When one thinks of “Me And Bobby McGee”, one thinks of the incomparable Janis Joplin. The iconic vocalist who defined the 1960s didn’t get to see all the love she got from her version of the song. It ...

If sandpaper and soul met a rose and birthed a child, that child would probably sound something like Janis Joplin. Joplin sang from the soul and with a voice hewn as if from sandpaper. And she lived a ...

Though she passed away in 1970, Janis Joplin’s voice is still raging into the horizon. Growling and angelic, the Port Arthur, Texas-born singer’s style and range were unparalleled in her time and ...

Nick Gravenites, a Chicago blues musician who relocated to San Francisco in the 1960s and played an important role in that city’s burgeoning rock scene, died September 18, after many months of failing ...

with the song “Mercedes Benz." After Joplin did not show for a session on Oct. 4, producer Paul Rothchild went to look for ...