Short Bio - Janis Lyn Joplin (January 19, 1943 – October 4, 1970) was an American singer, songwriter, and music arranger, from Port Arthur, Texas. She rose to prominence in the late 1960s as the lead singer of Big Brother and the Holding Company, and later as a solo artist. In 2004, Rolling Stone magazin Read More...
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Take another piece of our heart: We still love Janis - Beaumont Enterprise Pub. Date - Fri, 02 Jan 2009 20:30:00 GMT Soulful. Indescribable beauty. A pioneer. Death didn't stop the force that was Janis Joplin. Gone almost 40 years, Joplin's fans continue to keep the queen of blues-rock alive in their memories and admiration. In honor of Joplin's upcoming 66th ...
Led Zeppelin's Robert Plant Beats Mick Jagger, Axl Rose To 'Greatest ... - Sound-Check Music Pub. Date - Sat, 03 Jan 2009 11:18:00 GMT Former Led Zeppelin frontman Robert Plant’s singing voice has been voted the greatest in the history of rock n’ roll. Queen singer Freddie Mercury was second, while Free’s Paul Rodgers came third in the Planet Rock survey. Trevor White ...
Jukebox: Gandalf Murphy, Delaney Bramlett reflect best of ’60s - Daily Gazette Pub. Date - Fri, 02 Jan 2009 07:52:00 GMT Gandalf Murphy & the Slambovian Circus of Dreams kick off a run of strong shows at the Eighth Step on Saturday, with Amanda Shaw and the Cute Guys next Friday and Guy Davis next Saturday. There’s something way 1960s about Murphy & company. It’s ...
Doc raises several flickers of interest - Edmonton Sun Pub. Date - Fri, 02 Jan 2009 08:06:00 GMT A simple machine that uses light to create a trippy state of mind -- that was the brainwave of artist/poet/mystic Brion Gysin. Gysin understood the movement of light and how it could contribute to altered states of mind, and FLicKeR is a documentary ...
IN TUNES: AC/DC and hip-hop, rap tour open 2009 - Morning Journal Pub. Date - Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:33:00 GMT No comments posted. First up, it's the I Am Music Tour featuring Lil Wayne, T-Pain, Keyshia Cole, Gym Class Heroes, Keri Hilson and Gorilla Zoe arrives at 7 p.m. Sunday at Quicken Loans Arena. Hip-Hop superstar Lil Wayne has been known for his ...