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

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 ...

Janis Ian scores her first-ever appearance on the Rock Digital Song Sales chart as "At Seventeen" reemerges at No. 12 due to renewed listener interest. Portrait of musician Janis Ian at the Old Town ...

EXCLUSIVE: As NBC prepares to celebrate the 50 th anniversary of Saturday Night Live, it's interesting to recall the show's second official musical guest – singer-songwriter Janis Ian. On October 11, ...

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 ...

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.

Sign up for Forwarding the News, the Forward’s morning newsletter with all the news and analysis that matters to American Jews each day. Janis Ian’s songs are ...

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 ...

Four decades ago, Janis Ian had every reason to believe her career was over. She hadn’t scored a single significant hit since “At Seventeen” a full decade earlier, and her powerful record company, ...

Ian enjoyed an even bigger hit in 1975 with the coming-of-age anthem "At Seventeen," which won a Grammy Singer-songwriter Janis Ian is best known for her 1975 Top 10 single "At Seventeen," but at 16, ...