On Monday, Santana premiered a brand new song titled “Los Invisibles,” a jammy, groove-laden new track featuring Spanish singer Buika. The song is a preview of…
Sad news this weekend, as Dick Dale, surf-rock legendlegend known for his iconic and ubiquitous classic “Misirlou,” has passed away at the age of 81, per…
Acclaimed singer/songwriter Graham Nash announced a special tour for Fall 2019 that will find him and his band celebrating two of his most cherished solo albums…
The number of U.K.-based pop-punk bands continues to climb as Bristol punks Weatherstate announced the release of their first full-length album, Born A Cynic, out May…
Canadian pop-punk band Seaway has been hard at work recently, playing different gigs and dropping singles since the release of their 2017 album, Vacation, but the…
Dawes’ Taylor Goldsmith on Honoring His Hero, Bob Dylan, with The New Basement Tapes
“Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers were a big part of how we all learned how to do this thing in…
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Top 11 Songs About Royalty
“You know, I do speak the Queens’ English. It’s just the wrong Queens, that’s all.…
Top 11 Band Name Origin Stories
Top 11 Band Name Origin Stories “If only God would give me some clear sign!…
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 1)
Prologue: This is unlike any other story I’ve ever written here. Those of you who…
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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…
