Patti Smith
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"It took a decade to write this book, grappling with the beauty and sorrow of a lifetime." Patti Smith announces new memoir Bread of Angels
By Paul Brannigan published
New York's punk poetess Patti Smith announces fourth memoir, Bread of Angels

Patti Smith announces 50th anniversary celebrations for Horses, with special UK, US and European gigs
By Paul Brannigan published
A chance to hear one of the greatest albums in the punk rock canon performed in full, perhaps for the last time

10 classic songs given away from one artist to another
By Niall Doherty published
From Prince to Joni Mitchell and Macca to the Bee Gees, the stars who were in such a creative purple patch that they had classics going spare and shopped them elsewhere.

Patti Smith's commercial breakthrough is a flawed artistic statement
By Classic Rock Magazine published
Containing her biggest hit and her most controversial song, the Patti Smith Group's third album Easter is a fascinating whole

Patti Smith: “Trump is clearly unhinged.”
By Paul Brannigan published
Patti Smith isn't a Donald Trump fan

Shirley Manson on the time she met her hero Patti Smith and totally lost it
By Niall Doherty published
Manson also recalled that the first time she met Smith, she totally lost it...

Every Patti Smith album ranked from worst to best
By Emma Johnston published
Creative polymath Patti Smith is one of music's most unique voices – here we go through her back catalogue in order of greatness

“She was the mentor who made R.E.M. a band in the first place”: Michael Stipe on the time R.E.M. roped in his hero Patti Smith as a guest singer
By Niall Doherty published
R.E.M. frontman Michael Stipe also revealed Everybody Hurts was intended to be a duet with Patti Smith
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