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This one’s for the prog-rock enthusiasts — especially those who dig Yes and King Crimson. Today, a special album was released by David Cross and Peter…
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Stone Temple Pilots will be releasing their first-ever acoustic album, Perdida, on February 7 — but the band has been forced to scrap its accompanying acoustic…
Neil Young wanted dual citizenship in the United States and Canada, but up until this week he was running into some difficulty. That ended on Thursday,…
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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
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Janis Joplin was called “the greatest white urban blues and soul singer of her generation”…
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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…
