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Artist: Patti Smith

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Patti Smith
Patti Smith is an American singer, songwriter, author, and poet who became a key component in the New York punk rock movement in the 1970s with her debut album Horses.
She has released 11 studio albums since and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2007. Because the Night – her most successful single – was co-written with Bruce Springsteen and hit #13 on the Billboard Charts in 1978.
Her 2010 memoir Just Kids, which followed her relationship with Robert Mapplethorpe in the '70s, won the National Book Award and is hailed as her finest novel.
Her epoch-defining masterpiece Horses was recorded was released at the end of 1975. Recorded at Jimi Hendrix's Electric Lady studios in New York, it was produced by The Velvet Underground's John Cale. The choice of studio was partly due to the influence of her late friend and idol, Hendrix, but the sounds took on a completely different guise.
The genre-bending album touches on proto-punk, jazz, poetry, and more. Thematically diverse, it takes on sex, death, drugs and the philosophical quandaries that still resonate today. Patti Smith is simultaneously an icon and iconoclast, tearing down masculine rock ideals, while influencing a diverse range of artists for decades.
   
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Watch David Lynch and Patti Smith interview each other

by Happy

Watch this nine-minute video of David Lynch and Patti Smith interviewing each other about Twin Peaks, Blue Velvet, Pussy Riot and artistic inspiration. Back in…

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Patti Smith’s 40 favourite books of all time

by Nick Stillman

From Beats classics to Shakespeare to modern masterpieces, here is a list of Patti Smith’s 40 favourite books. Even from a young age, Patti Smith…

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Patti Smith – ‘Horses’: Why It Mattered

by Max Mahood

In the ’70s, New York was a crucible of musical style. Let’s take a look at one of the seminal albums of this time and…

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Just kids: Patti Smith took to the streets of NYC to busk on Election Day

by Phoebe Repeti

Patti Smith blows NYC voters away with her impassioned live performance of People Have the Power on Election Day. Right before the Election Day lines…

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10 artists we can’t wait to see at Bluesfest 2021

by Kayla McNicoll

With COVID-19 creating uncertainty all over the world, it’s damn great to finally have some live music to look forward to. And what better festival…

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Patti Smith and Soundwalk Collective announce final instalment in ‘Perfect Vision’ trilogy

by Kayla McNicoll

Patti Smith and Soundwalk Collective have been collaborating together since 2016. In 2019, they blessed us with the first two instalments of their Perfect Vision trilogy: Peyote Dance and Mummer Love….

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Bon Iver, Patti Smith, and Jimmy Barnes among star-studded Bluesfest 2021 lineup

by Kayla McNicoll

As COVID-19 restrictions have left us itching to get to a live gig, Bluesfest has just given us something to look forward to.  The festival…

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Patti Smith, Michael Stipe, and Cat Power to perform as part of new online festival

by Matt Brazel

Despite the overwhelming attention given to the current COVID-19 pandemic, the fight for the natural environment must go on. Incidentally, the global onset of self-isolation…

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Bluesfest 2020 forced to cancel due to coronavirus

by Claudia Schmidt

Despite last week confirming that it would go ahead, Bluesfest has today announced that its 2020 event will be cancelled. The move comes after the…

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Bluesfest confirms it will go ahead this April amidst coronavirus upsets

by Claudia Schmidt

With festival cancellations increasing at an alarming rate, it comes as a relief to hear that Bluesfest will definitely be going ahead. In a statement…

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Bluesfest add even more acts to their massive 2020 lineup

by Claudia Schmidt

Bluesfest have just made their sixth lineup announcement, adding 12 new acts to the already monumental 2020 bill. The new additions will join the likes…

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Patti Smith is being honoured with a prestigious literary award

by Claudia Schmidt

Patti Smith – rocker, author, and pop culture icon extraordinaire – is being honoured by PEN America, receiving their 2020 Literary Service Award. The award,…

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A guide to Patti Smith’s 5 most important records

by Luke Saunders

Patti Smith is a rare force of nature. Despite having only one charting hit during her 45-year career, the prolific punk-poet has remained at the…

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