Janis Joplin didn't write many of her own songs, usually opting to reinvent existing classics, but the ones she wrote proved ...

“To see this girl bring Janis to life was profound,” says Penelope Spheeris, the director of the upcoming Janis Joplin biopic The Gospel According to Janis, due in 2005. The “girl” in question is pop ...

Nobody on this planet had (or will have) a voice quite like Janis Joplin. She died tragically young, but in the time that she had, she cemented herself as one of the greatest singers of the 20th ...

Any fan of Janis Joplin who got to hear Pearl when it was first released in 1971 was both blessed and bereaved. The second and final solo album by the famed blues rock singer is an incredible piece of ...

On this day in history, rock and roll singer and Port Arthur native Janis Joplin died of an accidental overdose at the Landmark Hotel in 1970. "The twenty-seven-year-old native of Port Arthur had ...

Bob Neuwirth, an artist, singer and songwriter who helped make Bob Dylan and Janis Joplin the center of the 1960s music world, has died. He was 82. Neuwirth’s longtime partner, Paula Batson, confirmed ...

Janis Joplin thrilled rock fans with her soulful music. As she burst onto the scene in the late 1960s, she was known for songs that were a unique mix of rock, folk, and blues. After her death in 1970, ...

Shailene Woodley will play singer Janis Joplin in a new movie. She’s also producing the film. The biopic is benefitting from a $2.5 million tax credit handed out by California. Given her albeit ...

Actress Shailene Woodley, 33, is preparing to play legendary rock icon Janis Joplin in the upcoming biopic Janis Joplin: Get It While You Can, and on October 5, she admitted singing for the film is ...