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.

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 ...

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 ...

“Janis Ian: Breaking Silence” is so close to being a great documentary that its easily remedied flaws are all the more vexing. Director Varda Bar-Kar (“Fandango at the Wall”) offers a conventional but ...

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 ...

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 ...