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Memorable Patti Smith tribute to a tortured soul

Killer Road, Union Chapel, London N1

5/5

Patti Smith and Soundwalk Collective’s wonderfully rendered audio-visual production Killer Road is drawn from the final poems of Nico, iconic vocalist with the seminal ’70s US group Velvet Underground, which were written shortly before her death.

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