Friday, June 20, 2025 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS app. Discover the life of singer-songwriter Janis Ian and how she rose as a folk icon and gay rights advocate. She broke ground with "Society's ...

This timeline explores Janis Ian’s life and the major milestones in her career. 1951 Janis Ian is born on April 7th to Victor, a farmer who became a music teacher, and Pearl, a waitress who ...

Janis Joplin impresses yet again with this isolated vocal track from “Cry Baby”. I’d be bold enough to say that this song would have been just as good without any instrumentation.

DAVE DAVIES, HOST: 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 ...

Singer-songwriter Janis Ian's life and career are documented in 'Janis Ian: Breaking Silence,' directed by Varda Bar-Kar.

Janis married Thomas Brunell, also of Foxboro, a union of 56 years. She was the mother of Kristopher Brunell (pre-deceased). Pridefully, she watched his building rise, then he was gone.

Janis will be so dearly missed by all who were elevated by her compassion and genuine care. Service Tuesday, 2:00 p.m. CT at The Chapel, 8851 Skokie Blvd., Skokie (at Niles Center Rd.).

Janis Lorraine Derrick, lovingly known as Jan, passed away on March 25, 2025, in Fontana, California, at the age of 77. Born on November 12, 1947, in Glendale, California, Janis was a dedicated edu… ...

That’s so not fetch. Singer Janis Ian admitted to having mixed feelings about Tina Fey naming a “Mean Girls” character after her. “I would’ve felt better about it [had she] asked me ...

Janis Ann Manning Braden, of Topeka, KS, passed away on February 22, 2025. A devoted wife, mother, sister, and friend, Janis lived a life filled with love, creativity, and faith. A graduate of ...

Janis Forrest West, age 76, of Hayes, died on Wednesday, March 5, 2025. Janis was born on January 17, 1949, to the late Marshall and Belva Callis Forrest. Janis retired from the Commissioner of Rev… ...

In 1965, Janis Ian, a 14-year-old singer-songwriter from New Jersey, wrote "Society's Child" about an interracial relationship.Recorded and released a year later, the song launched Ian's career ...