Consequence of Sound — As unpredictable as the singer herself. more info

Prefix — Some scientists are warning movie audiences and critics alike that around the end of this century, there won't be any ... Read the full article at http://www.prefixmag.com/news/janis-joplin-will-finally-get-a-standard-musical-b/70730/ more info

Guardian Music — Cameras set to roll in 2013, a decade and three directors after plans to bring singer's story to the big screen were first mootedPrecious and Paperboy director Lee Daniels is in talks to direct the long-gestating Janis Joplin biopic, which has Oscar ... more info

Here Comes The Flood — Blues singer extraordinaire Janis Joplin died an overdose of heroin, possibly combined with the effects of alcohol, 42 years ago today. Video: Janis Joplin - Ball and Chain (Big Brother and the Holding Company @ Monterey Pop Festival - 1967/06/17)... more info

USA Today Music — Janis Joplin's surviving brother and sister discuss a musical revue of her work. more info

Guardian Music — As John Cale prepares to release his new album, we head to Rock's Backpages – the world's leading archive of vintage music writing – for this 1971 Rolling Stone interview with Cale and former Velvet Underground chanteuse Nico• Read an interview... more info

411 Mania — From Tori Amos and Stevie Nicks to Janis Joplin, Joni Mitchell, Patti Smith and more, the 411 staff ranks their top 5 female singer/songwriters of all time! more info

Popdose — You have undoubtedly heard DJs talking about “Piece of My Heart” by Janis Joplin. When they do that, they’re wrong. It’s properly billed to Big Brother and the Holding Company, the established San Francisco band Janis joined in 1966, and whic... more info

The Independent — Melanie Masson's X Factor audition on Saturday was the show's big talking point, not just because of her powerful version of Janis Joplin's "Cry Baby", but because the "hopeful" already has an established music career. more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Inside The Cap Forty years ago, in its heyday, the Capitol Theater here was known as a rock stage with great acoustics, a crumbling space where the Grateful Dead, Janis Joplin, Santana and Pink Floyd played memorable concerts. So when... more info