Janis Joplin Archives

In 1969, Janis Joplin appeared on the Dick Cavett Show in the USA and when asked who she listened to she responded “Tina Turner”.

Woodstock Relived has been rescheduled for November 26 in Melbourne.

Folk singer Bob Neuwirth, an associate of Bob Dylan, Janis Joplin and Kris Kristofferson, has died at age 82.

Neil Mazer, the guy who produced a number of albums for Neil Young including ‘Tonight’s The Night’, ‘Time Fades Away’ and ‘Harvest’, Linda Ronstadt’s ‘Silk Purse’ and albums for Janis Joplin, Gordon Lightfoot and David Soul, has died at 79.

Fun Fact: Only one Australian song was performed at Woodstock ’69 and it was The Bee Gees ‘To Love Somebody’ performed by Janis Joplin.

The planned Janis Joplin biopic starring Amy Adams is no longer being developed.

The documentary Janis Joplin: Little Girl Blue is scheduled to air on the PBS series American Masters starting May 3 and, as of yesterday, you can download the original soundtrack with seventeen Joplin performances from the various digital services.

Steven Tyler has performed his first solo show and it was a little bit country.

Sam Andrew, one of the founders of Big Brother and the Holding Company, died on Thursday from complications of a heart attack that he suffered a two months ago. He was 73.

In early December, Sam Andrew, an original member of Big Brother & the Holding Company, suffered what was described as “a mild heart attack”.

The U.S. Postal Service has released the image for their latest salute to a classic music artist, Janis Joplin.

Janis Joplin ‘A Night With Janis Joplin’ has stopped before it even began.

The Hollywood Chamber of Commerce will dedicate a new star on their Walk of Fame to Janis Joplin on Monday, November 4 at 11:30 AM.

Pink has added a Rolling Stones song into her Australian setlist.

Singer songwriter Don McLean will return to Australia for a national tour in August.

Janis Joplin would have turned 70 year old today had she not died at in 1970 at the age of 27.

Photographer Ken Regan, who earned the trust and respect of people like Bob Dylan and The Rolling Stones, has lost his battle with cancer.

Aussie rock icon Jon English has updated his ‘Rock Show’ to ‘Rock Revolution’ and has launched the show across Victoria.

The Hollywood Reporter is exclusively reporting that Amy Adams is attached to play Janis Joplin in the biopic Get It While You Can.

Clive Davis is one of the most important record executives of the last forty years.

It’s a great week for commercial pop, with releases from Train, Counting Crows, Kate Miller-Heidke and more.

Previously unreleased Janis Joplin material to be released alongside live Big Brother And The Holding Company music.

Today would have been Janis Joplin’s 69th Birthday and Legacy Recordings is honoring her with the announcement of The Pearl Sessions, a two-CD set of Joplin’s final studio album.