The punk performer is currently adapting her memoir for the big screen

Screaming Females are on tour with Garbage — which is a good look — and on Tuesday night in Houston, Garbage’s Shirley Manson brought out Marissa Paternoster to cover Patti Smith’s “Because The Night.” Some decent live footage surfaced on the ‘Tube, so you can check out the pe...

ROME (Reuters) - Singer-songwriter Patti Smith, whose latest album "Banga" was in part inspired by the life of St Francis, meditated before his tomb in the Umbrian hill town of Assisi on Wednesday and even helped restore a fresco by Giotto. Smith, sometimes called the "Godmother of Punk," spent several hours a...

Bassist will donate proceeds to his music school

The punk icon joins Grandaddy, Tindersticks and Grizzly Bear on the line-up