Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “That’s when I first saw him. He stood by a white radiator in a blue overcoat. I noticed the threads where a button was missing.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Patti Smith is reflecting on one of the heartbreaking songs she wrote about her husband's death. The 79-year-old musician was ...

Patti Smith covers intimate aspects of her childhood and marriage in her new memoir, "Bread of Angels." (Charles Steiner / Highway 67 via Getty Images) It’s a rare gray Saturday in Los Angeles; ...

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 ...

LOS ANGELES – It’s a rare gray Saturday in Los Angeles; raindrops collect along a window overlooking a row of trees at Le Parc at Melrose. Light trickles its way into the hotel room, illuminating a ...

Happy birthday to Fred “Sonic” Smith, born 58 years ago today. [Patti] talked about how her next New York performance, this Friday at the Beacon, falls on the birthday of her late husband (and MC5 ...

Patti Smith is reflecting on one of the heartbreaking songs she wrote about her husband's death. The 79-year-old musician was married to rocker Fred "Sonic" Smith when he died suddenly at age 46 in ...