Latest Janis Stories

The Complete RCA Collection - 11 CD and DVD Box Set - Available April 16, 2013 NEW YORK, April 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- RCA Red Seal celebrates the legendary pianist Byron Janis' 85(th) Birthday with the release of The Complete RCA Collection available on April 16(th), 2013. The box set brings together his entire discography on RCA for the first time with no fewer than seven "first on CD" releases. Newly remastered from original sources, the recordings are presented in facsimile...

NEW HAVEN, Conn., Jan. 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- During the past two years, campers Hannah and Janis have formed a special bond at The Hole in the Wall Gang Camp that has allowed them to face the challenges of mitochondrial disease together and experience "a different kind of healing". The unforgettable story of their friendship brings the unique spirit of The Hole in the Wall Gang Camp to life in the first online "Healing Feeling" profile, which is part of a series being released...

NEW YORK, Jan. 3, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Legacy Recordings, the catalog division of Sony Music Entertainment, commemorates the life and music of Janis Joplin on the occasion of the singer's 70th birthday and celebrates the iconic electric blues singer as the label's first Artist of the Month in January 2013. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20060130/LEGACYLOGO) Legacy's Artist of the Month will provide fresh perspectives on musical legends whose sounds continue to effect...

Andrew Hawley of Vintage Rock Posters announces finding a vintage 1968 Janis Joplin Alexander Roller Rink Concert Poster. The poster was found in Denver. The poster artist was Dail W. Beeghly. The show must have knocked the wheels off the roller skates with Janis Joplin and the Big Brother and the Holding Company playing with the Jeff Beck Group as the back up band. Denver, Colorado (PRWEB) December 30, 2012 Andrew Hawley of Vintage Rock Posters, a collector of fillmore era rock concert...

-Hosted by Inside Edition Anchor and Journalist Deborah Norville, Ceremony To Feature A Letter Of Honor From New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Noted Actors, and Pianists Tony DeSare and Gerald Clayton- New York, NY (PRWEB) May 29, 2012 The Yamaha Music and Wellness Institute, with the support of Yamaha Artist Services, Inc., will present its Lifetime Achievement Award to internationally renowned concert pianist, Maestro Byron Janis. The event, to be held at The Walter Reade Theatre at...

Andrew Hawley, a serious buyer of original 1950's and 1960's concert posters, announces his search for original Janis Joplin Alexandria Virginia Roller Rink concert posters. Big Brother and the Holding Company joined her on the stage. This poster was designed by the famous poster artist Dail W. Beeghly who uses Joplin’s great smile to produce a classic boxing style concert poster. Denver, Colorado (PRWEB) May 13, 2012 Andrew Hawley, from Vintage Rock Posters, announces his...

NEW YORK, Feb. 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Columbia/Legacy Recordings celebrates Janis Joplin with the release of two essential new titles in the catalog of the American blues-rock-country-soul singer: Janis Joplin - The Pearl Sessions, a two-disc set premiering newly discovered studio recordings produced by Paul Rothchild (available Tuesday, April 17) and Big Brother and the Holding Company Featuring Janis Joplin - Live at the Carousel Ballroom 1968, an electrifying full-length...

NEW YORK, Jan. 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- On the occasion of Janis Joplin's birthday (January 19), Legacy Recordings is proud to announce the upcoming release of The Pearl Sessions, a newly-curated definitive two-disc edition of Joplin's final studio album premiering, for the first time, newly discovered studio outtakes, live performances and other sonic rarities recorded during her dynamic last chapter of accelerated tumult and creativity. (Logo:...

NEW YORK, Jan. 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Columbia/Legacy Recordings is proud to announce the release of Live at the Carousel Ballroom 1968, a previously unavailable live concert recording of Big Brother and the Holding Company featuring Janis Joplin, recorded June 23, 1968 by legendary soundman Owsley Stanley, a/k/a "Bear," who supervised the mastering of this release before his fatal car accident on March 12, 2011, in his adopted homeland of Australia. The release of the album marks...

Andrew Hawley announces his search for vintage Janis Joplin concert posters. Janis Joplin was one of the best rock performers. Her look and music exemplified the 1960s. Her rock concert posters are some of the best because she was very photogenic. Janis Joplin constantly toured so there are more posters to be found. Denver, Colorado (PRWEB) August 24, 2011 Andrew Hawley, from Vintage Rock Posters, announces his plans to search for Janis Joplin concert posters. Janis Joplin are...