On 1st June 2012, the brand-new album of Rock icon PATTI SMITH will be released. It is the first long-player with new songs since the highly acclaimed 'Trampin' from 2004 being the first release of musician, photographer, painter and poet SMITH on Sony Music label Columbia Records. In 2007, she released the album 'Twelve' containing cover versions only. 'Banga' was recorded in New York at the Electric Lady Studios by Patti and her band, consisting of Tony Shanahan, Jay Dee Daugherty and Lenny Kaye. Besides Tom Verlaine, also Jack Petruzzelli, Patti Smith's son Jackson and her daughter Jesse Paris were contributing as guests. 'Banga' contains 12 songs.
PATTI will also come to Germany for a few live dates:
04.07. Freiburg, ZMF
09.07. Bonn, Kunst!Rasen (Open Air)
11.07. Berlin, Tempodrom
12.07. Dachau, Rathausplatz (Open Air)
Source: Press Release
