Even if you put aside the mythology and hyperbole that’s grown up around Joplin in the 35 years since she died of a heroin overdose, her final work, Pearl, remains a great blues-rock album.

This Monday (January 11) marks the 50th anniversary of the release of Pearl, Janis Joplin's second, and final, solo album. As you may recall, if you're an old person like me, that LP was released ...

Janis Joplin&#151The Pearl Sessions&#151Available Everywhere Tuesday, April 17, 2012 On the occasion of Janis Joplin's birthday (January 19), Legacy Recordings is proud to announce the upcoming ...

Janis Joplin ’s final studio album ‘Pearl’ is getting the special treatment this spring when Legacy Recordings issue the ‘Pearl Sessions’ on April 1. Legacy is known for taking classic ...

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 ...

Janis Joplin began recording Pearl on September 5, 1970. By October first the album was almost complete. Three days later she was dead at the age of 27. She would only record four studio albums ...

It's both sword and shield, which Joplin flexes like a gladiator on Pearl, released January 1971, and on a second disc of live material recorded on the wild and wooly Canadian Festival Express ...

On November 9, famed vocalist Janis Joplin will have her quadruple-platinum 1971 album Pearl re-released as a box set by Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab, which specializes in high-end reissues, in honor ...

5. "Pearl," Janis' best and last album, was released posthumously in January 1971. That's three months after she died at the age of 27. 6.

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.

Janis Joplin is best known for her soulful voice and volcanic performances, but the Texas-born legend's Bohemian-Goddess wardrobe left an equally indelible mark on the fashion world.