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Janis Ian releasing new live album in June

A new live album from Janis Ian is coming in June.The legendary singer/songwriter will release Janis Ian - From Me To You: Live In Bremen 2004, a 90-minute concert recorded in Bremen, Germany, on Oct. 4, 2004.The concert features just Ian and her guitar, ...
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Janis Ian is Breaking Silence with new documentary

The new documentary Janis Ian: Breaking Silence gives fan insight into the life and career of singer/songwriter Janis Ian, and it’s a film people have been wanting to make for years.Ian, who had her first hit at age 14 with the controversial song "Society's Child," tells ...
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New documentary Janis Ian: Breaking Silence to hit theaters in March

A new documentary about singer/songwriter Janis Ian is set to hit theaters in March.Janis Ian: Breaking Silence follows the artist from her teen years, when she was part of the 1960s Greenwich Village music scene, to international stardom in the '70s, thanks to her Grammy-winning hit “At Seventeen,” ...
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Janis Joplin biopic to detail her last days, according to Linda Perry

Actress Shailene Woodley recently revealed that she’s been working with songwriter Linda Perry to develop her voice for the upcoming Janis Joplin biopic, and now Perry is sharing some more details on the film.Perry tells Entertainment Weekly she’s “been waiting decades for this movie to be ...
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Shailene Woodley working with Linda Perry to find her singing voice for Janis Joplin biopic

Shailene Woodley is opening up about her plans to play Janis Joplin on the big screen.The actress’s plans to produce and star in a biopic about Joplin were announced in early September. During an appearance on Live with Kelly and Mark Wednesday, she discussed how important it ...
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Shailene Woodley to play Janis Joplin in new biopic

Shailene Woodley is set to star as rocker Janis Joplin in a new biopic funded by the California Film Commission’s Film and Television Tax Credit Program. The film is one of 15 independent projects to receive funding from the commission.“California meant so much to Janis ...
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Auction for Janis Joplin’s pool table opens on what would’ve been rocker’s 81st birthday

A pool table once owned by rocker Janis Joplin is now up for auction. Coinciding with what would have been Joplin’s 81st birthday on Friday, January 19, Julien’s Auctions announced the launch of an auction of the rocker’s personally owned pool table, made by Brunswick-Balke-Collender Co. in the 1920s. That ...
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Janis Ian releases previously unheard music from her archives

Janis Ian may have announced her retirement from performing last year, but she still has music to share with her fans. The legendary singer has just released two new albums made up of music from her personal archives; they feature rare and previously unreleased recordings. The first release is Live ...
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On This Day, October 4, 1970: Janis Joplin dies at age 27

On This Day, October 4, 1970… Legendary blues-rock singer Janis Joplin was found dead in her room at the Landmark Motor Hotel in Los Angeles. She was only 27. She passed away from a heroin overdose. Joplin had gained fame as one of the most electrifying performers of her ...
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Janis Ian & ‘Rolling Stone’ respond to Jann Wenner’s controversial comments

Singer Janis Ian has responded to the comments made by Rolling Stone founder Jann Wenner in The New York Times, in which he suggested female artists weren’t "articulate enough” to be included in his new book, The Masters. “Gee, guess I was never articulate enough for Jann,” she wrote on Facebook. “Guess (Joan) Baez wasn't. Certainly Liz Phair, Dolly Parton have ...
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