Janiva Magness Band

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8-11-2017
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\nAnyone who has ever heard \;Janiva Magness \;sing\, live or on any of the 13 releases she has put out since coming on the scene 26 years ago\, hears a charismatic\, powerhouse performer who has survived a difficult life by anyone&rsquo\;s measure to become one of the top blues vocalists of her generation\; only the second woman\, after blues legend Koko Taylor\, to win the \;Blues Music Awards&rsquo\; coveted \;B.B. King Entertainer of the Year award \;in 2009 for \;Entertainer of the Year \;(the second woman to ever win this award\, \;Koko Taylor \;was the first). She also won \;Contemporary Blues Female Artist Of The Year\, an honor she received in 2006 and 2007. She has received a total of \;seventeen Blues Music Award nominations. In 2015 she was nominated for \;Song of the Year \;for "\;Let Me Breathe"\; - \;Contemporary Blues Album \;for her CD\, "\;Original"\; and she won \;Contemporary Blues Female Artist Of The Year. \;
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\nHer 13th and newest CD\, "\;Blue Again\,"\; is a succinct artistic statement\, \;Blue Again \;collects Magness&rsquo\; interpretations of a half dozen classics from the blues canon and beyond\, including numbers made famous by Bo Diddley\, Freddie King\, Etta James\, and Nina Simone. &ldquo\;The whole record is about getting back to my taproot\,&rdquo\; says Magness. &ldquo\;The process was just digging through a large pile of some of my favorite material\, my favorite classic blues songs\, to come up with these\, my absolute favorites.&rdquo\;
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\nMagness has more than earned her right to sing the blues. Her life story comes straight out of a blues song. As she recounts in her soon-to-be-published memoir\, she was born in Detroit\, and among the fondest memories of her childhood were the sounds of her father&rsquo\;s blues and country record collection. Childhood was short lived for Magness\, however\; as an adolescent she lost both parents to suicide. She spent the next several years bouncing around the foster care system\, a traumatic experience that inspired her adult advocacy involvement with a variety of foster care programs. As a young woman\, her life was seemingly spiraling out of control. She was saved one night in Minneapolis when\, underage\, she snuck into a show by bluesman Otis Rush\, which started her down the music career path\, working as a recording engineer before being coaxed out in front of a microphone as a backup singer and finally forming her own group in Arizona. Since then Magness&rsquo\; life has not been without its downs\, but she has persevered. \;
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\nBlue Again \;comes hot on the heels of Magness&rsquo\; 2016 album "\;Love Wins Again\,"\; which became the biggest commercial and critical success of her career\, reaching the top of the blues radio charts and \;remaining in the Top 10 for seven months \;while crossed over into the Americana chart. That album earned the singer her first \;Grammy nomination for Contemporary Blues Album of the Year. \;
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\n"\;Hopefully\, this recording will bring the rest of the world to Janiva\, and then they'\;ll know\, like I know\, that she'\;s one of the "\;real deals"\; out there."\; - \;Bettye LaVett
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\n&ldquo\;One of the most fiery and original vocalists in contemporary blues and soul&hellip\; Thoughtful\, inventive and almost unerringly on the money.&rdquo\; - \;MOJO \; \;
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