Magness, is among the premier Blues and R&B singers in the world today. Her voice possesses an earthy, raw honesty born from her life experience. Having released 10 albums thus far, Magness is a charismatic performer known for her electrifying live shows. A dynamic musical powerhouse, Janiva has received 22 Blues Music Award nominations to date, winning the coveted Blues Music Award for B.B. King Entertainer Of The Year (she is only the second woman to ever win this Award, Koko Taylor being the first). Additional wins include Contemporary Blues Female Artist Of The Year in 2006, 2007, 2009 and 2013, as well as Song of the Year for her original composition “I Won’t Cry”, co-written with her Producer Dave Darling (Glen Campbell, Dominique Pruitt, Brian Setzer, Stray Cats, Def Leopard, Motley Crew, Meredith Brooks, Dan Hicks, John Waite).
"One of the most fiery and original vocalists in contemporary blues and soul…Thoughtful, inventive and almost unerringly on the money." --MOJO
“As I move forward,” says award-winning R&B and blues artist Janiva Magness, “I’m more willing to put myself on the line. I’m less willing to burden myself with unnecessary problems, less willing to care what people say about me. As it turns out, the more vulnerable I allow myself to be, the more strength I draw from that.”
Apparently the world is embracing that same vulnerability as Magness. She most recently garnered the 2013 Blues Music Award for Song Of The Year–I Won’t Cry (by Janiva Magness and Dave Darling) from “STRONGER FOR IT” and Contemporary Blues Female Artist Of The Year (her fourth win in this category), bringing her to six wins with a total of twenty-two B.M.A. Nominations.
In addition to her outstanding originals, Janiva tells the rest of her story through her inspired reinventions of songs by Tom Waits, Grace Potter, Shelby Lynne, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Matthew Sweet, Buddy and Julie Miller and others. According to Magness, the ultimate message of the album is clear: “You can get through just about anything life will do and come out better because of it. The title says it all.”
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"One of the most fiery and original vocalists in contemporary blues and soul…Thoughtful, inventive and almost unerringly on the money." --MOJO
“As I move forward,” says award-winning R&B and blues artist Janiva Magness, “I’m more willing to put myself on the line. I’m less willing to burden myself with unnecessary problems, less willing to care what people say about me. As it turns out, the more vulnerable I allow myself to be, the more strength I draw from that.”
Apparently the world is embracing that same vulnerability as Magness. She most recently garnered the 2013 Blues Music Award for Song Of The Year–I Won’t Cry (by Janiva Magness and Dave Darling) from “STRONGER FOR IT” and Contemporary Blues Female Artist Of The Year (her fourth win in this category), bringing her to six wins with a total of twenty-two B.M.A. Nominations.
In addition to her outstanding originals, Janiva tells the rest of her story through her inspired reinventions of songs by Tom Waits, Grace Potter, Shelby Lynne, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Matthew Sweet, Buddy and Julie Miller and others. According to Magness, the ultimate message of the album is clear: “You can get through just about anything life will do and come out better because of it. The title says it all.”
Magness, is among the premier Blues and R&B singers in the world today. Her voice possesses an earthy, raw honesty born from her life experience. Having released 10 albums thus far, Magness is a charismatic performer known for her electrifying live shows. A dynamic musical powerhouse, Janiva has received 22 Blues Music Award nominations to date, winning the coveted Blues Music Award for B.B. King Entertainer Of The Year (she is only the second woman to ever win this Award, Koko Taylor being the first). Additional wins include Contemporary Blues Female Artist Of The Year in 2006, 2007, 2009 and 2013, as well as Song of the Year for her original composition “I Won’t Cry”, co-written with her Producer Dave Darling (Glen Campbell, Dominique Pruitt, Brian Setzer, Stray Cats, Def Leopard, Motley Crew, Meredith Brooks, Dan Hicks, John Waite).
"One of the most fiery and original vocalists in contemporary blues and soul…Thoughtful, inventive and almost unerringly on the money." --MOJO
“As I move forward,” says award-winning R&B and blues artist Janiva Magness, “I’m more willing to put myself on the line. I’m less willing to burden myself with unnecessary problems, less willing to care what people say about me. As it turns out, the more vulnerable I allow myself to be, the more strength I draw from that.”
Apparently the world is embracing that same vulnerability as Magness. She most recently garnered the 2013 Blues Music Award for Song Of The Year–I Won’t Cry (by Janiva Magness and Dave Darling) from “STRONGER FOR IT” and Contemporary Blues Female Artist Of The Year (her fourth win in this category), bringing her to six wins with a total of twenty-two B.M.A. Nominations.
In addition to her outstanding originals, Janiva tells the rest of her story through her inspired reinventions of songs by Tom Waits, Grace Potter, Shelby Lynne, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Matthew Sweet, Buddy and Julie Miller and others. According to Magness, the ultimate message of the album is clear: “You can get through just about anything life will do and come out better because of it. The title says it all.”
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"One of the most fiery and original vocalists in contemporary blues and soul…Thoughtful, inventive and almost unerringly on the money." --MOJO
“As I move forward,” says award-winning R&B and blues artist Janiva Magness, “I’m more willing to put myself on the line. I’m less willing to burden myself with unnecessary problems, less willing to care what people say about me. As it turns out, the more vulnerable I allow myself to be, the more strength I draw from that.”
Apparently the world is embracing that same vulnerability as Magness. She most recently garnered the 2013 Blues Music Award for Song Of The Year–I Won’t Cry (by Janiva Magness and Dave Darling) from “STRONGER FOR IT” and Contemporary Blues Female Artist Of The Year (her fourth win in this category), bringing her to six wins with a total of twenty-two B.M.A. Nominations.
In addition to her outstanding originals, Janiva tells the rest of her story through her inspired reinventions of songs by Tom Waits, Grace Potter, Shelby Lynne, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Matthew Sweet, Buddy and Julie Miller and others. According to Magness, the ultimate message of the album is clear: “You can get through just about anything life will do and come out better because of it. The title says it all.”
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