Janis Joplin idolized this legendary singer, whose talent and style inspired her iconic voice and legendary rock career.

If sandpaper and soul met a rose and birthed a child, that child would probably sound something like Janis Joplin. Joplin sang from the soul and with a voice hewn as if from sandpaper. And she lived a ...

Petaluma director Carl Jordan may be the perfect person to direct Sonoma Arts Live’s currently-running “A Night With Janis Joplin,” not because he’s got experience helming complicated musicals ...

Songwriter and producer Bert Berns, who had a hand in some of the biggest hits of the 1960s, including co-writing “Twist and Shout” for the Isley Brothers and the plaintive “Piece ...

It was Berns who took a liking to guitarist Jimmy Page and introduced him to the Atlantic team, which signed his band Led ...