Before there was the Clash, Nirvana or Rage Against the Machine there was the MC5. “The MC5 was playing punk rock music ...

In a revolutionary tribute to Janis Joplin, the music icon’s legacy is taking root—literally! A new initiative, Grow Roses, is set to release biodegradable vinyl records of Joplin’s greatest hits, ...

Shopping for the best party dresses that fit the mood. It’s not only a form of indulgence, it’s a chance to embrace a level of glamour not often found in the everyday. Everyone’s version of ...

“Bobby McGee, I never wrote that for a girl to sing,” he revealed. “But Janis [Joplin], I can’t do it without thinking of her. It was all happening so fast back then. I was just ...

Kristofferson with his second wife Rita Coolidge in 1972 Credit: Gijsbert Hanekroot The song later became a hit for Janis Joplin, who had grown up in Port Arthur, several hundred miles along the ...

He had dated doomed blues star Janis Joplin, and her death from drugs and alcohol in October 1970 aged just 27 hit him badly. “I don't know what you call a love affair, but we were real close ...

According to Janis Joplin.net, Kris recounted: 'She'd definitely let ya know when she was being abused, and she thought so a lot. 'She was always jangling around talking about how everybody was ...

After abandoning a military career for music in the mid 1960s, Kristofferson wrote songs that were hits for artists including Janis Joplin, Gladys Knight and Johnny Cash, as well as topping the ...

As far as country songwriters go — or songwriters of any genre — Kris Kristofferson was among the most authentic. That’s a word that Nashville loves to freely toss around, but in the case of ...

Kristofferson was a singer himself, but many of his songs were best known as performed by others, whether Ray Price crooning “For the Good Times” or Janis Joplin belting out “Me and Bobby McGee.” He ...