On December 30, 1946, the world welcomed Patti Smith, a luminary whose influence has spanned over five decades in the realms of music and poetry. As we celebrate her 79th birthday, we reflect on her ...

Taylor Swift’s music has received its fair share of criticism. However, her latest album, The Tortured Poets Department, has just earned a very public praise. Throughout the body of work, Swift ...

Patti Smith's landmark album "Horses" was released Dec. 13, 1975. Its 50th anniversary brings a contradiction that feels appropriate to the record's origins. For an album that helped define an era, it ...

This is FRESH AIR. I'm David Bianculli. Patti Smith is now considered one of the wise women of rock 'n' roll, an eloquent chronicler of her life in music and in a series of acclaimed memoirs. But 50 ...

As Patti Smith walked back onto the stage for her encore on Saturday, Nov. 15, she smiled and waved to the cheering crowds on all four sides of the Walt Disney Concert Hall. “I don’t usually have the ...

Those were the exact years that I hailed, as some readers may recall, in my annual articles between 2022 and today as, respectively, the first, second and third greatest years ever for albums. So, it ...