Janis Joplin

Blues Folk Rock 

Janis Joplin And Jorma Kaukonen: The First Steps On The Road To Fame

December 13, 2022December 13, 2022 j. poet 6 Comments 1964, a, Janis Joplin, Jorma Kaukonen, Omnivore Recordings, The Legendary Typewriter Tape

The Jefferson Airplane/Hot Tuna guitar great discusses The Legendary Typewriter Tape

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Folk Rock 

Last Day On Earth: Remembering Bob Neuwirth

May 22, 2022May 22, 2022 Rev. Keith A. Gordon 0 Comments Alison Krauss and Union Station, Bob Dylan, Bob Neuwirth, Brownie McGhee, D.A. Pennebaker, Dave Rawlings, Emmylou Harris, Gary Davis, Gillian Welch, Janis Joplin, John Cale, John Hartford, Mississippi John Hurt, Peter Case, Ralph Stanley, Rolling Thunder Revue, Sonny Terry

The singer, songwriter and Rolling Thunder Revue alum gone at 82

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Blues Rock Soul 

Janis Joplin: A Pearl Of A Girl

January 31, 2021January 31, 2021 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments 1970, 1971, Big Brother and the Holding Company, Bobby Womack, Brad Campbell, Clark Pierson, Janis Joplin, John Till, Ken Pearson, Kris Kristofferson, Me and Bobby McGee, Mercedes Benz, Mike McClure, Pearl, Richard Bell

Pearl was supposed to be the 60s rock icon’s triumph; instead, it became her epitaph

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North Americana Remembrance 

Justin Townes Earle: Too Young, Too Soon

August 25, 2020August 25, 2020 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments Grand Ole Opry, Janis Joplin, Justin Townes Earle, Kurt Cobain, Nick Drake, RIP, Steve Earle, The Saint of Lost Causes, Wanda Jackson

The second generation singer-songwriter dead at the age of 38, cause unknown

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Blues Pop Soul 

The Entertaining Mr. Jones

November 17, 2019November 17, 2019 Mitchell Cohen 0 Comments 1969, Delilah, Hard To Handle, Janis Joplin, Las Vegas, Richard Burton, Tom Jones, Tom Jones Live in Las Vegas, What's New Pussycat

Looking back at Tom Jones’ Vegas era

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Blues Records Rock 

50 Years of Dem Ol’ Kozmic Blues, Mama!

October 3, 2019October 4, 2019 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments 1969, Holly George-Warren, I Got Dem Ol' Kozmic Blues Again Mama!, Janis Joplin, Janis: Her Life and Music, Mama!, Nick Gravenites

RNR Globe revisits Janis Joplin’s oft-forgotten first post-Big Brother album

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Blues Pop Rock 

A Thrill Revisited

November 30, 2018November 30, 2018 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments 1968, Big Brother and the Holding Company, Janis Joplin, Legacy Recordings

Big Brother and the Holding Company’s landmark 1968 LP loses the Crumb but gains the Sex and Dope back into its title on this 50th anniversary reissue

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Rock Soul 

Cheap Thrills at 50

August 30, 2018August 30, 2018 Lee Zimmerman 1 Comment 1968, 50th anniversary, Big Brother and the Holding Company, Columbia Records, Janis Joplin, Robert Crumb

A celebration of the Crumb-kissed 2nd LP from Big Brother and the Holding Company

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