Sunday, August 5, 2012

JANIVA MAGNESS



Award-winning blues and soul vocalist Janiva Magness will celebrate the release of her new Alligator Records CD, “Stronger For It,” in her 8 p.m. concert Saturday, March 10, at Plaza Palomino, 2290 N. Swan Road.
Long a charismatic Tucson favorite known for her electrifying live shows, Magness is now counted among the premier blues and R&B singers in the world. Her voice possesses an earthy, raw honesty born from her life experience.
Mojo calls her "One of the most fiery and original vocalists in contemporary blues and soul...thoughtful, inventive and almost unerringly on the money."
 Last year, Magness was nominated for four Blues Music Awards: B.B. King Entertainer of the Year; Album of the Year (“The Devil Is An Angel Too”); Contemporary Blues Female Artist of the Year and Contemporary Blues Album of the Year (“The Devil Is An Angel Too”).
She won the coveted 2009 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) and for Contemporary Blues Female Artist of the Year, an honor she also received in 2006 and 2007.
For the first time ever Magness has recorded three of her own songs, which are introduced on this new album, including the title track. The rest of her story on the full release, “Stronger For It,” is told through her inspired reinventions of songs by Tom Waits, Grace Potter, Shelby Lynne, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Matthew Sweet, Buddy and Julie Miller and others.

Janiva Magness brings her touring band and her new recording to the Plaza Palomino, 2290 N. Swan Road, on Saturday, March 12, for an 8 p.m. concert and CD release party. Tickets are $20 in advance, $23 at the door. For details and reservations, 520-319-9966, or visit www.rhythmandroots.org

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