Janis Joplin

Alabama Shakes: Throwback Or Flash Forward?

R. Clifton Spargo | Posted 05.14.2012

Read More: Janis Joplin, Boys & Girls, Retromania, Heartbreaker, Music, Amy Winehouse, I Ain't the Same, Brittany Howard, Alabama Shakes, Fifty News
R. Clifton Spargo

Concert promoters depend on short-lived summer tours featuring tried-and-true, long-retired, and often just plain tired musicians from the 60s, 70s, 80s, or early 90s, who hit the road to cash in on the nostalgia of fans, many of whom are too young to remember the past they find themselves collectively longing for.

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Bessie Smith: Music's Original, Bitchinest Bad Girl

Debra Devi | Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: Ruby Walker, Blues, Bessie Smith, History of Words, History, Etymology, Sex, Blues Music, Blues Legends, African American History, Sexual Language, Sexual Euphemisms, Blues Singers, History of Blues, Blues Musicians, Arts News, Bad Girls, Janis Joplin, Prohibition, Buffet Flat, Chris Albertson, Video, Arts News
Debra Devi

What hugely popular female singer beat a rival unconscious, slept with her musical director, seduced her female backup dancers, frequented live sex shows and mortified New York society by telling a wealthy fan to "get the f*ck away from me"? 1920s blues singer Bessie Smith.

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Maroon 5 with Travie McCoy on SNL, Plus Chatting with Vince Gill, Trombone Shorty and Paul Rodgers

Mike Ragogna | Posted 01.06.2012

Read More: Joe Cocker, Wilson Pickett, Trombone Shorty, Maroon 5, Warren Haynes, Sam Cooke, Garah Gill, Otis Redding, Dolly Parton, Bad Company, Stevie Wonder, Gerry Rafferty, Rosanne Cash, Pete Wasner, Ashley Monroe, Maggie Bell, Corrina Gill, Detective, Rick Rubin, Muddy Waters, Vince Gill, The Everly Brothers, Steve Lukather, Jason Bonham, Led Zeppelin, Jeff Beck, Rebirth Brass Band, Dr. John, Jasmine Rogers, Booker T. And the MGs, Dylan O'brien, U2, Buddy Guy, Ray Charles, Jazz Fest, Po' Folks, Solid Gold, Gym Class Heroes, Brad Paisley, Jenny Gill, Pure Prairie League, Tuba Fatts, Eric Clapton, Slash, Elmore James, Pistol Annies, Paul Kossoff, Keith Urban, The Firm, Treme, Queen, Neal Schon, Bob Ezrin, Travie McCoy, Will Owsley, Robert Lucas, Aretha Franklin, Janis Joplin, Ian Hatton, Amy Grant, Louis Armstrong, Carly Simon, Alison Krauss, James Brown, Les Paul, Bekka Bramlett, Green Day, Free, Paul Rogers, American Bandstand, Canned Heat, Luther Allison, Mr. Haney, John Lee Hooker, Lenny Kravitz, Green Acres, The Ministry, Jimi Hendrix, Nin, James Taylor, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

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Hooray for Hollywood's Dearly Departed

Jane Minogue | Posted 10.24.2011

Read More: Shirley Temlple, Michael Jackson, Jack Cassidy, Jane Russell, Sharon Tate, Bela Lugosi, Bugsy Siegel, River Phoenix, Larry Edmunds Bookshop, Beverly Hills, Marie Prevost, Lupe Velez, El Coyote, Hollywood, Dearly Departed Tour, Judy Garland, Marilyn Monroe, Janis Joplin, Murders, George Michael, John Belushi, Menendez Brothers, Charles Manson, Grauman's Chinese Theater, Brian Donnelly, Scott Michaels, Travel News
Jane Minogue

The tour included the drug overdose sites of Janis Joplin, John Belushi, Michael Jackson and River Phoenix.

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From LP1 to a Sky Full of Holes: Chatting With Joss Stone and Fountains Of Wayne, Plus The Beau Brummels' Bradley's Barn (Audio)

Mike Ragogna | Posted 09.30.2011

Read More: John Legend, That Thing You Do, A.r. Rahman, Josie and the Pussycats, Live 8, Britney Spears, Mick Jagger, Janet Jackson, Mike Viola, The Beau Brummels, Pride, Andy Chase, Dave Stewart, Bob Dylan, Chris Collingwood, Tom Hanks, Aretha Franklin, Janis Joplin, Super Heavy, Joss Stone, Glaad, Fountains of Wayne, Adam Schlesinger, The Tudors, American Dreams, American Dad, Gladys Knight, Van Hunt, Damian Marley, James Brown, Eragon, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

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Amy Winehouse: A Lesson for Kids

Bruce Kluger | Posted 09.26.2011

Read More: Michael Jackson, Rehab, Back to Black, Jim Morrison, Social Networking, Drugs, Cultural Influences, Heroin, Music, Grammy, Amy Winehouse, Teenagers, Death, Janis Joplin, USA Today, 27 Years Old, Cell Phones, Substance Abuse, Jimi Hendrix, Itunes, Ipad, Bruce Kluger, Entertainment News
Bruce Kluger

It was my older daughter who broke the news of Winehouse's death to me, and I could instantly detect her confusion about it all, as if it somehow didn't compute.

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Amy Winehouse: Newest Member of Club 27

Maggie Van Ostrand | Posted 09.26.2011

Read More: Jim Morrison, Brian Jones, Addiction, Kurt Cobain, Grateful Dead, Rock 'N' Roll, Drugs, The 27 Club, Blues, Ron Pigpen McKernan, Robert Johnson, Amy Winehouse, Murder, Janis Joplin, The Doors, Club 27, Addict, Booze, Autopsy, Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix, Entertainment News
Maggie Van Ostrand

Club 27 is a most exclusive and heavenly private club of great musicians who died at the age of 27. As of July 24th, Amy Winehouse is the latest me...

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WATCH: Amy Winehouse's Chicago Legacy

Posted 09.25.2011

Read More: Steve Rhodes, Amy Winehouse Chicago, Greg Kot, Beehive Hair, Kurt Cobain, Amy Winehouse Dead, Chicago Music, Rip Amy Winehouse, Jim Morrison, Thomas Conner, Music News, Amy Winehouse, Janis Joplin, 27 Club, Margaret Vinci Heldt, Jimi Hendrix, Chicago News

Earlier Tuesday, oft-troubled, 27-year-old soulful songstress Amy Winehouse, who was found dead in her London home Saturday, was laid to rest in a pri...

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Amy Winehouse: An Artist, Not a Cliché

Charles Karel Bouley | Posted 09.24.2011

Read More: Billboard, Advocate, Amy Winehouse, Andrew Howard, Janis Joplin, Amy Winehouse Dead, Jimi Hendrix, Entertainment News
Charles Karel Bouley

The fact is, at times, being an artist hurts, and so many choose to self-medicate because it gets them out of their heads, it slows things down, it removes, temporarily, the unbearable lightness of being.

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Gazelle Emami

Fade To Black

HuffingtonPost.com | Gazelle Emami | Posted 09.22.2011

Read More: Amy Winehouse Back to Black, Amy Winehouse Rehab, Amy Winehouse Arrested, Amy Winehouse Death, Amy Winehouse Dead, Music, Amy Winehouse Music, Amy Winehouse, Amy Winehouse Assault, Amy Winehouse Dies, Winehouse, Janis Joplin, Culture News

Amy Winehouse died on Saturday, at 27 years old, the same age that has mysteriously claimed a few other talented-yet-troubled musicians, from Jim Morr...

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Do Musicians Have A "27 Curse"?

Stephanie Sarkis, Ph.D. | Posted 09.22.2011

Read More: Janis Joplin, 27 Club Curse, Alcohol, Kurt Cobain, Addiction, Drugs, Amy Winehouse Dead, Music, The 27 Club, Robert Johnson, Jim Morrison, Jimi Hendrix, Amy Winehouse, Winehouse, Entertainment News
Stephanie Sarkis, Ph.D.

Amy Winehouse was 27 years old when she died. There are a number of other famous musicians who died at 27. Are these musician deaths at the age of 27 just a coincidence?

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Patti Smith and Robert Mapplethorpe: Brainiac Amours in Just Kids

Holly Cara Price | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Dylan, Rimbaud, Gotham Book Mart, Verlaine, Allen Ginsberg, Brainiac Amour, Janis Joplin, 1970?S, National Book Award, Entertainment News, Robert Mapplethorpe, Chelsea Hotel, Book News, Birdland, Redondo Beach, Lenny Kaye, Poetry News, Horses, William Burroughs, Patti Smith, New York City, Poetry, The Doors, Publishing, Just Kids, Arts, Memoir, Jimi Hendrix, Rolling Stones, Genet, Elegie, Cbgb?S, Marvelettes, Gloria, Kimberly, Ecco Books, Harper Collins, Entertainment News
Holly Cara Price

Only two pages in and I'm choked with sobs as I read how Patti Smith listened to her soul mate's breathing on the phone as he struggled in the hospita...

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What Did Janis Joplin Used To Carry Around In Her Purse?

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Janis Joplin, Janis Joplin Bag, Janis Joplin Purse, Celebrity Style, Style News

We're always intrigued by those "what's in your purse?" articles ("my iPhone, my planner and my Dior lip gloss I can't live without!") and from The Ha...

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Dog Ears Music: Born in January Playlist

Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: John McLaughlin, Django Reinhardt, Etta James, Robby Krieger (the Doors), Josef Suk, George Martin, Max Roach (With Clifford Brown), Danielle Evin, Music, John Lydon (the Sex Pistols), Elvis Presley, Janis Joplin, mp3s, Warren Zevon, Brian Hugh Warner (Marilyn Manson), Donald Fagen (Steely Dan), Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin), Phil Ramone, Telly Savalas, David Bowie, Pat Benatar, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Rod Stewart (Faces), Dog Ears, Allen Toussaint, Entertainment News
Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin

This week, we feature music by Elvis Presley, David Bowie, Pat Benatar, Etta James, and more.

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Jimi Hendrix, Otis Redding, Janis Joplin

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Slidepollajax, Jim Morison, Bob Marley, Rock Star Memoir, Books, John Lennon, The Clash, Keith Richards, Dead Rock Stars, Janis Joplin, Celebrity Memoirs, Inxs, Patti Smith, Rock Star, Hank Williams, Books by Rock Stars, Books News

In the wake of punk rock legend Patti Smith winning a National Book Award for her memoir "Just Kids," and the boom associated with the publication of ...

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HuffPost Reviews: AC/DC and Jane Roman Pitt, Plus A Conversation with Grammy Nominee Chip Taylor and an Elvis Costello Audio Stream

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jim Lauderdale, Van Morrison, Al Gorgoni, Pete Finney, Meat Loaf, Dick Charles, Chip Taylor, Robert Ellis, Dixie Chicks, Brian Johnson, Donovan, Tim Moore, Judy Rodman, Judy Collins, King Records, Martha Jacobs, Elvis Costello, Karen Carpenter, The Byrds, Anne Murray, Johnny Cash, Cameo/Parkway, AC/DC, Angus Young, Shaggy, Malcolm Young, Billy Vera, John Platania, U2, Warner Bros. Records, Jack Johnson, Gram Parsons, Curt Perkins, Merrilee Rush, Sade, Glen Campbell, Janis Joplin, The Beatles, Mac Gayden, Barry Voight, Billy Gibbons, Ace Frehley, Mannheim Steamroller, Bill Frisell, Evie Sands, Joe Perry, Philip Morris, Robert Alford, Willie Nelson, Hank Ballard, Judy Clay, Neil Bogart, James Brown, Hugh Pretwood, Juice Newton, Carrie Rodriquez, Tommy Cogbill, Phil Sutcliffe, Buddah Records, Chris Slade, Jon Voight, Joe Bonomo, Tom Waits, Steve Vai, Emmylou Harris, Kendal Carson, Brian Ahern, The Troggs, Jane Roman Pitt, Henry Glover, Sxsw, Chips Moman, Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Page, Ladylullaby, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

So, you think you know all things AC/DC? Really. Well, take a hit of the essays, historical photos, memorabilia, and general overkill contained between the over 225 pages of High Voltage Rock 'N' Roll: The Ultimate Illustrated History.

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From No Chocolate Cake to a Reckoning: Conversations with Gin Blossoms, Luke Doucet, and Tony Lunn

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: No Chocolate Cake: Conversations With Gin Blossoms, Robert Crumb, High School Reunion, A&M Records, Sarah McLachlan, And Tony Lunn Tony Lunn, Sarah Palin, South by Southwest, Hot Hot Heat, Marc Cohn, Big Brother & the Holding Company, Sloan, Judy Collins, Crowded House, The Odds, Marshall Crenshaw, McCabe's Guitar Shop, Capitol Records, Hurricane Katrina, Cheap Trick, President Clinton, Rick Parker, All We Are Saying, Cubbie Bear, Switchfoot, Columbia Records, Pat Pattison, Eddie Money, David Anderle, Tom Petty, Rosanna Arquette, Tom DeSavia, Merle Travis, Christine O'donnell, Darrell Scott, Grammy Award, The Rembrandts, Styx, Peter Case, Scott Johnson, Benny & Joon, Paul Simon, David Collier, Danny Wilde, John Hiatt, Janis Joplin, Andrew Scott, Gas Giants, Luke Doucet, Kelly Ryan, Chris Murphy, Chet Atkins, Control, Ian Curtis, Joy Division, Steve Seskin, Bill Leen, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Elektra Records, Jethro Tull, Harvey Pekar, Simon & Garfunkel, Robin Wilson, The Shoes, Arif Mardin, Geffen Records, Kruu-Fm, The Jerk, Train, Craig Northey, Virgin Records, Gin Blossoms, Anton Corbijn, Badfinger, Jess Valenzuela, Shubas, Anberlin, Grammy Awards, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

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The Alpha and the Omega of the Aquarian Age

Rob Kirkpatrick | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bethel, Janis Joplin, Music Industry, Music Festival, 1969, Artie Kornfeld, Grateful Dead, Madison Avenue, Michael Wadleigh, Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix, Michael Lang, New York, Woodstock 40th Anniversary, Crosby Stills Nash & Young, The Who, Richie Havens, Santana, Jefferson Airplane, Entertainment News
Rob Kirkpatrick

Although the cliché is that it's hard to imagine Woodstock happened that long ago, I find it hard to imagine that those three days of peace and music happened so recently.

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Paradise & Little Vigils: Conversations with Judy Collins and That Guy Mark Erelli

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Michael Johnson, Greg Allman, Tom Paxton, Little Milton, Jim Chastain, Chrissie Hyde, Pat Robertson, Joan Baez, Dolly Parton, Janis Joplin, The Beatles, Judy Collins, Paul Yarrow, Stephen Stills, David Buskin, Kenny White, Dan Fogelberg, Al Cooper, Peter Paul & Mary, The Rolling Stones, Elektra Records, Bill Clinton, Mimi FariñA, Chelsea Clinton, David Batteau, The Blues Project, Tim Weissberg, Crosby Stills & Nash, Galileo, Zack Hickman, Amy Speace, Paul Gauguin, Bob Dylan, Jesse Valenzuela, Gin Blossoms, The Mamas & the Papas, The Grateful Dead, Leonard Cohen, The Allman Brothers, Charles Darwin, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, John Denver, Jackson Browne, Billboard, Joni Mitchell, Hillary Clinton, Glenn Beck, Rufus Wainwright, Beradette Peters, Chris Smither, Buddy Miller, Jimmy Webb, 9/11, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

Collins discusses her new album, which includes a song about 9/11 and a duet recorded with Joan Baez, and what it's like to have the President of the United States name his child after your record.

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Dear Lindsay, Please Don't Join the 27 Club

Virginia Bell | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Tim Buckley, Drug Addiction, Lindsay Lohan, Saturn, Jeff Buckly, Brian Jones, Kurt Cobain, Heath Ledger, Otis Redding, Amy Winehouse, Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison, Robert Downey Jr, Fame, Janis Joplin, Saturn Return, Addiction & Recovery, Health, Hank Williams, Self Help, Celebrity, Healthy Living News
Virginia Bell

The 27 Club (also known as the Forever Club) is reserved for those people (specifically famous rock musicians) who died around the age of 27 often under mysterious circumstances.

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Taylor Swift, Bleat Your Heart Out!

Greg Evans | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Stevie Nicks, Muddy Waters, The Supremes, Kurt Cobain, Iggy Pop, Grammys, Pere Ubu, Neil Young, Marianne Faithfull, Patti Smith, Bob Dylan, Janis Joplin, Taylor Swift, Scott Borchetta, Leonard Cohen, You Belong With Me, Grammy Awards, Fearless, Entertainment News
Greg Evans

This week should have been glorious for Taylor Swift, the wispy-voiced pop star who won four Grammy Awards last Sunday. But she just had to go and sing.

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James Gurley, Janis Joplin's Guitarist, Dies

AP | JOHN ROGERS | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Janis Joplin, James Gurley Dies, James Gurley, Music, Entertainment News

LOS ANGELES — James Gurley, the innovative guitarist who helped shape psychedelic rock's multilayered, sometimes thundering sounds as a member o...

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25 Recordings Added To Grammy Hall Of Fame (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Slidepoll, Bob Marley, Pop Music, Best Recordings, Best Albums, Gene Kelley, Music, Jose Feliciano, Judy Garland, Janis Joplin, Bo Diddley, George Carlin, Isley Brothers, Grammy Hall of Fame, Best Music Ever, Best Songs, Music Industry, Beach Boys, Grammys, James Brown, Entertainment News

It might be a Man's World, but there's always room for California Girls. A list of 25 recordings has been announced for the 2010 Grammy Hall of Fame ...

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"Who Shot Rock & Roll" at the Brooklyn Museum

Regina Weinreich | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Janis Joplin, Beatles, The B-52's, John Lennon, Madonna, Yoko Ono, Patti Smith, Debbie Harry, Sex Pistols, Ike and Tina, James Brown, Entertainment News
Regina Weinreich

What fascinates is remembering the B-52s as in George DuBose's 1978 photograph, or Ike and Tina in 1962, as in Ernest C. Withers' photo, or Amy Arbus' 1983 Madonna before Kabbalah.

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An Interview with Author David Comfort on The Rock & Roll Book of the Dead

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Michael Jackson, Eric Clapton, Jim Morrison, Jerry Garcia, Propofol, Nirvana, Kurt Cobain, The Animals, Eric Burdon, Stuart Sutcliffe, Brian Epstein, Elvis Presley, Pete Townshend, Thriller, The Beatles, Janis Joplin, John Lennon, Jesus Christ, El Cid, Mark David Chapman, The Dakota, Jimi Hendrix, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

"There's no simple answer to who John Lennon was. Sure, he was a great leader and a peacenik; on the other hand, he was an incredibly violent, narcissistic guy. That was the other side of him, and people just don't want to hear that."

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