USA Today Music — Plus, Joe Walsh goes 'Analog' and Neil Young and Crazy Horse work the grunge on 'Americana.' more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Patti Smith's first album of original music in eight years, Banga, is the week's new music highlight. Neil Young reunites with Crazy Horse for his latest album, Americana Japandroids' Celebration Rock may be the rock album of the year... more info

Detroit Free Press — Here's my favorite painting in the museum,” says Patti Smith, bringing a hand up to her chest, as if the sight of her old friend caused her heart to skip a beat. She stands in a second-floor gallery at the Detroit Institute of Arts in front of... more info

ContactMusic — Patti Smith was devastated by Amy Winehouses death last year 11 because she was a big fan of the Brit and was looking forward to hearing her musical evolution The Because the Night hitmaker put her feelings into a poem following Winehouses passing an... more info

Detroit Free Press — Detroit looms large in Patti Smith's cosmology. The influential rock musician, poet and artist moved here with her husband, guitarist Fred (Sonic) Smith in 1979, settling in St. Clair Shores. Their children were born here, and it was here, in th... more info

Guardian Music — (Columbia)Patti Smith has returned to the poetic-punk format of 1975's Horses, which the Polar prize committee recently described as "Rimbaud with amps". Four of Horses' personnel – Smith, guitarist Lenny Kaye, drummer Jay Dee Daugherty and Televis... more info

411 Mania — She says Winehouse was gifted... more info

Guardian Music — Twice a week we invite independent music writers and bloggers to tell us about what they do. Today: a site in the business of slaying sacred cows and praising musical geniusWho are you and what's your blog called?I am Charlotte Corday and my website ... more info

Guardian Music — Patti Smith is rock royalty and a new album and book from the 'godmother of punk' make 2012 a jubilee year. Now 65, her influence shows no sign of waning. We spoke to musicians she has inspired, from Martha Wainwright to Johnny MarrThe lasting image ... more info

Guardian Music — Since she was photographed for the cover of Horses by her lover Robert Mapplethorpe, the many sides to Patti Smith have often been revealed on camera – sometimes in the same shot. Here's a selection of quintessential images of the esoteric star, wh... more info