This week’s episode of Mountain Stage was recorded in Morgantown, WV on the campus of West Virginia University with our friends at WVU Arts & Entertainment. Host Kathy Mattea welcomes a special ...

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 ...

Janis Ian is having the last word. Now 70, Ian has been a touring and recording force since her teens, earning nine Grammy nominations and two wins and having two of her songs, 1967's “Society’s Child ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Two-time Grammy award winner Janis Ian joined host Kenneth Womack to talk about her creative process, Lennon and McCartney, her new album and more on “Everything Fab Four,” a podcast co-produced by me ...

A double interview with two great songwriters together, Janis Ian and Stan Ridgway, about use of gender designation in song, and other issues. The following interview was conducted in 1999 though ...

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 her ...