Joplin died of an accidental heroin overdose, per The New York Times. The singer had had a long history with drugs and alcohol. One day after her death, Los Angeles County Coroner Dr. Thomas Noguchi ...

Welcome to Formative Jukebox, a column exploring the personal relationships people have with music. Every week, a writer will tackle a song, album, show, or musical artist and their influence on our ...

Over half a century since her sudden death at the age of 27, Janis Joplin's loss remains one of the most tragic in rock history. Particularly heartbreaking is the fact that the iconic singer recorded ...

Freedom is just another word for nothin’ left to lose / Nothin’, don’t mean nothin’ hon’ if it ain’t free / And feelin’ good was easy, Lord, when he sang the blues / You know feelin’ good was good ...

Few songwriters have left a mark on country music quite like Kris Kristofferson. Born on June 22, 1936, in Brownsville, Texas, the singer-songwriter, actor and poet would have celebrated his 90th ...

Gabrielle Ulubay is a Music writer at Collider. She has previously been published in The New York Times, Bustle, HuffPost Personal, and other magazines, and wrote at Marie Claire for nearly three ...

Janis Joplin began recording a song on Sept. 5, 1970, that would soon become the biggest hit of her career. She just wouldn’t live long enough to see it happen. Joplin entered the studio to record the ...

Kris Kristofferson once told Creg Lovett at Houston Press: “I always feel like Houston is the place I play that’s closest to my favorite place on Earth.” His favorite place on earth was his hometown, ...

Janis Joplin’s star burned briefly, but brightly. Growing up an outcast in the oilfields of Southeast Texas, she left a psychedelic imprint on the music industry that still lingers more than five ...

Janis Joplin was a trailblazing rock and blues singer-songwriter whose powerful and soulful voice helped shape the sound of rock music in the 1960s. Her distinctive sound, raw emotion, and captivating ...