Fifty years ago today Janis Joplin was three months gone, but her status as an ageless popular music icon was just beginning with the release of “Pearl.” The album sounds bracing even a half century ...

Any fan of Janis Joplin who got to hear Pearl when it was first released in 1971 was both blessed and bereaved. The second and final solo album by the famed blues rock singer is an incredible piece of ...

On the occasion of Janis Joplin's birthday (January 19), Legacy Recordings is proud to announce the upcoming release of The Pearl Sessions, a newly-curated definitive two-disc edition of Joplin's ...

Today would have been Port Arthur native Janis Joplin’s 67th birthday. Rocks Off started his day at the desk with her greatest-hits collection and all her work with Big Brother & the Holding Company ...

In honor of the 50th anniversary of the release of Janis Joplin’s album Pearl, The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame will host Janis Joplin Fan Weekend from Aug. 6 to Aug. 8. Joplin’s handwritten lyrics, ...

There were other talented white female blues-rock singers in the late ’60s and early ’70s—Bonnie Bramlett, Tracy Nelson, Bonnie Raitt—but they survived, continued recording and are today admired ...

San Geronimo, Calif. (Reuters) -- Sam Andrew will soon embark on what mildly might be called a challenging task: to replace his rock band's long-dead singer -- Janis Joplin. This time around, his band ...

Amber brings her two-act musical explosion back to Port Jefferson. The first act Ferrari performs music by several artists, Zeppelin, Pat Benatar & Linda Rondstadt to name a few. The second act is her ...

For the September, 1993 issue of High Times, Cree McCree provided an exhaustive profile of Janis Joplin, who died on October 4, 1970. She was the brashest of the brash, the life of San Francisco’s ...

Fifty years ago, Janis Joplin was three months gone, but her status as an ageless popular music icon was just beginning with the release of “Pearl.” The album sounds bracing even a half-century later, ...