Brooklyn Vegan — According to Wikipedia, Henry Darger lived from "April 12(?), 1892-April 13, 1973)". That means he may or may not have a birthday coming up (really though, who doesn't have a birthday coming up?). And to celebrate the American Folk... more info

Scotsman.com — PATTI SMITH **** ORAN MOR, GLASGOW more info

All About Jazz — Los Angeles / New York: ASCAP (the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers) will honor rock icon Patti Smith at its 27th annual Pop Music Awards, taking place April 21, 2010 at the Renaissance Hollywood Hotel in Los Angeles, CA. Smith w... more info

The Telegraph — Live review: Patti Smith brings her congregation to its feet at the Union Chapel, London. Rating: ***** more info

Reuters — LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Punk rock pioneer Patti Smith will receive a lifetime achievement award from the music industry next month in honor of her genre-bending 40-year career as singer, poet, political activist and painter. more info

Live Daily — (LiveDaily.com) Patti Smith [ tickets ] will be honored by the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers at the 27th-annual Pop Music Awards, taking place April 21 at the Renaissance Hollywood Hotel in Los Angeles. The rock icon will be p... more info

Rolling Stone — U2 will release their Artificial Horizon remix album as a triple-vinyl set on May 14th. According to the album’s site, Trent Reznor, Justice and Hot Chip are among the 13 producers who reworked songs from Pop to No Line on the Horizon. Waka Flocka... more info

ContactMusic — Punk icon PATTI SMITH will be honoured at the 27th annual ASCAP Pop Music Awards next month (21Apr10) when she is presented with the coveted Founders Award.The Because... more info

Altsounds — Legendary American poet musician Patti Smith will be interviewed by John Robb onstage at the 600 capacity Sheffield museum on March 23rd. It is the first in the series of live on stage ‘in conversation’ interviews from John ... more info

Rolling Stone — In her new memoir, Just Kids, Patti Smith tells of a night in New York when she saw Kris Kristofferson — an Oxford-educated, ex-Army songwriter struggling to make it in Nashville — sing his tune “Me and Bobby McGee” for Janis Joplin, who soon... more info