Patti Smith launches new email newsletter through Substack

Patti Smith has announced the launch of her online newsletter, distributed through email subscription platform Substack. The punk legend announced the newsletter on Instagram, detailing that new project will be sent to inboxes weekly and contain original musings, poetry, music, commentary and more. “Writing is what I do, and have since twelve, imagining myself Jo …

Patti Smith to celebrate Bob Dylan’s 80th birthday with special outdoor show

Patti Smith is set to celebrate Bob Dylan‘s 80th birthday with a special outdoor performance this spring. According to Rolling Stone, Smith will take to the stage at Kaatsbaan Cultural Park’s outdoor Spring Festival which will be held at a 153-acre campus in Tivoli, New York across the last two weekends in May (20-23 and …

Patti Smith says Donald Trump’s time in office has been “a terrible atmosphere to live in”

Patti Smith has shared her feelings on Donald Trump‘s time as President of the United States. Speaking to The Guardian, the punk icon discussed the outgoing president’s four years in office and how relieved she is in the appointment of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris.“It’s been a terrible atmosphere to live in,” Smith said of Trump’s …

The Jaded Hearts Club share cover of Patti Smith’s ‘Gloria’

Supergroup The Jaded Hearts Club have shared a cover of Patti Smith‘s ‘Gloria’ – listen below. Read more: The Jaded Hearts Club on egos, the label of “supergroup” and plans for more new music The band’s version of the 1975 song – which itself was a reworking of a record by Van Morrison’s early group Them mixed …