Patti Smith is looking back, and coming home. Smith, the 78-year-old Rock and Roll Hall of Fame singer-songwriter, was born ...

A lot of people will say artists need to speak up, it's artists' responsibility to speak. I believe that’ Katie Razzall, the BBC’s culture and media editor, speaks to American singer-songwriter Patti ...

Patti Smith has been associated with New York for her entire public life. In 1971, her first poetry and music performance was at St. Mark’s Church in-the-Bowery with Lenny Kaye on the guitar. Along ...

The power and importance of Horses, the seminal debut of punk-poet Patti Smith, still lingers five decades after its release.

Patti Smith has been on tour all year, celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of Horses, her classic punk debut, released in November 1975. She brought the show to New York last week, and ripped it up ...

Poverty and insanity are terrible things—but then there is bohemian poverty and insanity, and these are infused with the romance of becoming an artist. In the first of this two-part interview, Patti ...

After a hectic decade making a name for herself as the “punk poet laureate” of 1970s rock and roll, Patti Smith stepped away from the stage to focus on her family and writing. Sixteen years later she ...

In 1975, she transformed poetry into punk. Neither would ever be the same. More than 20 artists who made and admired the album share their memories. By Jon Pareles November 7th, 2025 Sex. Death.

From cradle to late life, the godmother of punk remembers it all — including, especially, her life with the late Fred “Sonic” Smith. By David Hajdu David Hajdu is a critic, a songwriter and a ...

The power of rock ‘n’ roll was on full display. It made us want to sing and it made us want to scream. It made us want to call old friends as well as make new ones. It made us believe, hope and dream.