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 ...

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

Associated Press Janis Joplin, circa 1969. "Her impact on artists who are still on the scene today, her skill as a vocalist and her deep knowledge and use of roots music put her at the forefront ...

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. A Night With Janis Joplin is ...

Rock singer Janis Joplin performs in 1969, a year before her death at age 27.(AP) When music legend Janis Joplin died of a heroin overdose at the Landmark Motor Hotel in Los Angeles on Oct. 4 ...

Author Holly George-Warren discussed her new book, "Janis: Her Life and Music," with moderator Scott Goldman at the Grammy Museum.

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.

Of the show’s 26 songs, 23 involve Davies. Her favorite is “Ball and Chain,” a Big Mama Thornton blues song. “The way Janis does it is so different and so great,” she says.

I let the music speak for Janis as I let Janis speak for herself.” ‘A Night With Janis Joplin’ When: 7:30 p.m. Oct. 7 Where: Rialto Square Theatre, 102 N. Chicago St., Joliet ...

Holly George-Warren’s “Janis: Her Life and Music” teeters between tragedy and triumph even before singer Janis Joplin injects a lethal dose of heroin five times more pure than that to which ...