Musician, poet, punk godmother, revolutionary, rights activist, artist, activist, visionary - these are just a few labels, but they are far from enough to describe Patti Smith and her inestimable influence on the world of music, poetry, art and activism. On August 2, he is coming with a concert in Križanke in Ljubljana.
Patti Smith cannot be overstated, as her oeuvre is simply too diverse and unique. Her name became synonymous with the interweaving of poetry and rock music, unconventionality and the fight against the system, but above all she showed the wider world that women's equality applies both on and off the stage.
After the hippie-tinged, optimistic 60s and the final disintegration of the idealized American dream after the Vietnam War, America found itself in a political and cultural upheaval. This training ground was perfectly created for Patti Smith, who arrived on the scene, dressed in the colors of street poetry, urban sensibility and indicated a new musical direction that changed the world of music forever. In the second half of the 70s, punk arrived on the scene, and even before the "official explosion" there was Patti, who released her debut album in 1975 Horses, her critically acclaimed album that served as a sort of catalyst for the entire East Coast punk and new wave scene.
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Patti had a radical influence on the development of New York and global music and was an inspiration for musical artists from all over the world - Ramones, Madonna, Bruce Springsteen, Sonic Youth, PJ Harvey, REM, Courtney Love, Pretenders, Television, Cat Power, these are just a handful of artists who acknowledge her influence.
Sunday, August 2, 2015, Patti Smith and her accompanying band will play the breakthrough album Horses in its entirety, and we can also expect other songs from her rich discography to be played.
Tickets are available Dallas Music Shop (Mirje 12, Ljubljana), where the first few buyers will participate in a prize game in which we will award the book Patti Smith: Pač mulca (2011, Založba Modrijan) and Eventim's online sales at www.eventim.si.
