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

US musician and author Patti Smith is releasing her new memoir "Bread of Angels" amid a revival of interest in rock legends among young listeners, with a recent shout-out from Taylor Swift bringing ...

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

November 10, 2025 marks the 50th anniversary of Patti Smith’s album, Horses. I feel honoured to reflect on this work, but ...

One of the city's great romantic bards treated fans to a night of songs and stories, with stripped-down acoustic performances of classics from all over her catalog ...

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

These rock songs from 1978 did well when they were released, but I can help but think they should have hit No. 1 on at least one chart.

Patti Smith’s “Bread of Angels” illustrates what happens when a poet becomes a historian, chronicling the tales of her life.

To say Deliver Me From Nowhere isn’t for everybody is to exaggerate its actual appeal. The Bruce Springsteen biopic isn’t even for all Springsteen fans. But aging dudes with daddy issues, which could ...

If you were wondering what the poem meant, I have no idea,” Patti Smith offered, after reading Rimbaud’s “Genie” on Monday ...

A dark scene where Jeremy Allen White‘s Springsteen self-destructively floors his accelerator on an empty road in the middle of the night is based on a real-life moment Springsteen never disclosed ...

This is FRESH AIR. Patti Smith, known as the grandmother of punk, has received several honors, including an induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and the French Legion of Honor. But for our book ...