Patti Smith’s Family Secrets

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

“If She Can Do It, She Can Have It”: The Bruce Springsteen Song that Landed Patti Smith Her First Hit

“Because the Night” was recorded in 1977 while Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band were working on Darkness On the Edge of Town. However, it was simply the melody with some mumbled lyrics over top ...
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CASSANDRA Musical Featuring The Songs Of Patti Smith to Premiere at The Vera Project

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. It was grad school when accomplished stage director Kelly McMahon first ...
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Patti Smith's Landmark Debut Album ‘Horses' 50th Anniversary Edition to Feature Outtakes, Rarities

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 ...

Patti Smith's mesmerizing new memoir looks back in wonder — and sorrow

Patti Smith, the celebrated rock poet who won a National Book Award for 'Just Kids,' revisits her hard-scrabble childhood, success and the loss of her husband, Fred Sonic Smith, in 'Bread of Angels.' ...