Janis Ian

A new film chronicles the life of folk legend Janis Ian — from jamming in '60s Greenwich Village and rising to fame in the '70s, to facing financial struggles in the '80s, coming out ...

Janis Ian's latest album, 'The Light at the End of the Line' is her last. 

Singer-songwriter Janis Ian joins us for a Listening Party of her new album, 'The Light at the End of the Line,' which will be her last.

Singer-songwriter Janis Ian joins us for a Listening Party of her new album, 'The Light at the End of the Line,' which will be her last.

Words and music are the peanut-butter-and-jelly of songwriting. Today, we dare to ask: which is better? Lyricists may be the driving force in pop music, but composers rule in the classical and opera world. In another Soundcheck Smackdown, we debate whether a catchy melody is more powerful than a clever ...

Janis Ian was just 15 years old when she wrote about interracial love in the controversial 1966 hit "Society's Child." In the years that followed, she took drugs with Jimi Hendrix, won two Grammy awards and suffered a nervous breakdown. The singer-songwriter joins us to talk about her new memoir, ...

A young Janis Ian performing live in Dave Sear studio for WNYC's Adventures in Folk Music.