Patti Smith, the celebrated rock poet who won a National Book Award for ‘Just Kids,’ revisits her hard-scrabble childhood, ...

The singer-songwriter wisely builds her memoir around her creative 1970s in New York — but other periods get weighed down in ...

This article appears in the December 2025 print edition with the headline “Patti Smith’s Lifetime of Reinvention.” ...

The years go by, but the album "Horses" still evokes the same emotion. On Monday, October 20, 2025, Patti Smith gave the ...

Appropriately enough, Wednesday night’s benefit tribute concert at New York’s Carnegie Hall in honor of pioneering musician, author and icon Patti Smith began with a poem. Not just any poem: It was ...

On this day 19 years ago, the iconic New York City music club CBGB, famous for its role in the punk rock and new wave scene, closed its doors after 33 years — but not before one last epic show ...

Patti Smith returns to the Olympia in Paris on Monday, October 20 and Tuesday, October 21, 2025, to celebrate the 50th ...

Smith and fellow poet Dylan Thomas were mentioned in the title track of Swift's new album, released Friday. By Zoe G. Phillips Patti Smith responded Saturday to Taylor Swift‘s recent mention of her in ...

Patti Smith is on the mend after she was hospitalized for a sudden illness in Bologna, Italy. The “Because the Night” singer-songwriter was set to perform at the city’s Teatro Duse on Tuesday night, ...

Patti Smith has been announced as a recipient of the 2011 Polar Music Prize. The award, given by the Royal Swedish Academy of Music, will be bestowed upon the 'Gloria' singer and classic string group ...

Poet, author, performer and visual artist Patti Smith performed at the Friends of Greenwich Library's April 12 Poet's Voice event. The event, which was held at the Berkley Theater and had support from ...

As she marks the 50th anniversary of the "Horses" album, Smith collaborated with Jacques Marie Mage on a limited-edition ...