Patti Smith

NPR's 150 Greatest Albums Made By Women

The list is being celebrated with a free NYC show tonight, headlined by Rickie Lee Jones, who will perform Pirates in full (#49 on the list).

Patti Smith played Studio 54 founder's new hotel, playing SummerStage with kids to honor dad

Patti Smith’s Central Park show is a tribute to her late husband (and MC5 guitarist) Fred “Sonic” Smith, and Patti and Fred’s children Jesse Paris and Jackson will be joining her for the show.

Patti Smith playing shows, including Jesse Paris Smith's 30th birthday show

Proceeds from the birthday show go to Jesse Paris Smith and Rebecca Foon’s Pathway to Paris.

Trump Vader returning to NYC for Star Wars Day (protests, rallies, & ways to resist)

Donald Trump returns to NYC for the first time since his inauguration on Star Wars Day, May 4. Protests and rallies are springing up all over the city to “welcome” him back, and on May Day, too.

listen to a new Perfume Genius song, "Go Ahead"

Perfume Genius revealed the song in the midst of a Twitter AMA, where he also took questions about Diet Coke, Buffy, malls, Beatles vs Stones, Michael Jackson vs Prince, Kendrick vs Drake, Iggy Azalea vs Nicki Minaj, female artists that influenced him the most, and more.

Iggy Pop, New Order, Patti Smith, Sufjan Stevens, Alabama Shakes & more played 2017 Tibet House Benefit (pics, video)

The 2017 edition of the annual Tibet House Benefit at Carnegie Hall happened Thursday night (3/16) with its usual impressive lineup of musical talent and some very interesting pairings. It also doubled as a birthday party for Philip Glass.

Philip Glass curating 2017-2018 Carnegie Hall shows; Tibet House lineup expanded

The Tibet House benefit now also includes Alabama Shakes and Ben Harper.

even more protest/benefit music for inauguration day (a roundup)

Joey Bada$$, Emma Ruth Rundle, case/lang/veirs, Downtown Boys, Crying, Scream, and many more artists released protest/benefit music today. Plus: “1000 Days, 1000 Songs”!

Sufjan Stevens added to Tibet House US benefit ++ related news

Sufjan Stevens was added to the 2017 Tibet House US benefit, happening March 16 at NYC’s Carnegie Hall, which already had a pretty stacked lineup with Iggy Pop, Patti Smith, Laurie Anderson, and New Order members…
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