Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts.

Janis Ian’s music brought her from Central Jersey to the world. It’s a sonic journey that included landmark compositions such as “Society’s Child (Baby I’ve Been Thinking)” in 1966 ...

With heavy hearts, we announce the passing of Janis Unell Mayfield, a cherished wife, sister, daughter, mother, aunt and friend to many, February 25, 2025, at the age of 73. A graveside service ...

Janis Ian’s songs are known for their sharp social commentary, but what director Varda Bar-Kar uncovers in her new documentary Janis Ian: Breaking Silence, is how central Ian’s Judaism was to ...

Worldcategory· July 1, 2024 Latvian couple become first to register same-sex partnership under new law Maksims Ringo and Janis Locs became the first Latvian same-sex couple to register their ...

The first scene of Janis Ian: Breaking Silence, the two-hour documentary directed by Varda Bar-Kar, shows a teenaged Ian performing the song on the CBS television special, Inside Pop: The Rock ...

Herb Greene, whose iconic photographs of the 1960 San Francisco rock scene captured the era’s superstars — Jefferson Airplane, Janis Joplin, The Grateful Dead, among others — in their prime ...