Patti Smith for Acclaim Magazine, Hammer Hall, Melbourne, 2017

Patti Smith’s ability to seamlessly mesh beat poetry and rock and roll with her flawless and emotionally raw delivery, is truly a religious experience. Easter Sunday was a fitting date for the performance of Smith’s landmark 1975 album Horses, with the first words of the album spoken, “Jesus died for somebody’s sins but not mine”… x

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