A succession of actors, environmental activists and some live music – the best photographs commissioned by the Observer in October 2021 Continue reading…
Patti Smith review – communing with a rock’n’roll seer
Royal Albert Hall, LondonProtean punk poet Patti Smith, backed by a full band, is in expansive mood in a riveting, career-spanning showOne worn black boot on the monitor, her long, white, artist’s hands carving up the air, Patti Smith is a performer wh…
Words don’t fail Patti Smith. That’s why she is still my superstar | Rebecca Nicholson
The singer outshone her modern rivals in a survey of the vocabulary of lyricsA recent study by the online search tool Wordtips assessed the number of unique words used in the lyrics of 100 music “legends” and 100 modern pop stars. (Rappers were exclude…