Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy interviewed the 79-year-old icon in a wide ranging conversation on the occasion of her new memoir, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Patti Smith is looking back, and coming home. Smith, the 78-year-old Rock and Roll Hall of Fame singer-songwriter, was born in ...

Patti Smith promoted "Bread of Angels" at “An Evening of Songs and Stories" on Wednesday to an audience of over 1,600 people.

Poverty and insanity are terrible things—but then there is bohemian poverty and insanity, and these are infused with the romance of becoming an artist. In the first of this two-part interview, Patti ...

The presenter of hit series Talk Easy has pioneered a style of candid chat that has seen the likes of Gwyneth Paltrow and Salman Rushdie squirming in their seats – so far only one guest has stormed ou ...

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 ...

From cradle to late life, the godmother of punk remembers it all — including, especially, her life with the late Fred “Sonic” Smith. By David Hajdu David Hajdu is a critic, a songwriter and a ...

The power of rock ‘n’ roll was on full display. It made us want to sing and it made us want to scream. It made us want to call old friends as well as make new ones. It made us believe, hope and dream.

Patti Smith Inducts Lou Reed Into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Patti Smith inducted the late Lou Reed into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame during the induction ceremony in Cleveland tonight. Neil ...