Patti Smith - Glitter In Their Eyes

Today I thought we will support the cardiovascular research together with Patti Smith & Mikael Sandström.

An Auction is held to benefit the cardiovascular research.

Now is your chance to bid on a signed portrait of Patti Smith that is sold at Bukowskis. The income from the auction goes to research.

Photographer Mikael Sandström underwent major heart surgery a few years ago. After that, he wanted to give back to the research and supports regularly Heart-Lung Foundation by selling portraits in favor of the important cardiovascular research.

During the period November 21 to December 12, you can bid on a signed portrait of the artist Patti Smith. A Christmas gift for you or someone you know?

Here you can find the auction.

Sold favor of Heart-Lung Foundation.

Portrait of Patti Smith, personally signed by Patti Smith in connection with the Stockholm Music and Arts in 2016. The photograph from the Stockholm Music and Arts in 2012. The photograph has been printed in 5 copies of which 3 have been signed by Patti Smith. Image size 38.5 x 28.5 cm.

Today's tune "Glitter in Their Eyes" is a rock song written by Patti Smith and Oliver Ray, and released as a promo single from Patti Smith 2000 album Gung Ho. In 2001 the song was nominated for Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance.

Published Liner notes with the Gung Ho CD state the album was recorded at Sear Sound recording studio in New York City, mixed by Gil Norton and Danton Supple at The Church Studios in London, and Mastered by Ted Jensen at Sterling Sound in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan. However, the Glitter in Their Eyes single was mixed at Eden Studios in London, and Mastered by Ted Jensen and Paul Angeli at Sterling Sound in NYC. Additional musicians for the single include: backing vocals of Michael Stipe (of R.E.M.) and Wade Raley; and the Solo Guitar work of Tom Verlaine (frontman for the New York rock band Television).

Patti did a really great performance at Way Out West festival in Gothenburg in the middle of August 2015. I could say that she was the nr one at that festival!




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Patti Smith - Constantine's Dream

Today I made a small visit to a very good and cozy little record shop, mostly to congratulate the store owner on his birthday and chat a little music, always a pleasure to slip in and exchange a few words, see what has happened within the music market and if something fun have been released. For some reason when you get in it usually is very rarely that you come out empty handed.

Also this time I came out with a bag in my hand. Today it became in fact an album with Patti Smith, her latest on Vinyl, which apparently should sound fantastic according to the store owner ... fun going to be really nice to listen to it. But as usual I can not keep myself, on with Spotify and listen to the plate. Shit, this was really good, she is truly have a high standard even if the years has gone. The album sounds really good. Banga has sweet moments of tunes" with alot of magic.

Banga is the eleventh studio album by American rock musician, polar prize winner Patti Smith, released on June 1, 2012. Recorded throughout 2011 at New York's Electric Lady Studios and Hoboken's Hobo Recorders, Banga was produced by Smith, Tony Shanahan, Jay Dee Daugherty and collaborator Lenny Kaye. The album includes a number of guest muscians including Tom Verlaine of Television, Jack Petruzzelli and Smith's own children, Jackson and Jesse Paris.

Inspired by Smith's "unique dreams and observations," the material on Banga focuses on "a wide range of human experience" and features songs about history, current affairs, death and nature.

Todays tune "Constantine's Dream", taken from Banga, is one of the album's stand-out tracks, the one that really hooked me.



Patti Smith and Her Band on Tour:

Jul 4 Freiberg, ZMF Festival
Jul 5 Liege Les Ardentes
Jul 7 Amsterdam Paradiso
Jul 8 Weert Bospop Festival
Jul 9 Bonn Kunst!Rasen Bonn/Gronau
Jul 11 Berlin Tempodrom
Jul 12 Dachau Rathausplatz
Jul 14 Barolo (CN) Colisioni 2012
Jul 15 Bologna Concerto Per La Memoria
Jul 18 Molfetta Banchina San Domenico
Jul 19 Giffoni Neapolis Festival
Jul 20 Roma Cavea Parco della Musica
Jul 22 Gardone Riviera Anfiteatro del Vittoriale
Jul 23 Milano Festival di Villa Arconati
Jul 24 Perugia Rockin' Umbria
Jul 26 Arezzo orientoccidente
Jul 28 Östersund Storsjöyran
Jul 30 Trondheim St. Olav Festival
Aug 1 Oslo Sentrum Scene
Aug 2 Oslo Sentrum Scene
Aug 3 Stockholm Stockholm Music & Arts
Aug 25 Lausanne Noise Festival
Aug 26 Zurich Xtra
Aug 28 Vienna Arena Open Air
Aug 31 Siena Piazza del Campo
Sept 1 Dublin Electric Picnic
Sept 4 Newcastle O2 Academy
Sept 5 Glasgow O2 ABC
Sept 7 Manchester Academy
Sept 8 Hebden Bridge Trades Club
Sept 9 Leeds O2 Academy
Sept 10 Cambridge Corn Exchange
Sept 12 Brighton Dome
Sept 13 London Troxy

with Neil Young and Crazy Horse 

Nov 23 Montreal Bell Centre Tickets
Nov 24 Ottawa Scotiabank Place Tickets
Nov 26 Boston TD Garden Tickets
Nov 27 New York Madison Square Garden Tickets
Nov 29 Philadelphia Wells Fargo Center Tickets
Nov 30 Fairfax Patriot Center
Dec 4 Bridgeport Webster Bank Arena



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Patti Smith - Smells Like Teen Spirit

 

Patti Smith and US string group Kronos Quartet have received the 2011 Polar Music Prize.

King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden presented both artists with their one million Swedish kronor (150752.25 USD) prize at the ceremony in Stockholm yesterday (August 30).

The Polar Prize, the highest award in Swedish music, is usually shared by a pop artist and a classical musician.

Official announcement of the Polar Music Prize 2011 - Patti Smith



Smith, generally considered the godmother of punk, thanked her fans and band members, said she was "humbled and inspired" to receive the prize. She also appealed for the audience to "turn their hearts, minds and resources" to the famine in Africa.

San Francisco-based Kronos Quartet incorporate avant-garde rock and elements of world music into their sound. Smith, meanwhile, describes her music - including the landmark album 'Horses' - as "three chord rock merged with the power of the word". Her best-known song is perhaps 'Because The Night', co-written by Bruce Springsteen.

The Polar Music Prize was founded by Stig Anderson, the manager of Swedish pop group ABBA, in 1989.

It is awarded to individuals, groups or institutions in recognition of exceptional achievements in the creation and advancement of music. Last year's prize was shared by Ennio Morricone and Bjork.

Paul McCartney, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd and Stevie Wonder are among past winners.

Todays tune "Smells Like Teen Spirit" (A cover of Nirvana) is taken from the album "Twelve", released April 17, 2007. As the title suggests, the album contains twelve tracks, all of which are cover versions. The Tune also includes in Pattis latest release "Outside Society" that was released a few days ago, Aug 23 to be more precise.

Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame inductee Patti Smith raises the curtain on "Outside Society", a new collection of her signature songs on the Arista and Columbia labels. The landmark 18-song release marks the first single-CD collection to span Patti's entire body of recorded work. The chronologically arranged tracks move from 1975 (her debut album, Horses, with "Gloria" and "Free Money") through 2007 (Twelve, with her cover of Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit"). Also released on vinyl as a double-LP set, "Outside Society" is available everywhere.

The music on "Outside Society" is newly remastered by award-winning engineer Greg Calbi and Patti Smith band member Tony Shanahan. The CD booklet will feature brief recollections of each song written by Patti, who personally supervised the choices.

Of "Because The Night," for example, Patti writes: "Bruce Springsteen gave me a great gift in allowing me to lend verses to his beautifully constructed anthem. My contribution was written for my future husband, Fred 'Sonic' Smith. Though we have performed it hundreds of times, the strong response it draws always makes it fresh and exciting to sing."

This evening she and her band will perform at Stockholms Konserthus, im sure it will be an fantastic evening. Doors at 19:30 in the Big Hall.

Patti Smith visits Ljusgården on Sept. 1 at. 12:30 to exclusively in Sweden sign hers acclaimed and award-winning autobiography, Just Kids, and her new compilation album Outside Society.

Just Kids is a vivid portrayal and a unique chronicle of New York's diverse cultural scene in the early '70s, with artists like Bob Dylan, Janis Joplin, Andy Warhol and Jimi Hendrix who all give their impressions of the story.

Patti Smith opens in a personal way up a window into her life as a young, struggling artist, and depicts a beautiful way of his friendship with the artist Robert Mapplethorpe.

The book and the compilation album will be on sale in Ljusgården.

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Patti Smith - Because The Night

Today something happen here in Stockholm...

The Polar Music Prize was founded in 1989 by the late Stig ”Stikkan” Anderson, a true legend in the history of Swedish popular music. Stig Anderson was the publisher, lyricist and manager of ABBA, and he played a key role in their enormous success. The name of the prize stems from Anderson’s legendary record label, Polar Music.





The Polar Music Prize is an international music prize which is awarded to individuals, groups or institutions in recognition of exceptional achievements in the creation and advancement of music.

The Polar Music Prize awards two Laureates in order to celebrate music in all its various forms and to emphasize the original intention of the Polar Music Prize: To break down musical boundaries by bringing together people from all the different worlds of music.

The Laureates of the Polar Music Prize 2011 are PATTI SMITH & KRONOS QUARTET.

Patti Smith


Kronos Quartet



Patti Smith Citation:
The Polar Music Prize 2011 is being awarded to American poet and musician Patti Smith. By devoting her life to art in all its forms, Patti Smith has demonstrated how much rock’n'roll there is in poetry and how much poetry there is in rock’n'roll. Patti Smith is a Rimbaud with Marshall amps. She has transformed the way an entire generation looks, thinks and dreams. With her inimitable soul of an artist, Patti Smith proves over and over again that people have the power.



The Laureates will receive the prize from His Majesty King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden at a gala ceremony at the Stockholm Concert Hall to be followed by a celebratory banquet at Grand Hôtel on Tuesday 30th of August. The ceremony will be broadcast live on national television (TV4). Later in the evening, a summary of the ceremony and the banquet will be broadcast. The event attracts international media, members of the international music business, celebrities, artists, musicians, government ministers, politicians and leading members of society and industry.

Each recipient receives a total amount of one million SEK.
Thats something huh ?!

There are many that have received this price and today, the Polar Music Prize has become one of the most prestigious music prizes in the world. The list of Laureates speaks for itself:

Sir Paul McCartney, Dizzy Gillespie, Witold Lutoslawski, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Quincy Jones, Mstislav Rostropovich, Sir Elton John, Joni Mitchell, Pierre Boulez, Bruce Springsteen, Eric Ericson, Ray Charles, Ravi Shankar, Iannis Xenakis, Stevie Wonder, Bob Dylan, Isaac Stern, Burt Bacharach, Robert Moog, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Sofia Gubaidulina, Miriam Makeba, Keith Jarrett, B.B. King, György Ligeti, Gilberto Gil, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Valery Gergiev, Led Zeppelin, Sonny Rollins, Steve Reich, Renée Fleming, Pink Floyd, Maestro Abreu & El Sistema, Peter Gabriel, Ennio Morricone and Björk have all been bestowed with the Prize since its inception in 1992.

Smith is currently working on a crime novel set in London. "I've been working on a detective story that starts at the St Giles in the Fields church in London for the last two years," she told NME adding that she "loved detective stories" having been a fan of Sherlock Holmes and US crime author Mickey Spillane as a girl. Part of the book will be set in Gothenburg, Sweden



Now to the tune I choosed for today, Smith's most widely known song is "Because the Night", which was co-written with Bruce Springsteen from 1978. Its a cool one!

So Folks, Here are 2 video´s of Patti Smith!

Peace, Thetania



Here is a bonus from my hometown, Stockholm from 1976.


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