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.

Aided by archival footage, photographs, and reenactments of Ian’s recollections, the 111-minute film charts Ian’s decades-spanning career — from formative summers at “peace and love, Woodstock” camps ...

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’s initiation into rock ‘n’ roll was early and dramatic. In 1966, at the age of 15, she recorded Society’s Child, a song she’d written about an interracial romance. It raced up the charts and ...

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 ...

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 wrote “Some People’s Lives” with songwriter Kye Fleming. Janis Ian wrote “Some People’s Lives” with songwriter Kye Fleming, inspired by a restaurant owner they were friends with named Mary, ...

The "Society's Child" singer-songwriter discusses the life-changing experience in the new documentary 'Janis Ian: Breaking Silence' GAB Archive/Redferns; R. Diamond/Getty Singer-songwriter Janis Ian ...