Patti Smith's debut album was a mix of poetry and wild rock and roll, as influential today as it was in 1975. Newly remastered tracks and interviews with collaborators Lenny Kaye and John Cale, and ...

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 ...

Has there ever been a gutsier opening salvo in rock n’ roll? That’s how Patti Smith began her show Monday night at the Chicago Theatre, the line coming out slow and sinewy, and it’s how she started ...

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The punk pioneer celebrates her groundbreaking debut while her new memoir, ‘Bread of Angels,’ reveals her early life in rock Patti Smith performs at Tollwood Festival on July 13, 2015, in Munich, ...

BIANCULLI: This is FRESH AIR. I'm TV critic David Bianculli. We're commemorating the 50th anniversary of Patti Smith's debut album, "Horses." She's considered the godmother of punk. With her first ...

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 years ago, she was a scrounging poet who ...