Discover 10 unforgettable rock covers—from Hendrix to Guns N’ Roses—that outshined the originals and became definitive ...

Yesterday was famously penned by Paul McCartney after it came into his head fully formed in a dream, with the Beatle then ...

The British actress’s new film, Swiped, puts her at the centre of the debate over online romance. Not that she has any ...

Sonoma Arts Live! theater company’s next production is “A Night with Janis Joplin.” The 12-show run of this rocking production at Andrews Hall in the Sonoma Community Center begins on Sept. 5 and ...

Janis Joplin was a force, and she was even more incredible live. Sadly, many of us were too young to hear her sing in person, and all we have to get an idea of how good she was is a somewhat limited ...

Nobody on this planet had (or will have) a voice quite like Janis Joplin. She died tragically young, but in the time that she had, she cemented herself as one of the greatest singers of the 20th ...

Janis Joplin with a pink headdress reclines on a couch and smiles on the album cover for Pearl (1971). Image via Columbia Janis Joplin wasn't merely a singer and songwriter -- she was a beacon of ...

Singer-songwriter-musician Janis Ian celebrates her 74 th birthday today. For most of those years, 60 of them in fact, she has been famous, having rocketed to renown at age 14 with her precocious ...

9-28-68: Big Brother and the Holding Company were scheduled to play a sold-out show at downtown's Community Concourse. The afternoon before the show, their singer Janis Joplin announced to the press ...

As a gig-musical, it is a five-star belter, with more talent onstage than is decent. Not just the singer who plays Janis, Mary Bridget Davies (Sharon Sexton will cover at some performances) but a trio ...