The Roots, Yoko Ono, Yo La Tengo, Patti Smith, Charlie Haden (with Robert Wyatt), and Moby are among the initial artists announced for Ornette Coleman’s Meltdown Festival, which takes place in London from June 13-21. Coleman is also set to perform at least twice during the fest, which has been curated in the past by the likes of Massive Attack, Scott Walker, and Jarvis Cocker. [Meltdown; HT The Daily Swarm] More »
Posts Tagged ‘Patti Smith’
“Spin” Goes Back To Beck
Once again, we present Rock-Critically Correct, a feature in which the most recent issues of Rolling Stone, Blender, Vibe, and Spin are given a once-over by a writer who’s contributed to many of those magazines, as well as a few others! In this installment, he looks at the new issue of Spin:
Patti Smith and My Bloody Valentine’s Kevin Shields will release a double-CD recording of The Coral Sea. More »
Patti Smith and My Bloody Valentine’s Kevin Shields will release a double-CD recording of The Coral Sea. More »
Patti Smith and My Bloody Valentine’s Kevin Shields will release a double-CD recording of The Coral Sea. More »
Videodrone: Patti Smith Does It For The Kids
We don’t know the exact year that this clip first aired, and frankly, we’re not even sure we want to know, as the sight of Patti Smith singing “You Light Up My Life” to an audience of overjoyed kids is so wondrous and strange, we’d like to think it took place within some yet-to-be-realized… More »



















