Holly George-Warren’s “Janis: Her Life and Music” teeters between tragedy and triumph even before singer Janis Joplin injects a lethal dose of heroin five times more pure than that to which she was ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Apr. 27—Janis Joplin thrilled rock fans with her soulful music. As she burst onto the scene in the late 1960s, she was known for ...

“I’ll tell you ’bout Texas Radio and the Big Beat… I’ll tell you ’bout the hopeless night Wandering the Western dream Tell you ’bout the maiden with raw iron soul” — Jim Morrison, “The Wasp” The ...

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 ...

Janis Joplin thrilled rock fans with her soulful music. As she burst onto the scene in the late 1960s, she was known for songs that were a unique mix of rock, folk, and blues. After her death in 1970, ...