Janis Ian’s songs are known for their sharp social commentary, but what director Varda Bar-Kar uncovers in her new documentary Janis Ian: Breaking Silence, is how central Ian’s Judaism was to ...

Janis Ian Is Breaking Her Silence Janis wrote and recorded her first hit “Society’s Child (Baby I’ve Been Thinking)” about an interracial romance at age 14. The song made her a star, but ...

Our Song of the Week is Ian’s performance of her landmark hit from 1975, “At Seventeen.” It’s one of many “evergreen” songs Ian has penned since she began songwriting at the age of 14.

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 involved in an interracial romance ...

Singer/songwriter Janis Ian is the subject of Varda Bar-Kar's informative documentary that covers her folk music career from the '60s, her now-famous 'Saturday Night Live' appearance, and the decades ...

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 ...

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.

Singer and songwriter, Janis Ian, had her initial burst of fame as a teenager with her self-titled 1967 debut album and its hit single "Society's Child." She returned to the public eye in the mid ...

Janis Ian will receive a lifetime achievement award at the International Folk Music Awards, which will be held at the Sheraton Kansas City Hotel at Crown Center in Kansas City, Mo., on Feb. 1 ...

By the age of 14, Ian was already writing her own songs, putting her own spin on the activist sounds of the ’60s and ’70s. The singer rose to fame in 1967 at the age of 15.

In 1965, Janis Ian, a 14-year-old singer-songwriter from New Jersey, wrote "Society's Child" about an interracial relationship. Recorded and released a year later, the song launched Ian's career ...