Blank on Blank returns to PBS Digital Studios with Ray Charles, Tupac Shakur, Kurt Cobain, Grace Kelly, and the last-ever interview with Janis Joplin. On September 30th, 1970, veteran Village Voice ...

Four days before she died, Janis Joplin gave a her final interview to Howard Smith of the Village Voice. Joplin spoke about her fears of rejection and her place in rock n’ roll history. PBS Digital ...

Among them is former journalist Kathy Ostram. She was not able to attend the film’s opening at the Roxie on December 4. Yet, she was determined to see the film. Karen Larsen of Larsen and Associates ...

The significance of the Monterey Pop Festival of 1967 can’t be understated. It was phenomenal by all accounts. Yet for someone like singer Janis Joplin, her appearance at that festival was pivotal. It ...

There’s a quote that haunts the legacy of the late singer Janis Joplin. “Onstage, I make love to 25,000 people,” Joplin once said. “Then I go home alone.” Those words seem to encapsulate perfectly the ...

Like a comet that burns far too brightly to last, Janis Joplin exploded onto the music scene in 1967 and became one of the most successful female rock stars of her time. Sharing the role of Joplin are ...