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
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.
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…
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…
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…
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…
Patti Smith – rocker, author, and pop culture icon extraordinaire – is being honoured by PEN America, receiving their 2020 Literary Service Award.
The award,…
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…
A long-time member and co-writer of Patti Smith has just passed away at 71 years old.
Ivan Král was a co-founding guitarist of Blondie and…
In a rare TV appearance, Patti Smith appeared on The Tonight Show to perform the Neil Young track After the Gold Rush.
Her stunning performance, backed…
What better way for Greta Thunberg to celebrate turning 17 than by having a punk rock laureate write her a poem?
Patti Smith has written…
Each year, the Songwriters Hall of Fame announces the list of artists and songwriters who have been nominated for induction.
This time, the artists nominated…
Every year, Bluesfest Byron Bay seems to outdo itself. With every lineup announcement, the legendary music festival pull out all the stops to ensure the…
For over forty years now, Patti Smith has been hypnotising us with her one-of-a-kind fusion of punk and poetry. Now it’s time for fans to…
