Patti Smith is looking back, and coming home. Smith, the 78-year-old Rock and Roll Hall of Fame singer-songwriter, was born in Chicago and lived in Philadelphia before moving to Deptford and Pitman in ...

Crowe arrived already so fully developed as the world’s most precocious teen scribe in the ’70s that it was hard to imagine he would ever get much better as a prose stylist, however many decades he ...

Poverty and insanity are terrible things—but then there is bohemian poverty and insanity, and these are infused with the romance of becoming an artist. In the first of this two-part interview, Patti ...

After a hectic decade making a name for herself as the “punk poet laureate” of 1970s rock and roll, Patti Smith stepped away from the stage to focus on her family and writing. Sixteen years later she ...

In 1975, she transformed poetry into punk. Neither would ever be the same. More than 20 artists who made and admired the album share their memories. By Jon Pareles November 7th, 2025 Sex. Death.

The power of rock ‘n’ roll was on full display. It made us want to sing and it made us want to scream. It made us want to call old friends as well as make new ones. It made us believe, hope and dream.