Joan Jett (born Joan Marie Larkin, September 22, 1958) is an American singer, guitarist, record producer, and actress. Jett is best known for her work as the frontwoman of her band Joan Jett & the Blackhearts, and for earlier founding and performing with ...

Joan Jett, 67, is widely recognized as one of the most influential women in rock history, but her recent performance at Southern California’s BeachLife Festival cemented her status as an ageless icon who can still rock like it’s 1982. Jett’s recent ...

To trace the trajectory of singer-songwriter-actress Jett’s rocket rise to fame, Rolling Stone contributor Thompson begins with her 1958 birth as Joan Larkin in Pennsylvania, followed by her family’s move to L.A., enabling her at age 16 to dig the glam ...

Sound Check is the Globe’s weekly guide to concerts, tunes, and trends rooted in Boston and beyond. This column covers May 17-23. On a raucous night at the Rosebud Bar & Kitchen in Somerville in 2011, Nicole “Nikki T” Tammaro witnessed a Joan Jett ...

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