Patti Smith Archives - Rock and Roll Globe

25 Great Songs About Rock & Roll Life

January 31, 2023February 1, 2023 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments AC/DC, Bachman-Turner Overdrive, Bad Company, Beastie Boys, Bonnie Raitt, Creedence Clearwater Revival, David Bowie, Deep Purple, Frank Zappa, Grand Funk Railroad, Horse Girl, Jeff Beck, Joni Mitchell, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Motörhead, Mott the Hoople, Patti Smith, The Guess Who, The Kinks, The Minutemen, The Old 97's, The Ramones, The Tubes, The Who, Willie Nelson

Ranking some of our favorite tunes that brought you behind the curtain

Alternative Rock Punk Remembrance Rock

Guiding Light: Remembering Tom Verlaine

January 30, 2023January 30, 2023 Deborah Sprague 0 Comments Billy Ficca, CBGB, Fred Smith, Jay Dee Daugherty, Marquee Moon, New York City, Patti Smith, Richard Lloyd, RIP, Television, Tom Verlaine

The legendary Television guitarist never stopped looking for adventure

Holiday Pop

Special Indeed: A Very Special Christmas at 35

December 23, 2022December 23, 2022 Thomas Inskeep 0 Comments 1987, 35th Anniversary, A Very Christmas, A&M Records, Bruce Springsteen, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, Christmas, John Mellencamp, Madonna, Patti Smith, Run DMC, Stevie Nicks, Sting, The Eurythmics, Tom Petty, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, U2, Whitney Houston

The greatest modern-era Christmas compilation was released in 1987; here’s why it’s so memorable

Retail

Record Store Day 2022: What To Buy

April 19, 2022April 19, 2022 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments 2022, Alice Cooper, Alice in Chains, Charles Mingus, Darlene Love, David Bowie, Detective, Harper Valley P.T.A., I'm So Free: The 1971 RCA Demos, Jeannie C. Riley, Joni Mitchell, Karen Dalton, Legacy Recordings, Light in the Attic Records, Lou Reed, Madonna, ORG Music, Patti Smith, Real Gone Music, The Doors, The Rolling Stones

Rarities from Lou Reed, Charles Mingus and Darlene Love highlight the 15th anniversary of the music industry’s annual shoppers holiday

Festivals

This Year’s Big Ears Festival Offered Auditory Exuberance

April 6, 2022 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments Animal Collective, Annette Peacock, Big Ears Festival, Bill Callahan, Bill Frisell, Joe Henry, John Medeski, John Zorn, Kim Gordon, Low, Marc Ribot, Patti Smith, the Kronos Quartet

Patti Smith, Sparks and Kim Gordon highlight Knoxville, TN’s celebration of creative music

Indie Rock

ALBUMS: The Last Will and Testament of Pat Fish

March 7, 2022March 7, 2022 Rev. Keith A. Gordon 0 Comments Bob Dylan, Brian Eno, Captain Beefheart, Daevid Allen, John Cale, Kevin Ayers, Patti Smith, Peter Blegvad, Peter Laughner, Syd Barrett, The Highest in the Land, The Jazz Butcher, The Velvet Underground, Tony Moore

England’s indie rock icon gave us one final Jazz Butcher classic before departing this astral plane

New Wave Poetry Punk

She Is The Root Connection: Patti Smith at 75

December 30, 2021December 30, 2021 Jim Sullivan 1 Comment 75th birthday, Albert Camus, Franz Kafka, Patti Smith, Patti Smith Group, The Who

Celebrating the music and spirit of New York Punk’s High Priestess on a landmark birthday

Music Journalism Punk

Lenny Kaye: The Rock Critic Years

July 15, 2020July 17, 2020 Katherine Yeske Taylor 6 Comments Crawdaddy!, Lenny Kaye, Patti Smith, Paul Williams, Richard Goldstein, Richard Meltzer, Sandy Pearlman

The influential Patti Smith Group guitarist talks about his crucial work as a music scribe

Music Journalism

Famous Quotes Vol. 8: June 2020

June 8, 2020June 8, 2020 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments Aerosmith, Alice Cooper, Bikini Kill, CHEAP TRICK, David Johansen, Famous Quotes, Gene Simmons, Geri Halliwell, Ginger Spice, Jack Douglas, Jesus Mezquia, Joan Jett, John Lennon, Kathleen Hanna, Kiss, Lou Reed, Mia Zapata, New York Dolls, Patti Smith, The Gits, The Spice Girls

Jim Sullivan looks back on a career of epic interviews in the latest installment of his inquisitive column

Records Retail

Amoeba Music: America’s Biggest Independent Record Store Faces the Future

May 6, 2020August 3, 2022 j. poet 0 Comments Amoeba Gig, Amoeba Music, Berkeley, Black Flag, Bobby Womack, California, Los Angeles, Marc Weinstein, Patti Smith, Paul McCartney, record stores, Records, San Francisco, Solomon Burke, Thelma Houston, Todd Rundgren

As the embattled California chain loses its Hollywood hub, its important to remember how important this mecca is to music fans

Folk Punk Rock

IN CONCERT: Patti Has The Power

March 8, 2020March 9, 2020 Evelyn McDonnell 0 Comments Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, Herbie Hancock, Jay Dee Daugherty, Lenny Kaye, Patti Smith, Patti Smith and Her Band, Patti Smith Group, People Have the Power, Power to the People, Richard Sohl, Robert Mapplethorpe, Todd Smith, Tony Shanahan, Walt Disney Concert Hall, Women's History Month

At the cusp of International Women’s Day weekend, Patti Smith and Her Band brought the Mouse House down with a fearless and inspired performance this past Friday night at Los Angeles’s Walt Disney Concert Hall

Music Journalism

Famous Quotes Vol. 3: January 2020

January 13, 2020January 14, 2020 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments Dave Vanian, David Byrne, My Generation, Patti Smith, Ray Davies, Rick Danko, Talking Heads, The Damned, The Kinks, The Who

Jim Sullivan looks back on a career of epic interviews in the third installment of his inquisitive column

Folk New Wave Pop Punk

Hello & Goodbye: Patti Smith’s Wave at 40

May 29, 2019May 30, 2019 Mitchell Cohen 0 Comments 1979, 40th Anniversary, Fred Sonic Smith, Lenny Kaye, Patti Smith, Patti Smith Group, Todd Rundgren

Punk’s poet laureate released her fourth album in May of 1979; it would be her last record for nearly a decade

Glam Rock

IN CONCERT: Mott Still Gott the Hoople

April 6, 2019April 12, 2019 Chloe Orwell 7 Comments ARIEL BENDER, Chicago Theatre, David Bowie, Dudley Moore, Floyd Cramer, Glenn Gould, Ian Hunter, James Mastro, Mick Ronson, Morgan Fisher, Mose Allison, Mott the Hoople, Mott the Hoople 74, Nina Simone, Patti Smith, Peter Cook, Ray Davies

Ian Hunter and the gang make us all remember the Saturday Gigs