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 ...

For one weekend, Fort Mason may have been the most caffeinated place on the planet. The wildly popular annual San Francisco ...

November 10, 2025 marks the 50th anniversary of Patti Smith’s album, Horses. I feel honoured to reflect on this work, but also a tremendous amount of pressure to capture what it is for the people who ...

Patti Smith's latest memoir is a must-read for music fans, especially after the gut-punch that was her 2010 work titled Just ...

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 ...

Punk rock pioneer Patti Smith didn’t know who her biological father was until getting an assist from the daughter she put up for adoption decades earlier, she reveals in her new memoir, out Tuesday.

Patti Smith got candid about the moment she discovered the truth about her biological father. The 78-year-old singer - who rose to fame in the 70s with her debut album Horses - opened up about the ...

Dua Lipa admires her writing. Taylor Swift referenced her in her track The Tortured Poets Department, singing: "You're not Dylan Thomas, I'm not Patti Smith". Fifty years after Smith released her ...

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Punk godmother Patti Smith‘s landmark 1975 debut album, Horses, is getting the golden jubilee treatment. The John Cale-produced classic that introduced the world to Smith’s signature poetry-meets-punk ...