Author: Trisha Leigh Zeigenhorn / Source: did you know? We have anecdotal evidence that performers of all kinds, but perhaps especially musicians, tend to struggle with their mental health. Their lives too often end in tragedy, and below are 17 heartbreaking facts that seem to buoy the perception

Author: Miss Cellania / Source: Neatorama Possibly the best way to get an unvarnished understanding of the rock ‘n’ roll hippie culture of the 1960s is from an insider, who’s had decades to process and understand that era himself. Jorma Kaukonen, guitarist for Hot Tuna and Jefferson Airplane,

Source: Good News Network On this day 40 years ago, Jimmy Carter opened 12 days of secret negotiations at Camp David between the two leaders Menachem Begin and Anwar Sadat that would soon lead to the signing of the first peace accord between Israel and one of its Arab neighbors. (1978) MORE Good

Source: Good News Network On this day 55 years ago, the first Monterey Folk Festival opened in Monterey, California. The 3-day festival featured Joan Baez, Bob Dylan and Peter Paul and Mary. It later morphed into the Monterey Pop festival, which in 1967 showcased the first major live performance

Amy Adams is set to star in a long-gestating biopic of the 1970s singer/songwriter Janis Joplin, according to the Hollywood Reporter. The actor was first linked with the role in 2010, but in 2012 it was reported Nina Arianda, a Tony Award winner, was to take her place following Adams’s withdrawal.