UP+ADAM IS AN OFFICIAL AFFILIATE FOR PORTABIDET - USE THIS LINK FOR UP+ADAM LISTENERS TO LEARN MORE AND GET YOURS! Listen to Up+Adam with Adam Montiel: Official Website: adammontiel.com Apple Podcasts: Up+Adam on Apple Podcasts Spotify: Up+Adam on Spotify iHeartRadio: Up+Adam on iHeartRadio YouTube Music: Up+Adam on YouTube Music ******** CHECK OUT OUR WOODS HUMANE PET OF THE WEEK! ******** ADAM’S TEDX VIDEO IS HERE! ******** FOLLOW ADAM ON INSTAGRAM ********* Sincere Thanks to the current supporters of Up + Adam. Please take a moment and visit them and thank them for supporting local broadcasting, and valuing what we do here. Thank you for supporting them! Life Elements City of SLO WoodsHumaneSociety Tin City Distillery Original Music by Dan Curcio and Moonshiner Collective Moonshiner on Spotify HERE Please Rate, Review, and Subscribe to the podcast, and learn more at AdamMontiel.com ©2026 Up+Adam with Adam Montiel / LoBro Studios, All Rights Reserved.