传奇民谣女伶Janis Ian，早在1967年便以首张同名专辑获葛莱美奖提名最佳民谣演出；并以单曲『Society’s Child』，奠定在音乐圈中的地位。音乐事业颠峰时退出乐坛，往舞台剧发展。在1972-1981年间，Janis Ian录製了Stars、Between The Lines与Aftertones 【曾是日本唱片史上卖得最好的专辑】Night Rains、Miracle Row、Janis Ian II 这些经典专辑。其中Between the Lines 为五项葛莱美奖提名，拿下包括年度最佳唱片、最佳流行演唱、最佳录音与美澳英三地白金唱片。Janis Ian的唱片是音乐界与音响界常态性被收藏的艺人之一，发烧级的嗓音与一把空心吉他便将音乐性十足呈现。精选辑中的歌曲依著录製年份排列，彷若也经历 Janis Ian音乐生涯最灿烂的十年纪录！ A singer/songwriter both celebrated and decried for her pointed handling of taboo topics, Janis Ian enjoyed one of the more remarkable second acts in music history; after first finding success as a teen, her career slumped, only to enter a commercial resurgence almost a decade later. The child of a music teacher, Janis Eddy Fink was born on May 7, 1951, in New York City; she studied piano as a child, and, drawing influence from Edith Piaf, Billie Holiday, and Odetta, wrote her first songs at the age of 12. She soon entered Manhattans High School of Music and Art, where she began performing at school functions; after adopting the surname Ian (her brothers middle name), she quickly graduated to the New York folk circuit.When she was just 15, she recorded her self-titled debut; the LP contained Societys Child (Baby Ive Been Thinking), a meditation on interracial romance written by Ian while waiting to meet with her school guidance counselor. While banned by a few radio stations, the single failed to attract much notice until conductor Leonard Bernstein invited its writer to perform the song on his television special Inside Pop: The Rock Revolution. The ensuing publicity and furor over its subject matter pushed Societys Child into the upper rungs of the pop charts, and made Ian an overnight sensation.Success did not agree with her, however, and she soon dropped out of high school; in rapid succession, Ian recorded three more LPs — 1967s For All the Seasons of Your Mind, 1968s The Secret Life of J. Eddy Fink, and 1969s Who Really Cares — but gave away the money she earned to friends and charities. After meeting photojournalist Peter Cunningham at a peace rally, the couple married, and at age 20, she announced her retirement from the music business. The marriage failed, however, and she returned in 1971 with the poorly received Present Company. After moving to California to hone her writing skills in seclusion, Ian resurfaced three years later with Stars, which featured the song Jesse, later a Top 30 hit for Roberta Flack. With 1975s Between the Lines, Ian eclipsed all of her previous success; not only did the LP achieve platinum status, but the delicate single At Seventeen reached the Top Three and won a Grammy. While subsequent releases like 1977s Latin-influenced Miracle Row, 1979s Night Rains, and 1981s Restless Eyes earned acclaim, they sold poorly; Ian was dropped by her label, and spent 12 years without a contract before emerging in 1993 with Breaking Silence (the title a reference to her recent admission of homosexuality), which pulled no punches in tackling material like domestic violence, frank eroticism, and the Holocaust. Similarly, 1995s Revenge explored prostitution and homelessness. Two years later Ian returned with Hunger; God & the FBI followed in the spring of 2000. A live set, Working Without a Net, appeared from Rude Girl Records in 2003, and a DVD, Live at Club Cafe, saw release in 2005. Folk Is the New Black appeared as a joint release from Rude Girl and Cooking Vinyl in 2006.