Patti Smith talks about 'Bread of Angels,' her latest book. Smith wrote the book over a 10-year period, chronicling her ...
“Jesus died for somebody’s sins but not mine,” Smith sang on Saturday over the slow piano chords of keyboardist Tony Shanahan ...
The indomitable punk poet — who was born in Chicago and briefly lived in Logan Square when she was young — dedicated “People ...
“Just Kids” is a memoir of Smith’s early years in New York and her relationship with the artist Robert Mapplethorpe. They ...
What a magnificent night of live music, centered on the 1975 debut that is regularly — and rightfully — considered to be one ...
The sound engineers on 'Horses', old friends and more, recall the making of Patti Smith's debut album and define its power, ...
At the Chicago Theatre, Patti Smith and her band tore into “Horses” from top to bottom, and 50 years on, it’s still ...
For one weekend, Fort Mason may have been the most caffeinated place on the planet. The wildly popular annual San Francisco ...
Some artists peak early. These stunning debut albums set a standard so high, even their creators couldn’t top them ...
The singer-songwriter and poet recounts her childhood in this memoir, the place where “the kingdom of the infinite imagination” first opened beneath her feet.