Janis Ian & Tom Paxton

Ask any student of the form, & Janis Ian will be counted among the greatest songwriters in America. Janis burst onto the scene at age 15 with her controversial saga of interracial love, Society's Child. In the 1970s her song, "Jesse", became a pop standard after Roberta Flack topped the charts with it. Tom Paxton has been an integral part of the songwriting & folk music community since the early 60’s Greenwich Village scene, & continues to be a primary influence on today's "New Folk" performers.