On Saturday, as I got into my car, NPR was on the dial as it usually is and the interviewer was talking to R&B and blues singer Janiva Magness. The interview can be found here. I had never heard of her previously, but I was extremely impressed with her music, especially with the song, “You Sound Pretty Good,” which can be found on the NPR page. The song captures what it’s like for artists who don’t quite fit the mold for which record executives are looking.
For more on Magness, check out her website at, yep, you guessed it: http://www.janivamagness.com/.
For Magness on LastFM, go here.
I’ll leave you with a flavor of Magness that I found on Youtube:
