Folk legend Tom Rush performed for RadioBDC’s Live in the Lab series Dec. 3. The singer/songwriter celebrated 50 years of performing on stage this year.

Boston Globe staff music critic James Reed, right, introduced Rush.

Rush will perform at Symphony Hall on Dec. 28 with other members of “The 47 Club,” which is the name given to the group of musicians who used to perform at Cambridge’s Club 47, now known as Club Passim.

Rush switched guitars in between songs before playing “Drop Down Mama” by Sleepy John Estes.

Rush performed a new song which he described as “a 19th century whaling ballad.”

Rush’s upcoming Symphony Hall concert was funded entirely through a Kickstarter campaign, which raised $140,984.

Reed, right, interviewed Rush post-performance about his long career and his Symphony Hall concert.