On May 24, Sting will release My Songs, an album of re-imagined songs from throughout his days with the Police. Two days prior to the street…
Paul McCartney is proud of his 2018 album Egypt Station (and the Beatles legend should be proud of it, considering it debuted at the top of…
I the Mighty is an alt/rock band from the San Francisco Bay Area that’s made a name for itself on numerous national tours since forming in…
A sound emanated from the grimy streets of New York City this week, 43 years ago. On April 23, 1976, a group of leather-jacketed punkers calling…
On June 14, Chris Robinson Brotherhood will release Servants of the Sun, a new record that was previewed recently with a groovy track called “Comin’ Round…
Keeping it Simple with Bernard Fowler About His New Rolling Stones-Inspired Spoken-Word Album ‘Inside Out’
Interviewing someone who has spent time inside The Rolling Stones can be a daunting task for a journalist. With the…
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Top 11 Covers of Bob Dylan Songs
“If I wasn’t Bob Dylan, I’d probably think that Bob Dylan has a lot of…
Top 11 Songs About Royalty
“You know, I do speak the Queens’ English. It’s just the wrong Queens, that’s all.…
Musicians Recall ‘The First Time I Heard Janis Joplin’
Janis Joplin was called “the greatest white urban blues and soul singer of her generation”…
Behind the Curtain: Recording Musicians in Kathmandu for the Waterbone Project (Part 2)
And now, the sequel to Part 1 of Steve Rosen’s Behind the Curtain story of…
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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…
