Browsing: Janiva Magness

Grammy-nominated and seven-time Blues Music Award winner Janiva Magness is back with her latest single, “I Was Good to You Baby,” ahead of her highly anticipated album set for release in Spring 2025.

Janiva Magness’ sixteenth studio album, Hard to Kill, is a boldly honest and affecting collection of songs that sit on…

Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter and author Janiva Magness announced her new album Hard to Kill will release on June 24 via her…

This year also marks the 45th anniversary of Magness’ first live performances

“One of the things I love about this album is that people already connect with so many of these songs,” – Janiva Magness

In addition to the publication of ‘Weeds Like Us,’ she will be releasing her 15th album, ‘Change In The Weather,’ on September 13 with Blue E´lan Records.

“I was always a lonely kid. I turned into a lonely adolescent, a deeply troubled teenager and an angry young woman with a lot of justifiable demons.” – Janiva Magness

Blues Hall of Fame inductions, free medical screenings, meet-and-greets with art shows, fundraisers, and of course the Blues Music Awards themselves make for an event filled week!

Guests include legendary singer Delbert McClinton, Mississippi hill-country blues torchbearer Cedric Burnside, Charlie Musselwhite on harmonica, and more!

“She was in the booth and started singing, and I thought, ‘Oh my God, this is the real thing.’”