Even from the back, Patti Smith was unmistakably Patti Smith. Standing on a downtown-Manhattan sidewalk on a late-summer afternoon, she wore loose jeans rolled at the cuff, white high-tops, a black ...

This article appears in the December 2025 print edition with the headline “Patti Smith’s Lifetime of Reinvention.” ...

If you got to hear these hit songs in 1974 on the day they were released, it was probably an insanely euphoric experience.

In need of a few stellar classic rock songs from 1974 to pad that 70s playlist? Here are just a few of my top picks.

In the wake of a failed marriage, the singer-songwriter crafted a smooth, emotionally transparent album of romance and regret ...