Patti Smith loves a motif. Admittedly, she loves music and her longtime friend and photographer Lynn Goldsmith more, but she loves a motif nevertheless. On Oct. 7 at Oakland’s Henry J. Kaiser Center ...

Easter, the third album from the Patti Smith Group, came out in 1978, and it included a song called “Rock N Roll N****r.” Smith co-wrote the song with her guitarist Lenny Kaye, and in its lyrics, she ...

Patti Smith's last appearance drew criticism from local community leaders for Smith's comments on the war in Gaza.

I just finished reading Patti Smith's memoir of her life and connection with artist Robert Mapplethorpe. It was pretty inspiring stuff. Two wild kids (wild in their own way) whose happy collision in ...

It was a historic Election Night in New York City — and it wouldn’t be Patti Smith’s style to let the drama of the moment go unmilked. Smith appeared at Manhattan’s Town Hall on November 4 to ...

Patti Smith’s song “Rock N Roll N****r” has been removed from streaming services like Spotify, Apple Music, Tidal and Amazon Music, as reported by Rolling Stone. The song, which appears on the 1978 ...