The sound engineers on 'Horses', old friends and more, recall the making of Patti Smith's debut album and define its power, ...

One of Horses' most evocative songs is ‘Free Money’, a song that is often misunderstood, even half a century later.

Today in Music History for Nov. 17: ...

Patti Smith talks about 'Bread of Angels,' her latest book. Smith wrote the book over a 10-year period, chronicling her ...

At the Chicago Theatre, Patti Smith and her band tore into “Horses” from top to bottom, and 50 years on, it’s still ...

“Jesus died for somebody’s sins but not mine,” Smith sang on Saturday over the slow piano chords of keyboardist Tony Shanahan ...

“Just Kids” is a memoir of Smith’s early years in New York and her relationship with the artist Robert Mapplethorpe. They ...

The indomitable punk poet — who was born in Chicago and briefly lived in Logan Square when she was young — dedicated “People ...

What a magnificent night of live music, centered on the 1975 debut that is regularly — and rightfully — considered to be one ...

Owen Tucker-Smith is a news associate at The Wall Street Journal in New York. He joined the Journal as a summer 2024 intern in Washington, where he wrote about Congress and the 2024 election. Owen ...