This is FRESH AIR. Janis Ian, the singer-songwriter who had her first hit record as a teenager in the 1960s, is the subject of a new documentary, "Janis Ian: Breaking Silence, " now available to ...

There will be an interview and audience Q&A following the film at both venues, and Ian will sign up to three items each for fans. Ian released her song “Society’s Child” in ...

Janis Ian wrote “Some People’s Lives” with songwriter Kye Fleming, inspired by a restaurant owner they were friends with named Mary, who felt that she had not contributed anything to the world. They ...

Singer-songwriter-musician Janis Ian celebrates her 74 th birthday today. For most of those years, 60 of them in fact, she has been famous, having rocketed to renown at age 14 with her precocious ...

BEREA – Janis Ian fans have until Friday, August 22, to visit “Breaking Silence: The Janis Ian Archives,” an exhibit showcasing the singer-songwriter-storyteller’s personal life, professional ...

At 73, the singer-songwriter and queer icon's story gets the spotlight treatment in a new documentary winning festival raves ...

From a documentary about a rabbi who dresses in drag to a dark comedy about one family’s memorable Shabbat dinner, the selections at this year’s Long Island Jewish Film Festival offer a kaleidoscopic ...

The Women Songwriters Hall of Fame will celebrate its fifth anniversary over two days this week at the Mead Center for American Theatre in Washington, D.C. There will be workshops and panel ...

Janis Ian wrote “At Seventeen” about the “pain of adolescence” and not fitting in, but the themes of the song spoke to audiences of all kinds and had a universal relevance. The song later won the ...