INTERVIEW WITH JANIVA MAGNESS

1)When and since (as,like) you discovered that you liked the blues/rock?.
JANIVA: AS A VERY YOUNG GIRL, ALWAYS LISTENING TO MY FATHERS RECORDS AND MY BROTHERS RECORDS, AND ULTIMATLY MY OWN AND THE RADIO OF COURSE - LATE NIGHT RADIO IN DETROIT -WHERE I AM ORIGINALLY FROM IS MAGNIFICENT - BLUES & SOUL MUSIC! THE BEST! MY FATHERS RECORD COLLECTION WAS OLD COUNTRY - WHICH HAS MUCH BLUES TO IT - HAND WILLIAMS & PATSY CLINE - THEN HE HAD NAT KING COLE AND BULL MOSS JACKSON RECORDS TOO! FANTASTIC!

2) Your principal influences?
JANIVA:ETTA JAMES, MEMPHIS MINNIE, BILLIE HOLIDAY, SKIP JAMES, ROBERT JOHNSON, OTIS RUSH, KOKO TAYLOR, ARETHA FRANKLIN, JAMES BROWN.

3) About that situation you think that the blues is a present?
JANIVA:ABSOLUTE GIFT IN MY LIFE AND OF COURSE TO THE WORLD. THIS IS SUCH AN EXTRAORDINARY ART FORM I BELIEVE THIS IS THE MUSIC OF THE PEOPLE, AND IS A GREAT VEHICLE TO INSPIRE AND HELP US CARRY THRU DIFFICULT TIMES AND CELEBRATE GOOD TIMES AND CONNECT IN OUR SORROW AS WELL. ALL VERY HEALING.
4) You prefere rock or sound or blues/rock music??? BLUES OF COURSE.
5) Do you know something of the Spanic blues/rock? NOT VERY FAMILIAR I AM SORRY TO SAY.
6) Me mention 10 cds that you believe that they are indispensable in a music library that boasts of having good music?
AMAZING GRACE - ARETHA FRANKLIN
ROBERT JOHNSON - ROBERT JOHNSON
LIVE AT THE APOLLO THEATER - JAMES BROWN
IM A WOMAN - KOKO TAYLOR
CHAUFFER BLUES - MEMPHIS MINNIE
TWO STEPS FROM THE BLUES - BOBBY BLUE BLAND
DONT FREEZE UP ON ME - COMPILATION OF WOMEN'S BLUES
VIETNAM BLUES - JB LENOIR
BILLIE HOLIDAY - BILLIE HOLIDAY
ROCKS THE HOUSE - ETTA JAMES
7) Since you organize the concerts? I HAVE A BOOKING AGENCY HERE IN THE U.S. THAT HANDLES SCHEDULING ALL MY SHOWS - WORLDWIDE. INTREPID ARTISTS, INTERNATIONAL. WWW.INTREPIDARTISTS.COM
8) That you have next projects? RIGHT NOW FINNISHING THE NEXT CD RELEASE FOR ALLIGATOR RECORDS IN CHICAGO. THIS CD IS TITLED "THE DEVIL IS AN ANGEL TOO" AND WILL BE RELEASED ON APRIL 13, 2010. FINNISHING MIXES AS WE SPEAK WHICH IN PART IS WHY I AM SO LATE GETTING THIS INTERVIEW TO YOU!
9) You like does to say something to the people that this reading this one paginate web? THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING LIVE MUSIC AND THIS GREAT ART FORM KNOWN AS THE BLUES. I HOPE TO SEE YOU ALL WHEN I AM FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO RETURN TO YOUR BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY!
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