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With Janis Ian

Mike Harding presents an hour of the very best in folk, roots and acoustic music, including American songwriter Janis Ian talking about her new Best Of collection.

Mike Harding presents an hour of the very best in folk, roots and acoustic music. This week, American songwriter Janis Ian looks back over her amazing career and talks about her new Best Of collection.

Born in New York and raised in New Jersey, Janis Ian began her recording career at the tender age of twelve, when she made her first home recording. By 1967, still in her mid-teens, she was a famous and controversial personality thanks to her hit US single Society's Child, a song about an interracial relationship.

Over the course of nearly five decades, Janis has sold millions of records and won a Grammy Award for her 1975 hit At Seventeen. Her classic song Stars has been covered by Cher and Nina Simone, and Janis's collaborations include one with Dolly Parton in 2004.

In 2011, she continues to write, record and perform. This week, she starts a rare UK tour, and on this week's programme she talks about her early days, about her parents being monitored by the FBI, and about the song she adapted from unreleased Woody Guthrie lyrics.

1 hour

Last on

Wed 26 Oct 2011 19:00

Music Played

  • The Unwanted

    The Morning Blues

    • Music From The Atlantic Fringe.
    • Compass 4526.
  • Genticorum

    Les Menteries

    • Nagez Rameurs.
    • Weatherbox RA 015.
  • Ralph McTell

    Grande Affaire

    • Streets.
    • Leola TPGCD 12.
  • BrΓ­d Dower

    The Nobleman's Wedding

    • Comings & Goings.
  • Hot Club de Frank

    Minor Swing

    • Minor Swing.
    • Blue Note Records.
  • Hot Club of Cowtown

    When The Bloom Is On The Sage

    • Dev'lish Mary.
    • Hightone Records HCD8124.
  • Leon Rosselson

    Palaces Of Gold

    • The World Turned Upside Down.
    • Fuse CFCD 077.
  • Janis Ian

    At Seventeen (Album Version)

    • The Best Of Janis Ian: 2 CD & Exclusive DVD Edition.
    • Edsel EDSG8013.
  • Janis Ian

    Hair Of Spun Gold (Demo Version)

    • The Best Of Janis Ian: 2 CD & Exclusive DVD Edition.
    • Edsel EDSG8013.
  • Janis Ian

    God & The FBI

    • The Best Of Janis Ian: 2 CD & Exclusive DVD Edition.
    • Edsel EDSG8013.
  • Janis Ian

    I Hear You Sing Again

    • The Best Of Janis Ian: 2 CD & Exclusive DVD Edition.
    • Edsel EDSG8013.
  • Zoox

    Little Beggar Girl

    • Ups And Downs.
    • Zoox ZOOX 2.
  • Kevin Henderson

    Minnie O'Shirva's Cradle Song

    • Fin Da Laand Ageen.
    • Sungate Records KEVHENCD 01.
  • Damien Barber & Mike Wilson

    Drinking Song

    • Drinking Song.
    • Demon Barber Sounds DBS004.

Broadcast

  • Wed 26 Oct 2011 19:00