Bing Search

Patti Smith

Born: Dec 30, 1946 in Chicago, IL
User rating: 
68 Ratings
Rate this artist:
Genre: Pop/Rock
Biography: Punk rock's poet laureate Patti Smith ranks among the most influential female rock & rollers of all time. Ambitious, unconventional, and challenging, Smith's music was hailed as the most exciting fusion of rock and poetry since Bob Dylan's heyday. If that hybrid remained distinctly uncommercial for much ...Read full biography
Read MSN's exclusive interview: Patti on "Twelve"
Horses [Digitally Remastered 1996]
Released: 1975
Label: Arista/Heritage Catalog
Critics' Rating:
It isn't hard to make the case for Patti Smith as a punk rock progenitor based on her debut album, which anticipated the new wave by a year or so: the simple, crudely played rock & roll, featuring Lenny ...Read full review
Horses [30th Anniversary Legacy Edition]
Released: 1975
Label: Arista/Heritage Catalog
Critics' Rating:
Patti Smith's catalog has already been remastered. Horses here comes in its originally remastered incarnation with the same bonus track: a cover of the Who's "My Generation." This new, 30th Anniversary ...Read full review
N'Dour, Saariaho share Sweden's Polar Music Prize
May 7, 7:00 AM EST
Senegalese singer N'Dour and Finnish composer Saariaho share Sweden's Polar Music Prize
At 80, no break planned for music exec Clive Davis
Mar 1, 5:37 AM EST
At 80, no break planned for music exec Clive Davis, who releases book, heads to Broadway
The Black Keys lead Beale Street music fest lineup
Feb 28, 10:35 AM EST
The Black Keys, Sheryl Crow, Public Enemy lead Beale Street Music Festival lineup