A cd with careful, very nice solid arrangements that will captivate listeners, thanks to a perfect good final production In this new work Janiva Magness sounds warm, aggressive and sometimes wild Stronger For It was recorded for Alligator Records Janiva shows herself as a tenacious mature and happy woman, gifted with a great determination, a singer who has very clear ideas, knows where she is going and what she wants to get After a difficult life, Janiva finally imposes her own personality with an album full of soul, blues, a little bit of gospel and rhythm and blues, with a deep artistic feeling and a first quality level, backed as usually by some musicians who know how to enhance a cd, that includes twelve songs written by different people, together with some Janiva’s own ones, plus some others coming from Ike Turner and Tom Waits among others Janiva has nothing to prove, because her experience, reputation and recognition is well known and appreciated by fans around the world Not in vain she has been nominated several times for the Blues Music Awards, winning four of them in the ‘Entertainer Of The Year’ and ‘Contemporary Blues Female Artist Of The Year’ categories Can we ask for more?