A common practice among legacy artists these days is anniversary tours, and Patti Smith brought the Horses 50th anniversary tour to Washington, D.C.’s Anthem on Black Friday. This was the penultimate ...

BIANCULLI: This is FRESH AIR. I'm TV critic David Bianculli. We're commemorating the 50th anniversary of Patti Smith's debut album, "Horses." She's considered the godmother of punk. With her first ...

But it would be wrong to attribute that entirely to misogyny. Smith may have provided a template for a new generation of musicians, but musically she existed in a category of her own; you might call ...

50 years ago next week, Patti Smith released her debut album, ‘Horses,’ ushering in a new era of rock and roll. We’re listening back to portions of our interviews with Smith, from 1996 and 2010. She ...

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Smith performing in Finland in 2007. Credit: Wikipedia. Iconic artist Patti Smith made a mark 50 years ago with her iconic first album, Horses, which mixed punk, poetry and performance. She will take ...

This is FRESH AIR. I'm David Bianculli. Patti Smith is now considered one of the wise women of rock 'n' roll, an eloquent chronicler of her life in music and in a series of acclaimed memoirs. But 50 ...

Patti Smith is now considered one of the wise women of rock 'n' roll, an eloquent chronicler of her life in music and in a series of acclaimed memoirs. But 50 years ago, she was a scrounging poet who ...