Janis Ian circa 1970s (left) and in 2023. Singer-songwriter Janis Ian had a Top 20 hit at age 16 with her 1966 debut single "Society's Child" The song, written from the point of view of a young girl ...

What greets you upon entering the lobby of Berea College’s Hutchins Library is something of a living scrapbook. To your left: album covers tracing roughly five decades of music summoned by Janis Ian.

Singer/songwriter Janis Ian will always have a special place in my heart. Janis was the first artist I ever interviewed at the beginning of my journalism career. It was 1994, after the release of what ...

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 ...

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 ...

That’s so not fetch. Singer Janis Ian admitted to having mixed feelings about Tina Fey naming a “Mean Girls” character after her. “I would’ve felt better about it [had she] asked me first,” the ...

Trace the life and music of “Society’s Child” folk icon and LGBTQ+ advocate Janis Ian. Discover the life of singer-songwriter Janis Ian and how she rose as a folk icon and gay rights advocate. She ...

Janis Ian wrote “Some People’s Lives” with songwriter Kye Fleming. Janis Ian wrote “Some People’s Lives” with songwriter Kye Fleming, inspired by a restaurant owner they were friends with named Mary, ...

Ian had her first hit record as a teenager in the 1960s and went on to win two Grammys. A new documentary tells her life story through a combination of vintage footage and newly recorded interviews.