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 features a collection of songs…
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 chronicled her art and photography…
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 film has been unveiled. Starring…
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 film a new concert documentary…
News Brush up on the fiery poetic rock of Patti Smith with this epic 13-hour playlist by Happy Sometimes when you want to get to know an artist, taking the time to sit down and binge on their music is the only way to truly tap into their sound,…
News Poetry Remembering the time Patti Smith read poetry while Kevin Shields improvised on guitar by Happy If you haven’t heard The Coral Sea, a collaboration between Patti Smith and My Bloody Valentine’s Kevin Shields, it’s sure to blow your mind. Have you ever stumbled across a…
News Stay in this weekend with a 13-hour, 142-track chronological playlist of Patti Smith’s discography by Happy With an artist as prolific as Patti Smith, it can be difficult knowing where to start if you’re a newer fan. Boasting an impressive discography in addition to several published…
News Patti Smith has been named this year’s John Lennon Real Love Award honouree by Happy Patti Smith has been named as the honouree of the fourth John Lennon Real Love Award, and is set to receive at the Theatre Within’s 37th Annual John Lennon Tribute in New York…
News Iggy, Blondie, and Patti: see the first shots from the Smithsonian’s massive concert photo archive by Happy Back in the tail end of 2015, the Smithsonian institute began a massive, crowd-sourced photography campaign. They put the call out for shots of our favourite rock ‘n’ rollers ever,…
News Watch Patti Smith tear through a rendition of ‘People Have The Power’ with her kids on Fallon by Happy At 70 years old, you might expect Patti Smith slowly recede from the limelight she has bathed in since her early twenties to reflect on a life of inimitable artistry. But…
Live Bluesfest 2017 was one of the festival’s best, and the ladies led the charge by Chloe Kay Richardson No matter where in the world you go, it’s unlikely you’ll find another festival that offers the same experiences as Bluesfest Byron Bay. With sunny skies and an almost flawless…
News Bluesfest’s first lineup for 2017 had just dropped and it’s shaping up to be one of the biggest ever by Chloe Kay Richardson For those of us who favour music that’s primarily found lingering within the average dad’s record collection, Bluesfest announcements are more or less what we live for. With each artist…
News The incredible Patti Smith memoir Just Kids is being turned in to a Showtime mini seres by Nick Stillman If you’ve read Patti Smith‘s groundbreaking, heartbreaking memoir Just Kids, you’ll know it’s one of the best pieces of literature to come out of rock music since, well, ever. Focused…