Patti Smith News

The Museum of the City Of New York just put out a compendium of the 400 most essential people in NYC's 400 year history.

In this Oct. 19, 2005 file photo, Chinese director Zhang Yimou speaks about his work and life during a ceremony honoring him at the Hawaii International Film Festival in Honolulu.

Main American photographer born November 4, 1946, New York, New York, U.S. died March 9, 1989, Boston, Massachussetts American photographer who was noted for austere photographs of flowers, celebrities, and male nudes; among the latter were some that proved controversial because of their explicitly homoerotic and sadomasochistic themes.

"Godmother of Punk" Patti Smith didn't go to Pratt. She didn't have the money and, she says, she was "too erratic a student" to get past the admissions office.

U2 was the only co-headliner at this week's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 25th anniversary concerts that didn't announce at least some of its guests ahead of time.

Florence + the Machine, "Lungs" **** Wow. The Doc was already floored by "Lungs," the buzzed-about debut by England's Florence + the Machine, before he reached the final song.

She only performed four original songs , instead imagining what [Robert] Frank might have heard coming over the AM as he drove across the country in the mid-'50s. She has never publicly performed before many of these songs before, and may never again.

Of all the parties and private views that have taken place in London over the past week to coincide with the Frieze art fair, only one brought the traffic to a halt.

I've written about this before, the concept of a debut album summing up the sound of an act better than anything that follows, better than a Greatest Hits album ever could - it's also known as The Rage Against the Machine Effect .

ROCK poet and musician Jim Carroll, who chronicled his wild teen years in The Basketball Diaries , has died of a heart attack, his ex-wife told The New York Times .

For those yet to encounter their darkly atmospheric sound, Madam is a musical vehicle for singer/guitarist/producer Sukie Smith, a striking amalgam of tousled hair, sparkly leggings, and knowing glances, all housed in a dominating presence.

NEW YORK'S godmother of punk Patti Smith is in overdrive, releasing her tribute CD for a 'magical' friend just as a documentary of her life premieres.

The more aggressive and exciting things become onstage, the quieter and simpler they become offstage.

September 3, 2009 -- The Twilight Dance Series should end its 25th anniversary with a bang when Rock legend Patti Smith takes the stage Thursday night on the Santa Monica Pier.

Alison Jacques Gallery will present a new interpretation of the work of acclaimed and controversial American artist Robert Mapplethorpe .

Shirley MacLaine plays the legendary French fashion designer at the age of 71, when the House of Chanel was trying to make a comeback after a decade of gradually increasing irrelevance.

This is not the singer Patti Smith or the singer Patty Smyth . This is the dancer Patty Smith , who at 4-feet 10-inches demonstrates that you don't have to be long-legged to do what she does.

The Because The Night rocker walked away from the limelight in 1979 because she didn't want to be an absent mother - and she's still convinced it was one of the best decisions she has ever made.

The Because The Night rocker walked away from the limelight in 1979 because she didn't want to be an absent mother - and she's still convinced it was one of the best decisions she has ever made.

Patti Smith was the concluding guest during the PBS press tour day Sunday, flying in from a Japanese tour to promote the Steven Sebring's film "Dream of Life" which will close the season for "P.O.V." in December.