Multiple BMA winner, vocalist, songwriter, and song interpreter Janiva Magness has delivered her first comprehensive live album, 18 albums into her storied career, with Truth in the Room: The Clearmountain Sessions. The fact that she uses “Sessions” in the title suggests this is not your typical live date. You could call Magness a perfectionist. She wanted to be sure that she had the consummate engineer by calling on the legendary Bob Clearmountain. She recorded at Berkeley Street Studios (formerly Apogee Studios) to an intimate gathering of 150 invited friends and music industry guests. So, every possible element was in her favor. The terms had to be right. That being said, the album still has plenty of energy and emotional weight. Magness would…
