'I don’t think it’s something you get over': Janis Ian on not singing again

Janis Ian is looking forward to returning to Ireland for an event which some of our top singers will perform her songs 
'I don’t think it’s something you get over': Janis Ian on not singing again

Janis Ian will take part in an event at the National Concert Hall as part of Temple Bart Tradfest. Picture: Gerard Viveiros

Janis Ian is still coming to terms with the random cruelty of the universe. In 2022, the folk artist best known for hits 'At 17' and 'Society’s Child' contracted a virus that caused permanent scarring on her vocal cords. A doctor had to deliver the terrible news she would never sing again.

 “I don’t think it’s something you get reconciled with. I don’t think it’s something you get over,” Ian says from the Florida home she shares with her wife of 20 years, Patricia Snyder. “You just, at some point, become resigned to it. And then you try not to get depressed because that’s going kill your ability to do art.” 

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