Apr. 27—Janis Joplin thrilled rock fans with her soulful music. As she burst onto the scene in the late 1960s, she was known for songs that were a unique mix of rock, folk, and blues. After her death in 1970, her fame and legend only grew. She was born in January 1943 in Port Arthur. She was the eldest of three children born to Scott Joplin, a Texaco engineer, and his wife, Dorothy, a ...
An upcoming episode of The Equalizer will reunite star Queen Latifah with her Bessie co-star Mike Epps, TVLine has learned exclusively. Epps, who appeared in HBO’s 2015 biopic with Latifah, will appear in the Sunday, March 17, Equalizer (CBS, 8/7c). He’ll play J.J. Cranson, a former gambling addict whom McCall hires to help when Dante’s …
The work remains a crowd favorite. But more and more scholars are starting to see ‘Rhapsody’ as a whitewashed version of Harlem’s vibrant Black music scene.