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

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

In just under a week Patti Smith's seminal debut album 'Horses" celebrates it's 50th anniversary Recorded at Electric Lady Studio's and released on November 10th, 1975, it was met by near universal ...

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 ...

The Punk Poet Laureate is returning to her roots. Starting Nov. 10, Patti Smith will launch the U.S. leg of her ‘Horses 50th Anniversary Tour’ celebrating her legendary 1975 debut album “Horses.” Near ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Her poetic and immersive fourth memoir 'Bread of Angels' is both a prequel and a sequel to the bestselling 'Just Kids' ...

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, ...

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