Oct 28th, 2008 · California-based blues singer Janiva Magness grew up in Detroit, where she was influenced by the classic sounds of Motown, as well as by the country and blues recordings in her father's collection. Magness performs music from her latest album, What Love Will Do, during her recent appearance on Mountain Stage.
Jul 12th, 2008 · On the streets by age 16, Magness had experienced more sadness than most do in a lifetime. But after a memorable Otis Rush concert, and seven of her own albums, she's emerged on the other side of 50 as a powerful R&B singer.
Jun 24th, 2008 · Celine Dion has won Grammys, and her songs have topped the charts. Now, she takes another prize: the title "worst cover song ever." Readers of a British guitar magazine picked her rendition of the AC/DC track, "You Shook Me All Night Long."
Sep 17th, 2004 · A new magazine for the hip hop fashionista just made its debut. NPR's Tony Cox talks to the editor in chief of the new publication Suede.
Aug 15th, 2004 · Time Inc. is launching a new, inexpensive magazine it says is aimed at "real women." The monthly, called All You, features recipes, inexpensive fashion in plus sizes, and inspirational stories. But it's only being sold at Wal-Mart stores. NPR's Susan Stone reports.