Lizzy Caplan nearly didn’t play Janis Ian in “Mean Girls.” The actress, 43, appeared on the latest episode of Penn Badgley’s ...

Janis Ian was just 13 years old when she decided to change the world. But the hurdles came fast, particularly with one racist gig that changed her life.

More than five decades of arena anthems and power ballads will come to an end when Journey launches their farewell tour in 2026. Columbus will welcome the 2017 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees with ...

At noon, Ian sat for a moderated conversation at Maxwell Hall, hosted by the IU Arts and Humanities Council. Before a crowd of about 30 people, Ian answered questions posed by IU law student Kayla ...

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Janis Ian recorded “Society’s Child” in 1965 when she was 14 years old and released it in 1966. The following year it reached No. 14 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart Six decades, multiple albums and ...

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At 74, Janis Ian has built a career on just two hit songs whose inspirations had come about under the most ordinary of circumstances. Born Janis Eddy Fink in New Jersey, Ian mastered the acoustic ...

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Singer-songwriter-musician Janis Ian celebrates her 74 th birthday today. For most of those years, 60 of them in fact, she has been famous, having rocketed to fame at age 14 with her precocious debut ...

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 ...