Music journalist Holly George-Warren, author of the new biography, "Janis: Her Life and Music," offers "Sunday Morning" a roster of Joplin hits – well-known and rare – that capture the ...

Janis Joplin was born on January 19, 1943, in Port Arthur, Texas. Sadly, she died of a heroin overdose at the young age of 27, in Los Angeles, California in 1970. In between those dates, though ...

Janis Joplin's voice was truly one of a kind, a generational marvel we were robbed of too soon, and this live album proved it.

Janis Joplin made her mark on the 1960s but also influenced countless singers. “A Night With Janis Joplin” on Oct. 7 at Rialto Square Theatre in Joliet offers a look at the Rock & Roll Hall of ...

Janis Joplin impresses yet again with this isolated vocal track from “Cry Baby”. I’d be bold enough to say that this song would have been just as good without any instrumentation.

Janis Joplin made a lot of great music, however, not all great songs become hits. After all, top 40 radio is dominated by pop stars and Joplin wasn’t a pop star in the conventional sense.

"Kozmic Blues: The Life and Music of Janis Joplin" culminates with a tribute concert Saturday evening at PlayhouseSquare's State Theatre, featuring Lucinda Williams, Country Joe McDonald, Nona ...

In the years after Joplin's death, the singer's stature has grown to legendary proportions through a number of biographies, reissues of her music, and the 2015 documentary Janis: Little Girl Blue.

She was one of the top artists of the late 60s, A Night With Janis Joplin starring Tony Award nominee Mary Bridget Davies showcases the music from the iconic singer.

Mary Davies stars in “A Night With Janis Joplin” Oct. 5 at the Genesee Theatre in Waukegan. One Halloween, Mary Davies dressed up like Janis Joplin. Her friends thought she was Elton John.

The song gives Joplin the opportunity to build slowly and summon her powers at various points along the way. When Pennebaker’s crew had a second shot at filming it, they didn’t miss. Janis ...

Onstage, Joplin oozed confidence, sexuality and exuberance, but biographer Holly George-Warren describes the singer as a bookworm who worked hard to create her "blues feelin' mama" persona. Her ...