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 ...

Janis Joplin‘s version of “Me and Bobby McGee” is a cover that has surpassed the original. It’s a rare feat that a new rendition can topple the original, but that speaks to the weight of Joplin’s ...

When one thinks of “Me And Bobby McGee”, one thinks of the incomparable Janis Joplin. The iconic vocalist who defined the 1960s didn’t get to see all the love she got from her version of the song. It ...

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 ...

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 ...

Only Slate Plus members can gift Slate stories. Become a member to share 10 free articles a month. Before he was an outlaw-country pioneer and a movie star, and after he was a Rhodes scholar and a ...