Walking around the NAMM Show can be a consistently overwhelming experience. From hall to hall at the mega-convention in Anaheim, California, everything’s bustling and crashing and…
It’s NAMM Show week in Southern California, which means some of the biggest stars in music are in proximity to the convention center halls in Anaheim…
This summer, two legendary acts will merge when Steely Dan and Steve Winwood head out on the Earth After Hours tour across North America. The two…
In mid-October, the official list of nominees for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and its Class of 2020 was announced, and on Wednesday we…
According to Variety, a special mash-up will take place at the GRAMMY Awards on Sunday, January 26 when Aerosmith and Run-DMC, who previously joined forces for…
Jimmy Page Tells His Origin Story as a Guitarist (The Interview)
It’s almost impossible to imagine, but before taking the world by storm with Led Zeppelin, or even as a member…
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Top 11 Classic Songs Featured in Recent Television Commercials
Whether you watch an actual TV or subscribe to one or more streaming platforms, the…
Top 11 Christmas Songs That Rock
“The main reason Santa is so jolly is because he knows where all the bad…
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: Stephen Stills
STEPHEN STILLS: BEHIND THE CURTAIN I do my food shopping at a market called Ralphs.…
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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…
