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Janis Ian recently announced she was retiring from writing, and is now out on her final North American tour.
We saw her last night at The Scottish Rite Auditorium in Collingswood, NJ, and she was phenomenal: I don't know that I've ever been in a audience so enraptured, enthralled, silent, and breathless. She Who Must Be Obeyed is lobbying hard to see her again.
Opening was Tom Chapin, followed by Livingston Taylor, and all three reunited for the next-to-last number, her "Better Times Will Come".
Here's a good interview with her from March on World Café:
Her latest (and last, according her) album, The Light At The End Of The Line, pulls no punches as a example of politically-charged folk song creation. Whether you agree or disagree with her politics, it is worth a listen.
More info on her tour dates here:
We saw her last night at The Scottish Rite Auditorium in Collingswood, NJ, and she was phenomenal: I don't know that I've ever been in a audience so enraptured, enthralled, silent, and breathless. She Who Must Be Obeyed is lobbying hard to see her again.
Opening was Tom Chapin, followed by Livingston Taylor, and all three reunited for the next-to-last number, her "Better Times Will Come".
Here's a good interview with her from March on World Café:
Her latest (and last, according her) album, The Light At The End Of The Line, pulls no punches as a example of politically-charged folk song creation. Whether you agree or disagree with her politics, it is worth a listen.
More info on her tour dates here:
Janis Ian – Celebrating a Lifetime in Music
janisian.com