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 ...

Janis Joplin and the Kozmic Blues Band were not the first Tanglewood contemporary performers, but they were the first real ...

Aug. 12, 1970, was another hot day in Cambridge. But temperatures had cooled down to the high 70s by sunset, perfect weather for the crowd at Harvard Stadium, where Janis Joplin and her newly formed ...

Until I saw a story in The Boston Globe a few days ago, I didn’t realize the 50th anniversary of an evening I’ll never forget had snuck up on me. It was August 12, 1970, a painful night, to be sure — ...

In 1970 Janis Joplin was in Hollywood recording what became her “Pearl” album with its hit “Me and Bobby McGee.” This might have begun a new phase for the singer, but she keeled over in her motel room ...

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Janis Joplin, who happens to be among my favorite rock singers, died Oct. 4, 1970, just shy of 50 years ago. She performed twice at San Bernardino’s Swing Auditorium. The first concert was April 27, ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Acclaimed Northeast Ohio blues singer Mary Bridget Davies will take over Janis Joplin’s official Facebook page at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, March 25, for a virtual performance. Davies ...

It’s been 50 years since Janis Joplin recorded her breakthrough “Cheap Thrills” album with Big Brother and the Holding Company. And she hasn't been hotter since she died of a heroin overdose in 1970.

Chet Helms, a concert promoter often called the father of the “Summer of Love” who plucked 23-year-old singer Janis Joplin out of Texas and ignited her brief career, has died. He was 62. Helms died ...