Patti Smith

Patti Smith shares a poem and plans for upcoming performances, including her Princeton, NJ show.

A poet-led tour of the universe.

Patti Smith joins to tell us about her new book of photography.

A new book from Patti Smith. 

A new book from Patti Smith. 

A new book from Patti Smith. 

Patti Smith's "Just Kids" wins the One Book One New York contest.

Singer/songwriter Patti Smith joins us to discuss Sam Shepard’s final book "Spy of the First Person."

Patti Smith and her daughter Jesse Paris Smith are focused on getting cities around the world to meet the targets of the Paris Agreement. 

Over the next few weeks, Soundcheck is looking for our first Musician In Chief, in which special guests nominate musicians and make a case for why that artist should become commander in chief. Yesterday, Billboard's Joe Levy nominated Keith Richards. Today, we turn to KCRW DJ Anne Litt for her pick, Patti Smith.

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This summer, poet, author and songwriter Patti Smith released her first album of new material since 2004, Banga. The record takes its name from Russian novelist Mikhail Bulgakov's boo...

Our extended cut of Kurt's conversation with Patti Smith, including three things you didn’t know about the rock legend: 1) mother turned her on to poetry; 2) writes detective stories; 3) enthusiastic golfer.

The "godmother of punk" started out in 1970s New York. But in "Dream of Life," a POV documentary that aired on PBS and that's up for an Emmy this weekend, Patti Smith shows sides of herself that the public rarely gets to see. Smith tells Kurt ...

Patti Smith spoke with Jonathan Lethem about writing, CBGB, and New York nostalgia for the PEN World Voice Festival. Listen to their conversation and Smith's song about William Blake.

Patti Smith is addicted to the music of Glenn Gould. She shared this, and more, after appearing on The Leonard Lopate Show.

Poet and performer Patti Smith discusses her long friendship with the photographer Robert Mapplethorpe, which began with a chance meeting in Brooklyn in 1967. Her book Just Kids: From Brooklyn to the Chelsea Hotel, a Life of Art and Friendship. is an account life in New York in ...

Our extended cut of Kurt's conversation with Patti Smith, including three things you didn’t know about the rock legend: 1) mother turned her on to poetry; 2) writes detective stories; 3) enthusiastic golfer.