Janiva Magness at The Blue Note Grill

GRAMMY-NOMINATED SINGER-SONGWRITER JANIVA MAGNESS REACHES A NEW CREATIVE APEX WITH THE POWERFUL,
GENRE-SPANNING LOVE IS AN ARMY

She’s reunited with producer Dave Darling for her 14th album, which
fuses the classic sounds of Memphis and Nashville with a modern focus
on songs that balance love, hope and protest.

Guests on this Americana-Soul album are Americana pillars Delbert McClinton,
Poco’s Rusty Young and Della Mae’s Courtney Hartman, as well as
prolific blues artists Charlie Musselwhite and Cedric Burnside

LOS ANGELES, Calif...

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GRAMMY-NOMINATED SINGER-SONGWRITER JANIVA MAGNESS REACHES A NEW CREATIVE APEX WITH THE POWERFUL,
GENRE-SPANNING LOVE IS AN ARMY

She’s reunited with producer Dave Darling for her 14th album, which
fuses the classic sounds of Memphis and Nashville with a modern focus
on songs that balance love, hope and protest.

Guests on this Americana-Soul album are Americana pillars Delbert McClinton,
Poco’s Rusty Young and Della Mae’s Courtney Hartman, as well as
prolific blues artists Charlie Musselwhite and Cedric Burnside

LOS ANGELES, Calif. — After Janiva Magness added a 2016 Grammy nomination to her 26 Blues Music Award nominations — with seven wins, including Entertainer of the Year — she might have taken at least a short rest on her laurels. Instead, one of the preeminent voices in contemporary American roots music has raised the bar for herself. Magness’ 14th album, Love Is an Army, is a brilliantly crafted bridge between the past and present, blending the echoes of classic soul and Americana music with timeless themes of love and the very contemporary sound of protest.

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