Earlier this month, acclaimed indie three-piece Sleater-Kinney returned with a single called “Hurry On Home,” the lead track from the band’s new album due out later…
Southern California-based rock/reggae/hip-hop band Dirty Heads will release their seventh full-length album, Super Moon, on August 9. The band announced the record on Friday and premiered…
Chris Shiflett is known as the guitarist for the Foo Fighters, which he has been since joining Dave Grohl’s band prior to their 2012 album One…
311 guitarist Tim Mahoney doesn’t try to hide his affinity for the Grateful Dead. “I’m just such a Deadhead,” he exclaimed in a 2017 interview with…
Madonna returned on Friday with her new studio album, Madame X, which was previewed in recent weeks with the track “Medellin,” featuring Colombian singer Maluma. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8PtBzdiZ3g…
Slash on Guns N’ Roses’ Future and His Lifelong Bond with the Guitar (The Interview)
Slash is probably the last of the guitar heroes of the Golden Age of rock and roll. Following in the…
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Janis Joplin was called “the greatest white urban blues and soul singer of her generation” by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, which inducted her in 1995. Joplin’s powerful, gritty vocals made songs like “Piece of My Heart,” “Ball and Chain,” “Summertime” and “Me and Bobby McGee” uniquely her own. Joplin, who died in 1970 at age 27 of an accidental drug overdose, burst on the music scene in 1966 as vocalist of San Francisco’s Big Brother and the Holding Company. The band’s manager, Chet Helms, encouraged its members to make Joplin their lead singer. Joplin’s triumphant performances at…
