New CDs offer a treasure trove from the influential family, noteworthy jazz-rock from Frank Zappa, and pre-fame material from Janis Joplin and Jorma Kaukonen.
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‘Woodstock: Back to the Garden’ – Gargantuan Box Set Celebrates 1969’s Legendary Festival
Fifty years after rock’s most famous festival, a giant box set delivers just about everything but the mud, rain, and traffic jams.
Read More »DVD Review: ‘Janis: Little Girl Blue’ – Janis Joplin Documentary Bio
We see a few scenes of Janis and fellow musicians hard at work in the studio, and plenty of performance clips, but where the film excels is in showing us how her life fed her performances.
Read More »Music Review: JJ Grey & Mofro – ‘Ol’ Glory’
A new album of old-timey soul music with a blue-eyed southern twist has a perfect fusion of sound and sensibility and is up there with JJ Grey & Mofro's best.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘Piece of My Heart: The Bert Berns Story’ Off-Broadway
Glorious music overshadows some rickety storytelling in this joyful jukebox musical about "one of the great untold stories of rock and roll."
Read More »Book Review: ’27: A History Of The 27 Club’ by Howard Sounes
A fascinating, mostly even-handed new book looks at rock's most exclusive fraternity of tragedy, and its six most famous members.
Read More »Theater Review (LA): One Night with Janis Joplin at the Pasadena Playhouse
The legendary rocker lives again in an extraordinarily entertaining musical show.
Read More »Remembering Scott McKenzie and His 1960s Anthem for Peace
Many years have passed since that Summer of Love in 1967, but Scott McKenzie's "San Francisco" remains and its resonance can shake you up.
Read More »Music Review: Big Brother and the Holding Company Featuring Janis Joplin – Live At The Carousel Ballroom 1968
Experience Janis Joplin and Big Brother & the Holding Company live like you never have before.
Read More »Music Review: Big Brother and the Holding Company featuring Janis Joplin – Live at the Carousel Ballroom 1968
Sloppy playing and an odd mix can't drown out Joplin's fierce vocals.
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