Forbes : Marianne Faithfull Continues Racking Up Smashes Following Her Death (by Hugh McIntyre) →

Since her death on January 30, Marianne Faithfull’s music has been growing in popularity. (...) Last week, Faithfull scored a hit album and saw one of her most successful singles become a smash again on two charts in the United Kingdom. (...) Faithfulls’s simply-titled "The Collection" debuts on the Official Album Download chart this week at No. 70. It is her third project to reach the list of the most-downloaded sets throughout the U.K.

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Rolling Stone : Patti Smith Announces ‘Horses’ 50th Anniversary Tour The singer will visit the U.S., U.K., and Europe later this year to perform her seminal album in full (by Emily Zemler) →

Patti Smith will perform her debut album Horses in full on tour to celebrate the LP’s 50 anniversary. The tour will feature feature guitarist Lenny Kaye and drummer Jay Dee Daugherty, both of whom played on the original 1975 recording. (...) A press release notes, “Please join us to help celebrate the final ride of our irreverent thoroughbred.” The anniversary trek will kick off on Oct. 6 at Dublin’s 3Arena, with dates in Madrid, Bergamo, Brussels, Oslo, London, and Paris. Smith will head to the U.S. the following month, with shows beginning Nov. 10 at Seattle’s Paramount Theatre. The U.S. segment will also stop in Oakland, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, New York, Boston, Washington D.C., and Philadelphia. (...) The upcoming tour marks 20 years since Smith performed Horses live in its entirety for the first time. She initially revisited the album in 2005 for its 30th anniversary during Meltdown Festival in London, which she was invited to curate that year.

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Billboard : Sweet Relief Honors Joan Baez at Star-Studded Benefit Show (by Paul Grein) →

Sweet Relief Musicians Fund celebrated the legacy of legendary folk singer Joan Baez on Saturday, Feb. 8 at the Masonic Auditorium in San Francisco. (...) Sweet Relief Musicians Fund provides services and financial assistance for career musicians and music industry professionals. Grants are earmarked for medical and vital living expenses, including insurance premiums, prescriptions, medical treatment and operative procedures, housing costs, food costs, utilities, and other basic necessities. The event raised more than $600,000. 100% of all donations to Sweet Relief for California fire relief are being distributed to victims.

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The Tennessean : Rosanne Cash discusses rootsy, country inspirations at Country Hall of Fame performance →

Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Rosanne Cash's Sunday afternoon appearance at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum continued to honor her new exhibition, "Rosanne Cash: Time Is a Mirror," which will run through March 2026 and is included with museum admission. Cash's appearance and exhibition highlighted her broader contribution as an "unwavering artistic spirit (who) defined and redefined American roots music," said Hall of Fame and Museum Writer-Editor R.J. Smith.

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That Eric Alper : Joan Baez’s Legacy Takes Center Stage in a New Exhibit at the Folk Americana Roots Hall of Fame →

“The Folk Americana Roots Hall of Fame is the perfect place to honor Joan’s impact on music and American history. Her career started on the stage of Club 47 and others around Boston and Cambridge, and she was in the Hall of Fame’s inaugural class of inductees,” said Casey Soward, President and CEO of the Boch Center. “We continue to celebrate her legacy, educating a new generation about the incredible life the iconic singer has led.” Joan Baez: A Life of Music, Art, and Activism showcases a variety of items from the life and artistry of Joan Baez. As a singer/songwriter, Baez occupies a singular space in history, but her body of work extends into many facets of creativity, including poetry and visual art.

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NPR : The Grammy nominee you need to hear: Esperanza Spalding →

How do you bring the African Diaspora to the Grammys Esperanza Spalding and Milton Nascimento's contrasting tones make a perfect team on Milton + esperanza, a collection of covers, duets, and original songs that have earned the pair a Grammy nomination for Best Jazz Vocal Album. Today, Brittany and Esperanza get into the years-long intergenerational friendship behind the music, and the Brazilian influences on the album.

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Billboard : As Years Go By: Marianne Faithfull’s Life in Three Recordings (by Robert Levine) →

You could tell the story of Marianne Faithfull, who died Jan. 30 at the age of 78, in three recordings — specifically three versions of “As Tears Go By.” The British singer initially recorded the song, one of the first that Mick Jagger and Keith Richards wrote together, in 1964 as a 17-year-old ingénue. Produced by Rolling Stones manager Andrew Loog Oldham, who discovered her at a party, the recording is a brisk, breezy slice of chamber-pop and Faithfull’s vocals are all breathy sweep. Faithfull wrote in her 1994 autobiography that Oldham immediately knew it would be a hit, and it reached No. 9 on the UK Singles Chart and No. 22 on the Billboard Hot 100.

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