This is FRESH AIR. I'm David Bianculli. Patti Smith is now considered one of the wise women of rock 'n' roll, an eloquent chronicler of her life in music and in a series of acclaimed memoirs. But 50 ...

Smith's debut album ushered in a new era of rock and roll. Critic Ken Tucker reviews the new anniversary edition of Horses, plus we listen back to Terry Gross' 1996 and 2010 interviews with Smith.

On this date in 1987, a compilation album consisting of all of South Central Los Angeles and Compton’s hottest Hip-Hop artists, N.W.A. And The Posse, was originally released on Macola Records. It was ...

Drake is breaking records left and right—but is he reshaping music for better or worse? This video explores how Drake’s streaming-era dominance signals the slow death of the traditional album. We ...