Janis Joplin was one of the great figures of American rock’n’roll – a wild performer with an incredible voice, whose life was ...

Janis Joplin endured heartbreaking loneliness before her tragic death. The soulful singer joined the so-called 27 Club -- a group of popular musicians who all died at age 27 -- in 1970 due to a heroin ...

One of the most famous rockers of the mid-1960s, Janis Joplin’s life was cut tragically short when she passed away from a heroin overdose in 1970. Though only in the spotlight for a few years, as her ...

“It is therefore a holy and wholesome thought to pray for the dead, that they may be loosed from sins.” — 2 Maccabees 12:46 Margaret was getting a new car, so she sold me her spunky old Camry for a ...

Janis Joplin's siblings reflect on growing up with a budding music legend, and why they've decided to share her personal archives in a revealing and enlightening new book The notion of overnight rock ...

All the way back in 2004, P!nk was slated to star in a Janis Joplin biopic from director Penelope Spheeris that never saw the light of day. So you can count on Howard Stern to get her reflecting on ...

When people think of Janis Joplin, power, genius, and tragedy come to mind. They say the way people do one thing is the way they do everything and Joplin’s 27 years proved this, embodying her ...

In the early morning hours between midnight and dawn (around 2:00 a.m.) on Sunday, August 17, 1969, Janis Joplin stepped on stage for her delayed, yet historic, set during the three-day Woodstock ...

Janis Joplin will live on throughout history, as each famous number she recorded in her life comes blasting through the car radio, reminding listeners of the ‘60s, of Woodstock, of good ole rock ‘n’ ...

Any classic rock fan worth his or her vinyl record albums is familiar with the Janis Joplin song "Mercedes Benz." In the final song recorded before the singer's untimely death at age 27, Joplin asks ...