“Jesus died for somebody’s sins but not mine,” Smith sang on Saturday over the slow piano chords of keyboardist Tony Shanahan ...

From cradle to late life, the godmother of punk remembers it all — including, especially, her life with the late Fred “Sonic” ...

But this is Patti Smith, so nothing will be conventional or usual, at least within the narrow scope of the definitions of ...

The punk rock star has produced several books that braid thoughts on her newest endeavors with memories and photographs of ...

The B-52s’ Kate Pierson has released a cover of Patti Smith’s classic tune “People Have the Power,” featuring the teens of ...

While National Book Award-winning “Just Kids” followed her pursuit of art in New York and her precious friendship with ...

The punk rock luminary's latest memoir chronicles her music career and family, and Smith will go on tour to mark the 50th anniversary of "Horses." ...

“Bread of Angels,” Patti Smith’s mesmerizing new memoir, only deepens the mystery of who this iconic artist is and where her singular vision originated. I’ve long been struck by her magnetism on stage ...

If you were wondering what the poem meant, I have no idea,” Patti Smith offered, after reading Rimbaud’s “Genie” on Monday ...

Even from the back, Patti Smith was unmistakably Patti Smith. Standing on a downtown-Manhattan sidewalk on a late-summer afternoon, she wore loose jeans rolled at the cuff, white high-tops, a black ...