#Dita polymath series

#Dita polymath series

The confidence earned through her work and the recognition shows more than ever in вЂњLove Is an Army,вЂќ her 14th album proving a breakthrough to new levels for her as a writer and singer in a series of songs about speaking up, persevering and finding your strengths, even while fighting off heartbreak. King Award as Entertainer of the Year, becoming only the second woman to win that, Koko Taylor being the first. It took a long time, but the work paid off and recognition came, not just the Grammy nomination but seven Blues Music Awards from the Blues Foundation, including 2009вЂ™s B.B. Her parents both committed suicide when she was young and she was raised in a series of foster homes, before taking to the tough road of trying to build a life as a blues singer. But more to the point, itвЂ™s what keeps her fighting.ДЄ long-time Los Angeleno, the Detroit-born Magness has been fighting her whole life. Her last album, for which she had a 2016 Grammy nomination for contemporary blues album, was titled вЂњLove Wins Again.вЂќ Now, after a 2017 EP to recharge her batteries by plumbing the depths of some classic blues standards, she returns with вЂњLove Is an Army.вЂќ Love, it seems, is a fight for her. There's a theme running through Janiva MagnessвЂ™ recent work. But this expanded EP is his point-guard moment, a chance to make a name for himself, the homemade release recently picked up by national indie label Secretly Canadian. A protege of Quincy Jones, heвЂ™s collaborated with Vulfpeck, Nikka Costa and many others, and toured with Lake Street Dive. The sensual balladry of Marvin Gaye and the Spinners comes to mind, the former particularly on the slinky вЂњRunning Away.вЂќ Dosik may have come of age in the Kobe Bryant era, and the song вЂњCompetitive StreakвЂќ includes sly references to his formative heroes Magic Johnson and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, but his musical tastes clearly run to the time Wilt Chamberlain and Jerry West were winding up their careers in the early вЂ70s.