Music journalist Holly George-Warren, author of the new biography, "Janis: Her Life and Music" (published by Simon & Schuster, a division of CBS), offers "CBS Sunday Morning" a roster of favorite ...

Joplin gave the world many classic songs. Among them are “Kozmic Blues,” “Down On Me,” “Cry Baby,” and “Get It While You Can.” However, only one of these songs became a No. 1 hit on the Billboard Hot ...

The first show singer and actress Dorian Rush created for herself was a musical tribute to Janis Joplin. It ran for more than two years at the Warehouse District cabaret Le Chat Noir, and it led Rush ...

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 ...

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 ...

Nearly four decades after her death in 1970, this countercultural trailblazer is the toast of this year's American Music Masters series, presented by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum and Case ...

Any list tabulating the greatest singers of all-time is null and void without the inclusion of Janis Joplin somewhere near the top. The singular power and titanic force she could bring to a song was ...

SANTA ROSA, Calif. -- Nick Gravenites, the blues singer and guitarist for The Electric Flag and songwriter for Janis Joplin, has died, his family announced. He was 85. “I regret to inform all of you ...

Janis Joplin made her mark on the 1960s but also influenced countless singers. “A Night With Janis Joplin” on Oct. 7 at Rialto Square Theatre in Joliet offers a look at the Rock & Roll Hall of Famer’s ...

It's probably not a destination in need of revisiting, but without it, the journey feels incomplete. In the world according to "A Night with Janis Joplin," perhaps the biggest drawback of growing up ...

Why did the girl sing the blues? Why does anyone sing the blues, but, specifically, why this girl from a Texas oil refinery town? From what buffet of insults and taunts did her soul have to dine to ...