Janis Joplin
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Janis Joplin.
Janis Joplin artist page: interviews, features and/or performances archived at NPR Music
Interviews & Profiles
June 7, 2010 Her voice was rough around the edges, unmistakable and impossible to imitate.
April 5, 2009 Joplin, Hendrix, Cobain: Author Eric Segalstad looks at rockers who died young in The 27s.
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July 18, 2008 Here's how a simple Gershwin tune became the theme song for wherever the living is easy.
June 14, 2007 The 1967 Monterey Pop Festival shined a spotlight on then-unknown performers including Jimi Hendrix.
May 6, 1999 Host Renee Montagne talks with Alice Echols about her biography of singer, songwriter Janis Joplin.
Discover Songs
July 3, 2007 Music journalist/armchair philosophizer Christian Bordal ruminates on appropriate sounds for summer.
More Stories
July 23, 2011 Yet another talented, troubled musician just happened to die at 27. What is it about that age?
