“We were musicians and we knew how to play. We weren’t just a bunch of hippies running around playing three chords”: This rock icon broke away from her band to launch a solo career with an album that divided the critics. A year later she was dead

Rock, Metal, Alternative Music & Culture [Unofficial] March 21, 2026

Source

Janis Joplin’s I Got Dem Ol’ Kozmic Blues Again Mama would be the last album she released during her lifetime