Since its release more than 50 years ago, "Gloria: In Excelsis Deo" has become a landmark of pop rock and is widely ...

This is FRESH AIR. Patti Smith, known as the grandmother of punk, has received several honors, including an induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and the French Legion of Honor. But for our book ...

While Patti Smith could only be herself when she was onstage, she knew that she needed the right people to come before her.

If Patti Smith needed to hear passion in her favourite artists, the biggest bands in her world were the ones that could only ...