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Award-winning artist and vocalist Janiva Magness
underwent successful surgery on Thursday, December 13 to repair damage
to discs in her neck. Magness will be off the road for four to six weeks
while she recovers, but will be back with a full touring schedule in
early 2013. According to Magness, “I am feeling much better now (post
surgery) and looking forward to sharing performances with friends and
fans. It seems 2013 is going to be a very successful and exciting
year!”
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Just last week, Magness was honored with five Blues Music Award
nominations, including the coveted B.B. King Entertainer Of The Year
Award, a distinction Magness has won once before. She is the only female
blues artist to receive this award other than blues legend Koko Taylor.
Magness was also nominated for Contemporary Blues Female Artist Of The
Year, Album Of The Year and Contemporary Blues Album Of The Year for her
2012 Alligator CD, Stronger For It. In
addition, Magness, for the first time in her career, was recognized for
songwriting, with her composition (co-written with Dave Darling) I Won’t Cry,
getting the nomination for Song Of The Year. The 34th Annual Blues
Music Awards will be presented by The Blues Foundation in Memphis on May
9, 2013 at the Cook Convention Center.