I realize this could be a matter of my age, but to my ears, Janis Joplin is the greatest rock and roll singer ever, male or female. There are a couple of men who I would put close to her.

[All-female bands] are out there, they just don’t get the notice the pop girls do. Go to any city and there’s an all-girl rock band — it’s just a matter of society wanting to hear that ...

Heart guitarist Nancy Wilson is among hard rock's defining guitarists, but she has repeatedly lent her support to ...

Inspired to pick up the instrument by Guitar Hero, Seera are about to hit the international touring circuit on the back of a ...

Rock and roll has seen some fabulous female singers through the years. One can go back to the 1950s and '60s to find voices and songs that resonate today. Names like Ronnie Spector, Martha Reeves ...

By 2004, there was only one major rock tour all year to feature a female musician — the Pixies, on their reunion run, with Kim Deal on bass. So it was sweet to see Kim raise hell with the ...

With new feature films on Linda Ronstadt, Ronnie Spector, Janis Joplin, and Sister Rosetta Tharpe in the works, it will be refreshing to see female musicians get the Hollywood treatment they deserve ...

Upon rock legend Stevie Nicks’ recent SNL performance, watching her familiar prowess in layers of black chiffon, I became acutely aware of the divergence between her identities — female and ...

Top Female Singers Of The 1980s The most popular music in the 1980s included pop, punk, rock, R&B and new wave music, and the best '80s female singers performed in those genres.