Janis JoplinThe Pearl SessionsLegacy Records2010 Pearl was vocalist Janis Joplin's valedictory and most fully realized recording. She never lived to see it released, dying of a heroin overdose the ...

Any fan of Janis Joplin who got to hear Pearl when it was first released in 1971 was both blessed and bereaved. The second and final solo album by the famed blues rock singer is an incredible piece of ...

Janis Joplin was born on January 19, 1943, in Port Arthur, Texas. Sadly, she died of a heroin overdose at the young age of 27, in Los Angeles, California in 1970. In between those dates, though, she ...

In 1970, Janis Joplin recorded one of the most unusual songs of her career. There were no guitars, no drums and no full band behind her. Instead, "Mercedes Benz" featured only Joplin's voice ...

Janis Joplin was just 27 years old when she tragically passed away at the height of her career on October 4, 1970. For such a young age and for such a short period of time, she was already a huge ...