It's not going out on too thin of a limb to say that Big Brother and the Holding Company's Live at the Carousel Ballroom 1968 is for the hardest of hardcore Janis Joplin fans only. The concert album ...

Performance video which includes: Try (Just a Little Bit Harder), To Love Somebody, Work Me Lord, Ball and Chain, Piece of My Heart, Combination of the Two, Cry Baby, Tell Mama, Move Over, and Kozmic ...

Janis Joplin argued that she was embodying the life every feminist was fighting for in an interview four days before her ...

Janis Joplin’s raw, powerful voice was shaped by blues legend Bessie Smith and the electrifying stage presence of Tina Turner ...

2014 Drama League Awards Distinguished Performance Award Mary Bridget Davies 2014 Theatre World Awards Outstanding Broadway or Off-Broadway Debut Performance Mary Bridget Davies 2014 Tony Awards Best ...

Known as "The Queen of Rock" and “The Queen of Psychedelic Soul," Janis Joplin died on Oct. 4, 1970. It's a chance to remember Joplin's life and legacy. Joplin was born on Jan 19, 1943 in Port Arthur.

“They were astounded. … I was astounded!” Sue LeGate-Halford laughed. About 20 years ago, John Driscoll of the Off Broadstreet theatre company asked LeGate-Halford if she could perform as Janis Joplin ...

Record Store Day Black Friday includes Motor City-related releases like Big Brother & The Holding Company featuring Janis Joplin Live at the Grande Ballroom Detroit; March 2, 1968 and John Lee ...

One of the first to shoot the Grateful Dead, he also memorably chronicled many of the other bands that were on the scene in the late 1960s. By Richard Sandomir Her Haight-Ashbury clothing store was ...

Before Janis Joplin joined Big Brother and the Holding Company in 1966, they were a sloppy and barely competent boogie-blues band dabbling in hippie aesthetics. Not much changed once Joplin was on ...