Janiva Magness

"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." 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). USA Today declared, "Magness is a blues star," and The Philadelphia Inquirer said, "Magness sings superbly, with a scorching intensity."