Randy Johnson’s “A Night with Janis Joplin” is FST’s final Stage III production for this season. It’s a musical adaptation of her final concert, not a by-the-numbers jukebox musical. Over the course ...

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 ...

Fifty years ago today Janis Joplin was three months gone, but her status as an ageless popular music icon was just beginning with the release of “Pearl.” The album sounds bracing even a half century ...

The album was Pearl. Released on Jan. 11, 1971, just three months after Joplin died of a heroin overdose at age 27, Pearl ...

Inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1995, singer Janis Joplin left behind a significant musical legacy in a remarkably short amount of time. The Texas-born singer became a superstar after a ...

Karly B. is a music news journalist at Collider, specializing in the Western and Asian music industries. With a Bachelor of Science degree in Digital Media and Web Technology, she has dedicated part ...

Longtime music manager Bennett Glotzer, who helped guide the careers of such legendary artists as Janis Joplin and Frank Zappa, died on July 9 in Los Angeles due to complications from heart disease.

More than half a century after her death, Janis Joplin‘s legacy continues to loom large. Her estate kicked off this year with a 50th-anniversary edition of Pearl, while a children’s book featuring the ...

Janis Joplin has passed into the realm of legend: an outwardly brash and inwardly vulnerable personality who possessed one of the most passionate voices in rock history. She is beloved around the ...