Music journalist Holly George-Warren, author of the new biography, "Janis: Her Life and Music" (published by Simon & Schuster, a division of CBS), offers "CBS Sunday Morning" a roster of favorite ...

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The far-flung performers didn't have much in common, beyond a debt of gratitude owed to a blues-belting rocker who died in 1970. In return, each of them left a piece of his or her heart onstage during ...

Holly George-Warren’s “Janis: Her Life and Music” teeters between tragedy and triumph even before singer Janis Joplin injects a lethal dose of heroin five times more pure than that to which she was ...

There’s more than a little of Janis Joplin in the character Bette Midler played in 1979’s “The Rose,” but Hollywood has never managed to make a feature about the blues-rock singer. Amy Berg’s “Janis: ...

Rock icon Janis Joplin grew up in Port Arthur, Texas. The music of Janis Joplin is perhaps associated more often with places like San Francisco or maybe Woodstock than it is southeast Texas. But ...

We’ll have full coverage of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum’s 14th annual American Music Master series, Kozmic Blues: The Life and Music of Janis Joplin, in next Wednesday’s edition. It ...

Dorian Rush stars as Janis Joplin in "Livin' Janis," tonight through Aug. 9 at Le Chat Noir. FRIDAY, Aug. 7 Dash Rip Rock guitarist Bill Davis joins the band for "Livin' Janis," a Janis Joplin tribute ...

Today marks what would have been the 73rd birthday of legendary Texas-born rocker Janis Joplin. I like to imagine the possibilities of a take-no-b.s., 70-something Janis ranting on Twitter, dropping ...

Music documentaries have long been popular at film festivals, but they’ve rarely been in the kind of spotlight they are at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival. Not only has the Aretha ...

Mary Davies stars in “A Night With Janis Joplin” Oct. 5 at the Genesee Theatre in Waukegan. One Halloween, Mary Davies dressed up like Janis Joplin. Her friends thought she was Elton John. “I’ve known ...