Every performer has their "welcome to the show business" moment, but Stevie Nicks getting yelled off stage by Janis Joplin ...

7-11-70: Janis Joplin made her final San Diego appearance ... San Diego had energized her for the airplane journey back to San Francisco,” according to Laura Joplin. “She bought drinks for ...

Image Mr. Greene photographed Janis Joplin during a walk in his neighborhood in San Francisco in 1966.Credit...Herb Greene, via Greene family Unlike Ms. Slick, Janis Joplin smiled for Mr. Greene ...

In the late 1960s, Janis Joplin’s Porsche 356 SC Cabriolet was not just a car but an emblem of her vibrant persona and eclectic style. Adorned with a striking psychedelic mural titled "The History of ...

Though she is best known for her connection to Janis Joplin, which she immortalized ... at the dawn of the counterculture, when “the San Francisco fog was rapidly being replaced by color.” ...

SANTA CRUZ China Cats go unplugged at Kuumbwa Jazz For 15 years, Santa Cruz’s very own China Cats have put their spins on countless classic Grateful Dead songs. This Friday at Kuumbwa Jazz, ...

Robert Crumb, the libidinous underground comix pioneer, had one condition before he agreed to participated in Dan Nadel's biography: that the author look closely at his compulsions.

It’s the Grateful Dead’s 60th anniversary, and a piece of genuine psychedelic history just surfaced from that era of counterculture fog in San Francisco.

John Lee Hooker released a single titled “The Motor City is Burning.” The song commented on the civil unrest which had taken ...

We explore four contemporary bands that you should be listening to if you're a fan of 1960s pop, á la the Beach Boys or the ...

Midnight is approaching in LA, and outside the Palomino Club in North Hollywood, the members of Canned Heat and their entourage are kicking back in the yard. It’s April 4, 1981. The band have just ...