Roadrunner - Blabbermouth — Best known as a founding member and bassist of BLUE ÖYSTER CULT for sixteen years, who also played piano, keyboards and guitar, Joe Bouchard has nine gold and two platinum records to his credit. As a songwriter, he wrote many BOC songs including the... more info

Aquarium Drunkard — When John Cale released Music for a New Society in 1982, he was coming off a  decade-and-a-half hot streak. First as a member of the Velvet Underground, then as a solo artist and producer of key records by Nico, the Stooges, Squeeze, Patti Smith, an... more info

Mercury News, California — Patti Smith, The Decemberists, Maceo Parker, Jody Watley among top acts performing on Dec. 31 in the Bay Area. more info

Stereogum — Thom Yorke is a staunch environmentalist, and tonight, while the ongoing UN Climate Change Conference in Paris is deciding the fate of our planet, the Radiohead frontman performed in the Pathway For Paris climate change concert at Le Trianon. He play... more info

Time — This year's Pirelli calendar traded models for artists, businesswomen and athletes, from Schumer to Serena Williams to Patti Smith more info

Stereogum — Courtney Barnett has been performing a lot of covers lately; just last month we heard her Jack White-produced rendition of the Boys Next Door’s “Shivers,” and a week or so later she and Paul Kelly released their version of Archie Roach’s “C... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Kelly Kettering Patti Smith @ Beacon Theatre 11/10/2015 (photo via @gregpallante) I am nearly the age now (two months from 28) that Patti Smith was in 1975 (29), the year she released her seminal album Horses. It's one of... more info

Stereogum — There are lots of good reasons to go see Patti Smith play a New York show if you get a chance, but here’s an extra one: There’s a pretty high probability that Michael Stipe will play a surprise solo set at the show. Last year, Stipe played his fi... more info

Stereogum — Patti Smith joined U2 onstage last night in London to perform two of her classic songs. Bono began the duet with a solo rendition of Horses staple “Gloria” before Smith joined him, and then the two launched into Dream Of Life’s “People Have T... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Electric Literature shared a primer to the works of Flannery O'Connor. The Village Voice offered a tour through Patti Smith's New York. Tin House shared an excerpt from Judith Hooper's new novel Alice in Bed. Tobi Vail and Kathi Wilcox... more info