Pearl Foundation Update
Astonished and grateful to say that the Pearl Foundation has donated $44,000 in scholarship endowments for the year 2020, bringing our grand total to $1,235,500.00 in scholarship funding, with more than 75 graduates to date. Thank you all for your support!
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New Album Hope Now Available!
Hope, a collection of 12 pieces from the Janis Ian Archives, ranging from 1976 to 2011, is now available exclusively in the Janis Ian Store. On sale as a digital album only, most of these tracks have never been heard before. Visit the store for more information and download options!! Hope will be available at other online stores and streaming services sometime after the new year.
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IRS Grants Full Public Status To The Pearl Foundation
As some of you know, the Pearl Foundation began as a "private charity" because it was endowed solely by Janis and her wife Pat. As more people like yourselves contributed, we were able to apply for full public status. We began the process as soon as legally possible, and after years of rigorous oversight and specialized tax consultants (paid for by Janis), we have been granted full public status!
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All tour dates updated on January 14, 2021
Swannanoa Gathering Fiddle Mando Banjo Week
Swannanoa, North Carolina, USA
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For the first time, Janis will be giving her 5-day series "A Master Class In Artistry" during each of the Swannanoa Gathering weeks. The final week will also feature a second, more interactive class tentatively titled "War Stories". Time of classes is TBA; please check the website for more information. The 5 day class covers everything from the origins of artists to physicalization, songwriting for profit and not so much, performance, the need to be brave, how to survive as an artist in the modern world, and why bother. Points are illustrated with songs and playing as she takes us on a journey that begins with the first caveman to tell a story and continues through the myth of the artist as "crazy", the need for silence, and why she believes "art saves". Drawing on her 55 years of experience in the entertainment industry and her ten years with Stella Adler, presented with humor and grace, brutally honest, and a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for her students.
Swannanoa Gathering Traditional Song Week
Swannanoa, North Carolina, USA
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For the first time, Janis will be giving her 5-day series "A Master Class In Artistry" during each of the Swannanoa Gathering weeks. Time of her classes is TBA; please check the website for more information. The 5 day class covers everything from the origins of artists to physicalization, songwriting for profit and not so much, performance, the need to be brave, how to survive as an artist in the modern world, and why bother. Points are illustrated with songs and playing as she takes us on a journey that begins with the first caveman to tell a story and continues through the myth of the artist as "crazy", the need for silence, and why she believes "art saves". Drawing on her 55 years of experience in the entertainment industry and her ten years with Stella Adler, presented with humor and grace, brutally honest, and a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for her students.
Swannanoa Gathering Celtic Week
Swannanoa, North Carolina, USA
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For the first time, Janis will be giving her 5-day series "A Master Class In Artistry" during each of the Swannanoa Gathering weeks. Time of her classes is TBA; please check the website for more information. The 5 day class covers everything from the origins of artists to physicalization, songwriting for profit and not so much, performance, the need to be brave, how to survive as an artist in the modern world, and why bother. Points are illustrated with songs and playing as she takes us on a journey that begins with the first caveman to tell a story and continues through the myth of the artist as "crazy", the need for silence, and why she believes "art saves". Drawing on her 55 years of experience in the entertainment industry and her ten years with Stella Adler, presented with humor and grace, brutally honest, and a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for her students.
Swannanoa Gathering Old Time Week
Swannanoa, North Carolina,
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For the first time, Janis will be giving her 5-day series "A Master Class In Artistry" during each of the Swannanoa Gathering weeks. Time of her classes is TBA; please check the website for more information. The 5 day class covers everything from the origins of artists to physicalization, songwriting for profit and not so much, performance, the need to be brave, how to survive as an artist in the modern world, and why bother. Points are illustrated with songs and playing as she takes us on a journey that begins with the first caveman to tell a story and continues through the myth of the artist as "crazy", the need for silence, and why she believes "art saves". Drawing on her 55 years of experience in the entertainment industry and her ten years with Stella Adler, presented with humor and grace, brutally honest, and a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for her students.
Swannanoa Gathering Cont. Folk & Guitar Week
Swannanoa, North Carolina, USA
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For the first time, Janis will be giving her 5-day series "A Master Class In Artistry" during each of the Swannanoa Gathering weeks. Time of her classes is TBA; please check the website for more information. The 5 day class covers everything from the origins of artists to physicalization, songwriting for profit and not so much, performance, the need to be brave, how to survive as an artist in the modern world, and why bother. Points are illustrated with songs and playing as she takes us on a journey that begins with the first caveman to tell a story and continues through the myth of the artist as "crazy", the need for silence, and why she believes "art saves". Drawing on her 55 years of experience in the entertainment industry and her ten years with Stella Adler, presented with humor and grace, brutally honest, and a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for her students.
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Hope, a collection of 12 pieces from the Janis Ian Archives, ranging from 1976 to 2011, is now available as a digital album! You can purchase from the Janis Ian store; release on your local iTunes, Amazon et al will be January 10th. Most of these tracks have never been heard before. The album is available to download as "CD Quality" FLAC files or "High Quality" MP3 files. Hope will be available at other online stores and streaming services sometime after the new year.
Tracks:
1. Shine On (Janis Ian) 1976
2. The Love We Leave (Janis Ian/Jon Vezner) 1992
3. This Long Night (Dancing With the Dark) (Janis Ian) 1992
4. Don’t Rush the River (Janis Ian/Kye Fleming) 1985
5. A Thousand Years (Janis Ian/Russ Taff) 1992
6. We Endure (Janis Ian) 1990
7. his Old Town (Janis Ian/Jon Vezner) 1990
8. The Holly Tree (Janis Ian/Jess Leary) 1992
9. Forever Yours (Janis Ian/Russ Taff) 1992
10. We Should Be Dancing (Janis Ian/Thom Schuyler) 1989
11. Here Comes the Night (live in London) (Janis Ian) 1979
12. I Am the One (Janis Ian/Miriam Therese Winter) 2011
All tracks are unedited, ranging from cassettes to 1/4" reels later transferred to DAT for preservation. One was recorded live straight to a Mackie board (“Here Comes the Night”); others were casually laid down by Janis as she sat on a couch at home and sang into a DAT player, or in a local studio where she sat down with a guitar to get a new song down on tape. No editing, no auto-tuning, no attempts to make them sound more “professional”. There’s some hiss, there are a few mistakes. That’s what happens when you make art! Any noise artifacts you may hear are part of the original. As little as possible has been done to render these recordings usable. Special thanks to my co-writers and the publishers for allowing this usage to help us raise funds for the Pearl Foundation!
Free is good, but think of the karmic benefits of taking the money that the above downloads would have cost at some other on-line music site, and then donating that money to a good cause. My gosh, a few of these and you're on the path to nirvana! The link below can be used to make a contribution to the The Pearl Foundation. Donations are accepted via Paypal. Every penny raised by this link benefits the Pearl Foundation.
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The Pearl Foundation
Rashford Kruse & Asso.
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Nashville TN 37212