News 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…
News Ivan Král, iconic guitarist of Patti Smith, Blondie and more, passes away by Claudia Schmidt A long-time member and co-writer of Patti Smith has just passed away at 71 years old. Ivan Král was a…
News Watch Patti Smith cover Neil Young’s ‘After The Goldrush’ by James Peppercorn In a rare TV appearance, Patti Smith appeared on The Tonight Show to perform the Neil Young track After the Gold…
News Poetry 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…
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….
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…