Earlier this week, Santana revealed more details regarding his new album, Africa Speaks, which was produced by Rick Rubin and has a scheduled release date of…
It seems like a new Best Of album compiling the biggest, most noteworthy songs from legendary bands comes out every week or so, and this week’s…
Interviewing someone who has spent time inside The Rolling Stones can be a daunting task for a journalist. With the exception of the “core four”, band…
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Keeping it Simple with Bernard Fowler About His New Rolling Stones-Inspired Spoken-Word Album ‘Inside Out’
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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…
