Janis Joplin was one of the great figures of American rock’n’roll – a wild performer with an incredible voice, whose life was ...

Why did the girl sing the blues? Why does anyone sing the blues, but, specifically, why this girl from a Texas oil refinery town? From what buffet of insults and taunts did her soul have to dine to ...

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 ...

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 ...

When Janis Joplin died at 27 on October 4, 1970, she left behind a groundbreaking musical legacy. But behind her powerful voice was reportedly a fragile soul who spoke of a yearning for "love" in a ...

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 ...

Karly B. is a music news journalist at Collider, specializing in the Western and Asian music industries. With a Bachelor of Science degree in Digital Media and Web Technology, she has dedicated part ...