News Patti Smith has written a poem for Greta Thunberg by James Peppercorn 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…
News Here’s who’s being inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame this year by Claudia Schmidt 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…
Lists Bluesfest 2020: Here are 5 acts you can’t afford to miss by Happy 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…
News Patti Smith has just announced a 2020 Australian tour! by Luke Saunders 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…
News Listen to Patti Smith chat censorship, Bob Dylan and (not) being cool in this animated interview from 1976 by Happy We’re huge fans of the Blank on Blank series form PBS where they animate old interviews with well known writers, musicians and actors. From Kurt…
Books Lists News Year of the Monkey, Welcome to Country and more – Happy’s Weekend Reading by Happy Indulge in a host of the best new book releases this weekend. Year of the Monkey traces a transformative year in the life of Patti…
News Crowded House and Patti Smith announced for Bluesfest 2020 by Evie Weily Bluesfest have just released the first round of artists for their 2020 return, despite wrapping their 2019 edition up only four months ago. For the…
News Patti Smith announces new memoir Year of the Monkey by Sophie Heath Punk visionary Patti Smith has announced that her profound new memoir Year of the Monkey is to be released on 24th September 2019. Year of the Monkey…
Film and TV News Laura Marling, Beck, Patti Smith and more penned for an album inspired by the film Roma by Jessie Wilson If you haven’t seen Roma yet, you should probably fix this before February 8th. Releasing on February 8th, the album Music Inspired by the Film Roma…
Books News Recommended reading: These are Patti Smith’s 40 favourite books of all time by Nick Stillman Even from a young age, Patti Smith was enamoured by the written word. If you’ve read her fantastic memoir Just Kids, you’d recall romantic passages…
Books News Watch Patti Smith read from Virginia Woolf’s 1931 experimental novel The Waves by Joanna Panagopoulos Punk rock icon Patti Smith reading segments from Virginia Woolf’s 1931 experimental novel The Waves is an absolute blessing. The reading opened Smith’s 2008 Paris exhibit which…
Film and TV News Watch the first trailer for upcoming Robert Mapplethorpe biopic, featuring Patti Smith by Happy Next March, a new biopic following the life of iconic photographer Robert Mapplethorpe is set to hit theatres. Now, the first trailer for the upcoming…
News Watch Patti Smith perform Land in new concert documentary trailer by Bill Robinson Stephen Sebring, the same director that gave us the 2008 documentary Patti Smith: Dream Of Life, has once again teamed up with the artist to…
