From Bessie Smith’s blues grit to Tina Turner’s fire, these two singers helped shape Janis Joplin’s unforgettable vocal style ...
Nobody on this planet had (or will have) a voice quite like Janis Joplin. She died tragically young, but in the time that she had, she cemented herself as one of the greatest singers of the 20th ...
Though she passed away in 1970, Janis Joplin’s voice is still raging into the horizon. Growling and angelic, the Port Arthur, Texas-born singer’s style and range were unparalleled in her time and ...
2014 Drama League Awards Distinguished Performance Award Mary Bridget Davies 2014 Theatre World Awards Outstanding Broadway or Off-Broadway Debut Performance Mary Bridget Davies 2014 Tony Awards Best ...
If sandpaper and soul met a rose and birthed a child, that child would probably sound something like Janis Joplin. Joplin sang from the soul and with a voice hewn as if from sandpaper. And she lived a ...