Suffolk Theater will be a stop on the tour for two-time Grammy winning American folk icon, Janis Ian's final album. After more than five decades as a revered songwriter, Janis Ian is embracing a new milestone: the art of the farewell.
Released on January 21, 2022 on her own Rude Girl Records, The Light at the End of the Line is Ian’s latest and last solo studio album to bookend a kaleidoscopic catalog that began with her 1967 self-titled debut. As her first album of new material in 15 years, The Light at the End of the Line also sets the stage for what Ian imagines is her final North American tour. The album is something of a victory lap for an artist who has nothing to lose, and nothing left to prove. If The Light at the End of the Line ends up being Ian’s swan song, it’s as graceful an exit as fans could want.
“It takes a certain amount of maturity to realize that you don’t have to keep proving you can write. I’ve already created a body of work I’m proud of, and I’m old enough to realize that it’s the light at the end of the line that matters. And I’m not calling this retiring. It’s rewiring.” - Janis Ian
