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Thursday | The Badger Herald Online

'Idol' rocker pleases fans 'Just Like You'

Wednesday, December 2, 2009 8:52 p.m. Vote 2 Votes Plum-colored locks, destroyed denim, leather arm cuffs and a raspy, Janis Joplin-like vocal range established Season 8 "American Idol" contestant and fourth-place runner-up Allison Iraheta as the show's resident feisty rock 'n' roll chick.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, December, Pink

Mon Nov 30, 2009

ABC News

Allison Iraheta Aims to Excite With Debut Album

Allison Iraheta has come a long way since her awkward first interview with Ryan Seacrest.

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Related Topix: Album, Pop/Rock, Game Show, American Idol, Reality TV, Entertainment, Television, David Archuleta

Fri Nov 27, 2009

The Independent

My fantasy band: Tori Amos

Vocals - Janis Joplin I want the band to be fronted by a woman and Janis was one of the great female blues singers.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, Tori Amos, Funk, Bootsy Collins

Sat Nov 21, 2009

WKYC-TV Cleveland

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Musicians who played with her or were influenced by her took the State Theater stage in a tribute to rock-blues singer Janis Joplin Saturday night.

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Related Topix: Theater, Arts, Pop/Rock, Carolyn Wonderland, Blues, Port Arthur, TX, Beaumont Metro

Thu Nov 19, 2009

Fort Wayne News-Sentinel

Janis and she

Indianapolis native Karen Irwin grew up with a love of musical theater and a voice unsuited for it.

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Related Topix: Musical Theater, Arts, Pop/Rock

Tue Nov 17, 2009

Undercover

Lucinda Williams Debuts New Song At Joplin Tribute

Songstress Lucinda Williams has debuted a new song written in honour of Janis Joplin at a concert called Kozmic Blues: The Life and Music of Janis Joplin last night.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, Roky Erickson, The 13th Floor Elevators

Mon Nov 16, 2009

The Austin American-Statesman

Guy Clark, Ray Benson, Carolyn Wonderland and Lucinda Williams part of Janis Joplin tribute

Guy Clark, who plays the Cactus Cafe on Nov. 20 , will play Saturday at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's " Kozmic Blues: The Life and Music of Janis Joplin ," part of the hall's American Music Masters series.

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Related Topix: Carolyn Wonderland, Blues, Pop/Rock, Music, Entertainment

Sat Nov 14, 2009

WKYC-TV - Cleveland News

Almost LIVE: American Music Masters Tribute to Janis Joplin

Today the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame concludes their 14th Annual American Masters Series with a concert tribute to this year's spotlight aritist Janis Joplin.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock

Thu Nov 12, 2009

Freerepublic.com

The Rock Hall's American Music Masters Series looks at Janis Joplin's legacy

Janis Joplin has an indelible image as a swaggering, boozing rock 'n' roll mama whose blues-based music was a raw outpouring of her angst.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, Music!, The Rose, Drama Movies, Bette Midler, Rock & Roll, Rock-N-Roll, Texas, Big Brother & the Holding Company

Tue Nov 10, 2009

Portland's CW32 KRCW -TV

Janis Joplin's brief music career celebrated with Rock and Roll Hall of Fame talks, concert

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum is celebrating the brief, electrifying career of Janis Joplin with a week of events building up to a tribute concert.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, Case Western Reserve University, Entertainment

Sat Nov 07, 2009

Cleveland.com

With a voice 'like a 78 r.p.m. record,' American Music Masters...

Janis Joplin, circa 1969. "Her impact on artists who are still on the scene today, her skill as a vocalist and her deep knowledge and use of roots music put her at the forefront," says Lauren Onkey, the Rock Hall's vice president of education and public programs.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH

Thu Nov 05, 2009

News Center

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, Case Western Reserve...

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum and the Baker-Nord Center for the Humanities at Case Western Reserve University will celebrate Janis Joplin--one of rock and roll's most passionate and influential artists--during the 14th annual American Music MastersA series Kozmic Blues: The Life and Music of Janis Joplin November 9-14. Events will be ...

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, Case Western Reserve University, Events, Cleveland, OH

Tue Oct 20, 2009

Cleveland.com

Lucinda Williams, Guy Clark, Nona Hendryx and others booked for Janis ...

Lucinda Williams, seen here performing at the 2003 Bonnaroo music festival in Manchester, Tenn., is headed to Cleveland for an American Music Masters salute to Janis Joplin.

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Related Topix: Lucinda Williams, Country, Guy Clark, Cleveland, OH, Pop/Rock

Wed Oct 14, 2009

Pop Music Impact Blog - Cleveland.com

Big Brother and the Holding Company coming to Rock Hall and Beachland ...

ATTENION, CHEAP THRILL SEEKERS: Big Brother and the Holding Company has found a new following.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, Big Brother & the Holding Company, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH

Mon Oct 12, 2009

This Is Bristol

The Week that Was - October 1970

This was the autumn week in 1970 that Texas born singer Janis Joplin was found dead in her Hollywood apartment.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, Big Brother & the Holding Company

Sat Oct 10, 2009

All About Jazz

Janis Joplin -- Janis: Memphis Meltdown

I'd been hustling a meager living in the coffee houses and psychedelic joints of Greenwich Village in lower Manhattan when word spread of Janis Joplin's departure from Big Brother & the Holding Company.

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Related Topix: Memphis, TN Metro, Pop/Rock, Big Brother & the Holding Company, Soul, Sam & Dave, Otis Redding

Fri Oct 09, 2009

Examiner.com

October 4th, 1970 - Janis Joplin dies of a drug overdose in Hollywood

I got treated very badly in Texas. They don't treat beatniks too good in Texas. Port Arthur people thought I was a beatnik, though they'd never seen one and neither had I. Janis Joplin was born on January 19th, 1943, in Port Arthur, Texas.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, Port Arthur, TX, Beaumont Metro, Bessie Smith, Blues, Ma Rainey, Big Brother & the Holding Company

Wed Oct 07, 2009

The Huffington Post

Mike Ragogna: An Interview with Author David Comfort on The Rock &...

An Interview with Author David Comfort on The Rock & Roll Book Of The Dead : Hendrix, Joplin, Morrison, Presley, Lennon, Cobain, and Garcia An Interview With Author David Comfort on The Rock & Roll Book Of The Dead Mike Ragogna : Since your new book discusses the deaths of Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, Elvis Presley, John Lennon, Kurt ...

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Related Topix: The Grateful Dead, Pop/Rock, Jerry Garcia

Mon Oct 05, 2009

Lockergnome Nexus

Peter Albin of Big Brother and The Holding Company on HammondCast Show KYOU Radio

1 excerpted from Jon Hammond's interview with founding member of Big Brother and the Holding Company with Janis Joplin on HammondCast KYOU & KYCY 1550 AM San Francisco CA.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, Big Brother & the Holding Company, San Francisco, CA, Haight (San Francisco, CA), San Francisco Metro

Sun Oct 04, 2009

The Morning Call

On Oct. 4th, 1970, rock singer Janis Joplin, 27, was found dead in her Los Angeles hotel room

Today is Sunday, Oct. 4, the 277th day of 2009. There are 88 days left in the year.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, Illinois

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