Janiva Magness Music

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Decades: 1990's and 2000's

Blues vocalist Janiva Magness walked away from music a few times before she was able to accept it as her calling. Her support system of family and friends turned out to be not so supportive when it came to her career choice, and numerous discouraging comments chipped away at Magness' confidence. During one of these dark periods when she'd given up on pursuing a career in the blues, she shut herself away for 40 hours a week in an office for an entire year, plugging away at a regular job with a construction c... Read More