{"id":21287,"date":"2025-01-19T13:01:41","date_gmt":"2025-01-19T20:01:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/?p=21287"},"modified":"2025-01-19T22:26:22","modified_gmt":"2025-01-20T05:26:22","slug":"dan-navarro-janiva-magness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/2025\/01\/dan-navarro-janiva-magness\/","title":{"rendered":"DAN NAVARRO &#038; JANIVA MAGNESS"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-21288\" src=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/01-NavarroMagness_20Bill_Cover_1000x1000.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"660\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/01-NavarroMagness_20Bill_Cover_1000x1000.jpg 660w, https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/01-NavarroMagness_20Bill_Cover_1000x1000-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/01-NavarroMagness_20Bill_Cover_1000x1000-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/h3>\n<h3>LYRIC VIDEO PREMIERE &amp; WEB-EXCLUSIVE PREMIERE<\/h3>\n<h1>Musician: DAN NAVARRO &amp; JANIVA MAGNESS<\/h1>\n<h2>Song: \u201c$20 Bill\u201d by Tom Prasada-Rao<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5iQ8irM0icI?si=L8Tk8TH2QvJa9tfo\" width=\"660\" height=\"440\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS: SINGER-SONGWRITER DAN NAVARRO\u2019S COUNTER-CULTURE SUCCESS STORY FROM \u201cWE BELONG\u201d TO \u201c$20 BILL\u201d<\/h3>\n<p><strong><em>By Rodeo Marie Hanson<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Smoldering eyes unmistakably reflective of a weighty social consciousness burn; the drifter\u2019s intensity is worthy of a Molotov cocktail both shaken and stirred as he peers out from beyond tinted pince-nez. A Stygian thatch of hair and bristles hover precariously above an inviolable Elgin Marble-like frame draped in flannel and denim, immaculately completing the wanderer\u2019s dangerous and rebellious mien. Relinquishing his stoic facade momentarily, a smile dances across the stranger\u2019s face as he gently grasps his cithara before boarding a charabanc adorned with vivid letters arranged to resemble a multi-state license plate collage that reads: NOMAD DAN, Live Music Delivered.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_21289\" style=\"width: 670px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21289\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-21289\" src=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/016-LowNav-4-1991-by-Markus-Cuff.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"447\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/016-LowNav-4-1991-by-Markus-Cuff.jpg 660w, https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/016-LowNav-4-1991-by-Markus-Cuff-300x203.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-21289\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: Markus Cuff<\/p><\/div>\n<p>It\u2019s April 2021, approximately one year since the COVID-19 lockdown has confined people to their homes and their own devices, and the odometer on troubadour Dan Navarro\u2019s 18-foot camper van has aged 13,500 miles courtesy of ebony boulevards wrapped with solid double yellow ribbons\u2014a 66-day musical exodus spawning 41 performances. Navarro\u2019s \u201cNomad Dan\u201d tour is the perfect metaphor for someone who has played many roles flawlessly on the stage of life: songwriter, recording artist, singer, voice actor, producer and artist advocate. Like the Southwest winding desert road Kodachrome on his blog, Dan Navarro\u2019s career in the music industry defies the traditional chart, compass or map, relying instead upon instinct and a sense of direction guided by integrity, social justice and a voracious artistic appetite to create.<\/p>\n<p>August 2024, America is three months shy of a presidential election which may see the first woman take the Oval Office and the COVID-19 pandemic has dissipated into the deepest, darkest recesses of the nation\u2019s collective psyche, now existing only in an alternate sterile universe of online news coverage of the nightmare. Dan Navarro is in Chicago\u2014sirens blare intermittently in the background as he gets ready to leave for Barcelona, Spain to perform a series of shows on the Moana. Barna is an existential sanctuary for artists; Pablo Picasso studied there and may have envisioned Navarro\u2019s arrival over a century ago, leaving a message of egalitarianism with <em>The Old Guitarist<\/em> sojourning in the corridors of the gothic quarter of La Ciutat Vella. The expedition represents only a small portion of Navarro\u2019s bountiful live performance paten, which also includes serving on the Board of SAG-AFTRA.<\/p>\n<p>Sharing autobiographical vignettes, Navarro provides context while painting his experience with thought-provoking imagery worthy of Rembrandt\u2019s <em>Philosopher in Meditation<\/em> oil on canvas, which resides in an aureate frame at the Louvre. Navarro\u2019s vox might be best described as rich baritone brio, worthy of the heavens summoning musical muses; with slight nuances of vulnerability rising to the surface when engaging in dialogue about social inequities and the tale of George Floyd.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_21290\" style=\"width: 670px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21290\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-21290\" src=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/015-LowNav-3-1994-by-Maggie-Heydt.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"665\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/015-LowNav-3-1994-by-Maggie-Heydt.jpg 660w, https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/015-LowNav-3-1994-by-Maggie-Heydt-298x300.jpg 298w, https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/015-LowNav-3-1994-by-Maggie-Heydt-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-21290\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: Maggie Heydt<\/p><\/div>\n<h4>\u201cSOMEWHERE FAR AWAY\u201d \u2013 1950\u2019S CHILDHOOD IN CALEXICO, CALIFORNIA:<\/h4>\n<p>The Gregorian calendar of 1952 marked Dan Navarro\u2019s arrival. Dwight D. Eisenhower was Commander-in-Chief, as a conflict in Korea raged, gas-guzzling steel and chrome chariots begotten in Detroit, traversed altars of asphalt and sacrificial stone, and Curly Howard of The Three Stooges died. It was an epoch rife with repressed sexuality, leaving little room for any departure from black-and-white societal norms. As the decade transitioned from crawling to learning to walk, James Dean gave teenagers a voice via <em>Rebel Without a Cause<\/em>\u2014the old guard was changing, making room for the new and with it, a cultural cacophony was brewing on the horizon.<\/p>\n<p>Set against this backdrop, Navarro was raised in a household where creativity flowed freely and was encouraged. He was influenced by parents who, while not professional musicians themselves, fostered a nurturing environment. The patriarch of the family was a writer, who earned a living as a penman in publicity. Navarro\u2019s grandfather was a dramaturge in the Mexican-American community in the City of Angels, between The Great Depression and World War II\u2014an era in which the Land of Liberty transitioned from a national lament of Bing Crosby\u2019s \u201cBrother, Can You Spare a Dime?\u201d to Uncle Sam and Rosie the Riveter making impassioned pleas for young men to enlist in the military and young women to work at factories; elements of a unified domestic effort to achieve victory. While Blitzkrieg lit up the skies of Europe with flames of destruction in 1943, Zoot Suit Riots in Los Angeles burned with racial intolerance as American servicemen pounced on Latinos and Mexican Americans\u2014despoiling them of their finery, revealing naked shivering bodies and a deep chasm in the land of opportunity. Although Dan\u2019s grandfather left the world before his grandson was born, Navarro\u2019s take on social justice may have been informed by the socio-political landscape experienced by his forefather.<\/p>\n<p>Calexico, California, a small town sitting on the Mexican border was the setting for Navarro\u2019s youth. He blossomed in the middle of desert farmland, which may seem like a mirage, but this desert area had been replanned with irrigation water and like Navarro, ultimately flourished and became very fertile. Deciding to make a career of being a professional musician for someone whose parents were retail merchants may have been perceived as both ambitious and a million miles away from the security of more traditional chosen vocations and Navarro\u2019s hometown.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_21291\" style=\"width: 670px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21291\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-21291\" src=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/014-LowNav-2-1989-by-Mary-Petrie-Lowen.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"445\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/014-LowNav-2-1989-by-Mary-Petrie-Lowen.jpg 660w, https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/014-LowNav-2-1989-by-Mary-Petrie-Lowen-300x202.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-21291\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: Mary Petrie Lowen<\/p><\/div>\n<h4>\u201cLEARNING TO FALL\u201d \u2013 FROM MELODIC ASPIRATIONS AT UCLA TO LOWEN &amp; NAVARRO:<\/h4>\n<p>Materializing his dream of becoming a singer and songwriter required Navarro to leave his parochial childhood haven in favor of studying music at UCLA. There was no clear plan of action for his melodic aspirations but Navarro was intent on making it. Through the lens of a 30-year-old, Navarro looked at his life and thought maybe he was done with music because the margin between failures and successes was thin, and the small victories he enjoyed couldn\u2019t sustain him financially\u2014so he ventured into the world of advertising and reluctantly gave up music.<\/p>\n<p>A congregation of cumulonimbus clouds soon gave way to the advent of an aurora one day in 1983, and like words pressed with passionate indelibility onto pages of a novel, would foreshadow redemption and rebirth for the character of Dan Navarro complete with obligatory MacGuffin when singer-songwriter Eric Lowen called him. Lowen had previously been in a band with Navarro and asked him to write a song for no reason. Residing in a state of limbo, reflective of working a job for which he had no ardor but excelled, 31-year-old Navarro took Lowen up on the offer.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_21292\" style=\"width: 670px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21292\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-21292\" src=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/013-Dan-Navarro-5-by-Carol-M.-Highsmith.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"364\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/013-Dan-Navarro-5-by-Carol-M.-Highsmith.jpg 660w, https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/013-Dan-Navarro-5-by-Carol-M.-Highsmith-300x165.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-21292\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: Carol M. Highsmith<\/p><\/div>\n<h4>\u201cWE BELONG\u201d \u2013 REALIZING A DREAM OF PROFESSIONAL SONGWRITING IN 90 MINUTES:<\/h4>\n<p>At the time, Navarro and Lowen were embroiled in a feud, \u201cWe weren\u2019t speaking because he had pushed me out of this band we were in together and I figured that\u2019s the end of the line. So, I decided that I would suck up my resentment and go write a song with him for no reason. That song took 90 minutes to write and it was \u2018We Belong,\u2019 which a year later, due to his [Lowen\u2019s] efforts taking it to music publishers, was a big hit for Pat Benatar, and changed my life permanently at 32 years old. It was a big, big deal, and changed our lives.\u201d \u201cWe Belong\u201d was a different song for Pat Benatar, who had been doing rockers like \u201cHeartbreaker\u201d and \u201cShadows of the Night.\u201d It served as a prelude to songwriting duo Lowen &amp; Navarro\u2019s artistic accomplishments, setting into motion a type of mantra for Navarro\u2019s esse\u2014one of taking chances, having successes, having failures and trying things, guided by his love affair to be true to himself and never betray his art.<\/p>\n<p>Together Lowen &amp; Navarro also wrote \u201cHammerhead Shark\u201d which appears on David Lee Roth\u2019s <em>A Little Ain\u2019t Enough<\/em>, but the genesis of their creative union evolved with time.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-21293\" src=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/012-DanNavarro_HorizonLine_CoverFlat.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"571\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/012-DanNavarro_HorizonLine_CoverFlat.jpg 660w, https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/012-DanNavarro_HorizonLine_CoverFlat-300x260.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>\u201cCOLD OUTSIDE\u201d \u2013 AUTHENTICITY FOUND IN A CORNER BAR:<\/h4>\n<p>Professional songwriter was Navarro\u2019s cognomen from 1984 to 1988, \u201cI had a song written with another guy\u2014that Dave Edmunds recorded, another one that Dionne Warwick recorded, and we were working professional songwriters in the industry in my mid to late 30s.\u201d Lowen and Navarro also worked with The Bangles. In 1988, Navarro was tired of not performing. Lowen had been in a band with some other guys and Navarro began to spread his creative wings, seeking a vehicle to perform. Lowen suggested an acoustic duo far away from their Hollywood friends, keeping record companies in the dark about their new venture, which was rooted in the idea of just going out and having fun. The acoustic duo Lowen &amp; Navarro had been talking about for the last seven years finally clicked, \u201cWe were in a corner bar someplace and people started showing up. There was a certain energy to what we did that was authentic.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_21294\" style=\"width: 670px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21294\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-21294\" src=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/011-Dan-Navarro-8-by-Carl-Rubino.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"990\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/011-Dan-Navarro-8-by-Carl-Rubino.jpg 660w, https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/011-Dan-Navarro-8-by-Carl-Rubino-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-21294\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: Carl Rubino<\/p><\/div>\n<h4>\u201cWALKING ON A WIRE\u201d \u2013 LOWEN &amp; NAVARRO DUO GETS SIGNED AS THE DECADE OF DECADENCE ENDS:<\/h4>\n<p>Record companies started knocking on the Lowen &amp; Navarro door by the middle of 1989. \u201cMiss You Much\u201d by Janet Jackson and \u201cAnother Day in Paradise\u201d by Phil Collins, were snapshots of music flavor indulgences during the decade of decadence, and ruled The <em>Billboard<\/em> Hot 100 that year. Questions about the motivations of record companies circled in Navarro\u2019s mind, \u201cWhat are you doing here? I mean, don\u2019t you know who we are? Don\u2019t you know who we aren\u2019t? Don\u2019t you know how uncool we are? And somebody signed us. We made our first album (<em>Walking on a Wire<\/em>) at the end of 1989. I was 37, Eric was 38.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-21296\" src=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/010-Dan-Navarro-7-by-Carl-Rubino-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"990\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/010-Dan-Navarro-7-by-Carl-Rubino-2.jpg 660w, https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/010-Dan-Navarro-7-by-Carl-Rubino-2-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>\u201cCOMPASS POINT\u201d \u2013 RADIO AIRPLAY, SELLING OUT VENUES &amp; MERCURY:<\/h4>\n<p>Released in the middle of 1990 by Chameleon Records, <em>Walking on a Wire<\/em> marked the start of a new adventure for the duo. Dan Navarro\u2019s first cousin Dave Navarro (Jane\u2019s Addiction &amp; Red Hot Chili Peppers) contributed guitar on <em>Walking on a Wire<\/em> and Lowen &amp; Navarro\u2019s <em>Broken Moon<\/em>. There\u2019s a 15-year age difference between Dan and Dave. They grew up in different eras and didn\u2019t grow up together, resulting in a pursuit of different genres. Reflecting on Jane\u2019s Addiction\u2019s first shows, Navarro observed, \u201cAlthough this was hard rock compared to my folky stuff, I heard what was going on\u2014these guys are brilliant! This is not empty hair metal. This is deep.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pushing the proverbial boulder up a mountain to realize the next stage of Lowen &amp; Navarro\u2019s dream included: Chameleon\u2019s promo rep penetrating radio\u2019s Hadrian Wall-like fortified defense against new and unknown artists\u2019 airplay policy and touring unceasingly. Ultimately, the duo found an aperture leading to 50 stations nationwide and selling out 400 to 500-seat venues; Washington, D.C. was one of their biggest markets.<\/p>\n<p>Lowen &amp; Navarro went on to sign with major label Mercury Records in 1993. After doing a couple of albums for Mercury, Lowen &amp; Navarro found themselves in their late 30s moving into their early 40s, capturing what had eluded both of them for so many years, but it started running out of steam, and they made a shift into the folk music community, \u201cWe didn\u2019t change our music. We just aimed it at a different community. The sincerity of the music made it click.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_21297\" style=\"width: 670px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21297\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-21297\" src=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/09-Dan-Navarro-3-by-Jeff-Fasano.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/09-Dan-Navarro-3-by-Jeff-Fasano.jpg 660w, https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/09-Dan-Navarro-3-by-Jeff-Fasano-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-21297\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: Jeff Fasano<\/p><\/div>\n<h4>\u201cWHEN THE LIGHTS GO DOWN\u201d \u2013 ERIC LOWEN\u2019S BATTLE WITH ALS:<\/h4>\n<p>Finding their audience and continuing to gain steady momentum, Lowen &amp; Navarro discovered the bliss they worked so diligently to bring to fruition would be short-lived. Eric Lowen was diagnosed with ALS in 2004, but despite his physical body betraying him, was able to tour for nearly five years. Gratitude and living life with a sense of joy and purpose rather than affliction were Lowen &amp; Navarro\u2019s attitude following the diagnosis. In 2012, David Eric Lowen yielded to his battle with ALS. <em>Keep the Light Alive: Celebrating the Music of Lowen &amp; Navarro<\/em>, a tribute album was released in 2009, five years after Eric\u2019s diagnosis of the disease and the same year Lowen &amp; Navarro performed their last show.<\/p>\n<p>Music executive, journalist, talent manager and broadcaster Mike Gormley had been Lowen &amp; Navarro\u2019s manager from 1993 to 2004. When Eric was diagnosed with ALS, some changes were made and Gormley was let go but he and Navarro remained friends. Gormley became involved as the producer for <em>Keep the Light Alive: Celebrating the Music of Lowen &amp; Navarro<\/em>, which was spearheaded by Kevin McCormick, who was at the time the bass player with Jackson Browne.<\/p>\n<p>Navarro recounts the lineage of attaching artists to the project, \u201cKeb\u2019 Mo\u2019s first tour was opening for Lowen &amp; Navarro. John Ondrasik of Five for Fighting, his wife, had been our publisher and we knew Jackson (Browne) from around\u2014Jackson\u2019s brother, Severin, one of my closest friends. So we approached people with whom we had a connection, rather than strangers, and everybody responded.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_21298\" style=\"width: 670px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21298\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-21298\" src=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/08-Dan-and-Janiva-2-by-Janiva-Magness.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"751\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/08-Dan-and-Janiva-2-by-Janiva-Magness.jpg 660w, https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/08-Dan-and-Janiva-2-by-Janiva-Magness-264x300.jpg 264w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-21298\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: Janiva Magness<\/p><\/div>\n<h4>\u201cCROSSING OVER\u201d \u2013 ROLE AS PRODUCER ON JESSE LYNN MADERA\u2019S<em> SPEED OF SOUND<\/em>:<\/h4>\n<p>Defying borders and rigid roles that sometimes encumber artists like shackles, Navarro doesn\u2019t reinvent who he is but adds impressive credits to an already stellar resume. He debuted as a co-producer on Jesse Lynn Madera\u2019s <em>Speed of Sound<\/em>, co-writing and singing on the duet \u201cLast Call.\u201d Defining the role of producer and how he maintains objectivity, Navarro elaborates, \u201cMy role with Jesse was to be a sort of barometer of authenticity and soulfulness. We worked with my producer Jim Scott (Tom Petty, The Chicks, Foo Fighters) who I knew would make the record sound incredible. Jim has great instincts too, but I think she (Jesse Lynn) wanted my creative filter to kind of look at what we\u2019re doing and say, well, what if we did this? I selected the musicians who played on the record, which were not different with every song, but we would do blocks of songs. The production on that started with me producing one song, \u2018Unchained.\u2019 And from there she goes, well I like this, let\u2019s do more. I discovered an artist of rare insight and serious gift, and she wanted my filter, if you will. She wanted to create her record through my lens. The three of us, Jesse Lynn, Jim and I became a creative triumvirate that just made sure that it sounded good. It felt good. It sounded authentic, and it was moving.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_21299\" style=\"width: 670px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21299\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-21299\" src=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/07-LowNav-1-2004-by-Jay-Blakesberg.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"466\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/07-LowNav-1-2004-by-Jay-Blakesberg.jpg 660w, https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/07-LowNav-1-2004-by-Jay-Blakesberg-300x212.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-21299\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: Jay Blakesberg<\/p><\/div>\n<h4>\u201cA PLACE WHERE I BELONG\u201d \u2013 ARTIST ADVOCATE, SERVING ON SAG-AFTRA:<\/h4>\n<p>Navarro is the embodiment of Paul Scofield\u2019s cinematic portrayal of Saint Thomas More in the 1966 film <em>A Man for All Seasons<\/em>. Much like More, who refused to sign a letter asking Pope Clement VII to annul Henry VIII of England\u2019s marriage to Catherine of Aragon; Navarro has unwavering principles that are not for sale at any price. In his spare time, he serves on the Board of SAG-AFTRA and on the Board of the Artist Rights Alliance. He is an advocate for artists confronting a dangerous trend that creators shouldn\u2019t be compensated for their work in a digital world.<\/p>\n<p>Navarro has probably accumulated 95 years of board service over the last 23 years, including multiple boards at once for the Recording Academy and Folk Alliance. Channeling Jimmy Stewart in <em>Mr. Smith Goes to Washington<\/em>, Navarro has testified before the House Judiciary and Senate Judiciary, with the whole purpose being to protect the livelihoods of creative people.<\/p>\n<p>Surveying an economic landscape for artists in the 21st century along the jagged edge of an AI precipice, Navarro points to inconsistencies and hypocrisy while underscoring the importance of fair compensation not just for creators but for society, \u201cThe digital computer tech community is prone to looking at copyright as inconvenient because they can\u2019t do what they want to do unless, of course, it\u2019s a copyright on their software. They think that they should be able to use music any way they want, without compensating or undercompensating the creative people. But to me, if creative people are not fairly compensated, the ability to make a living doing art, making music, being an actor, being a singer, being a writer, a photographer or a fine artist\u2014that goes away. Superstars will make incredible incomes but without the middle class, there is no great art. Art doesn\u2019t proliferate, art doesn\u2019t improve, and that means that the public will not be moved and fed by those works. If art is simply mediocre, created by machines or committees, or dumbed down, the ability for a public to be inspired and motivated and spurred on and encouraged by art\u2014goes away. So I continue to fight to have artists of various types fairly and adequately paid. No one\u2019s talking about getting rich. That\u2019s an anomaly, and when it happens, it\u2019s great. What I\u2019m talking about is to be able to maintain livable wages, sustainable lifestyles\u2014so you can raise families, own a home, live a modern life as an artist. So that\u2019s where I put in that time, and I\u2019ll keep doing it until I run out of energy.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_21300\" style=\"width: 670px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21300\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-21300\" src=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/06-Dan-Navarro-6-by-Deone-Jahnke.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"475\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/06-Dan-Navarro-6-by-Deone-Jahnke.jpg 660w, https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/06-Dan-Navarro-6-by-Deone-Jahnke-300x216.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-21300\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: Deone Jahnke<\/p><\/div>\n<h4>\u201cBROTHERS IN ARMS\u201d \u2013 DAN NAVARRO\u2019S RELATIONSHIP WITH VETERAN FOLK ARTIST TOM PRASADA-RAO:<\/h4>\n<p>Veteran folk artist Tom Prasada-Rao and Navarro were brothers in arms. Prasada-Rao was a towering presence both physically and creatively. Orbiting java joints and folk festivals while donning a kurta, a wardrobe choice homage to his Indian ancestry, Prasada-Rao was a prolific visionary whose well-constructed songs and vocal style that relied upon eliciting elements of humanity over bombast, resulted in a loyal audience that continued to grow exponentially. Navarro reminisces, \u201cI want to say around 1999, Tom Prasada-Rao opened for us at the Birchmere in Alexandria, Virginia, which was I think, 500 seats in those days. Let\u2019s say it still is now, and we would sell it out every time. He [Prasada-Rao] opened for us and dang if he didn\u2019t sell 100 CDs that night, and we made friends. He was a lovely person. He was a mainstay and beloved in our community. We became great friends.\u201d<\/p>\n<h4>\u201c$20 BILL\u201d \u2013 GEORGE FLOYD\u2019S MURDER IMMORTALIZED BY TOM PRASADA-RAO\u2019S COMPANION PIECE TO BILLIE HOLIDAY\u2019S \u201cSTRANGE FRUIT\u201d:<\/h4>\n<p>May 25, 2020, The City of Lakes wept following the murder of George Perry Floyd Jr. by police officer Derek Chauvin. Mourning and grief turned to anger and then rage hours later when a crescendo calling for social justice could no longer be contained by a levee built upon apathy and duplicity. Protests and civil unrest broke out in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and then nationally\u2014temporarily cauterizing the wounds caused by inequities faced by people of color in America\u2019s criminal justice system.<\/p>\n<p>Eerie and ominous foreshadowing of Floyd\u2019s fate is impossible to ignore; coffin nails are slang for cigarettes, Cup the grocery\u2019s name is a play on the word cop, and blue is synonymous with the police, distress caused when one is unable to breathe, and freedom. George Floyd\u2019s encounter with authorities erupted over something frivolous, a counterfeit $20 bill to pay for a pack of cigarettes at Cup Foods. Believing Floyd\u2019s paper note to be spurious because of its blue pigmentation, a teenage clerk at the bodega called 911, and the police like Roman centurions before them were dispatched to the scene to investigate the alleged crime. Pressing his knee into Floyd\u2019s neck for 9 minutes and 29 seconds, Chauvin\u2019s warped genuflect agglutinated Floyd\u2019s iron-shackled anatomy with an unfriendly and inhospitable pavement; the sanguine fluid of life dripping from his nose, a kind of carnal graffiti and urban sacrament of baptism and final rites. A macabre carnival scene of a Federico Fellini diegesis materialized with a cast of onlookers and main character Floyd\u2019s repeated dying utterance, \u201cI can\u2019t breathe\u201d filling the empty air of inhumanity.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_21301\" style=\"width: 670px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21301\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-21301\" src=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/05-Dan-Navarro-4-by-Carol-M.-Highsmith.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"714\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/05-Dan-Navarro-4-by-Carol-M.-Highsmith.jpg 660w, https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/05-Dan-Navarro-4-by-Carol-M.-Highsmith-277x300.jpg 277w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-21301\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: Carol M. Highsmith<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Cerise, cerulean, sepia and sable are colors symbolic of George Floyd\u2019s tale, and the complex intricacies of race relations in America. Made of red and blue synthetic fibers, the $20 bill which features Andrew Jackson\u2019s likeness is a testament to the nation\u2019s history of duality. \u201cOld Hickory\u201d was a lawyer and national hero. Presidential protector of the proletariat, Jackson took on the Second Bank of the United States and conversely was a pugilist who killed a man in a duel and owned slaves.<\/p>\n<p>Prasada-Rao shared his perspicacity about compatriot Floyd\u2019s slaughter in an online video. Describing himself as an immigrant of color (Prasada-Rao was born in Ethiopia and raised in Takoma Park, Maryland), he revealed his law enforcement encounters with auteur-worthy accuracy. Initiated with a revolver being pulled out by police during his first traffic stop after getting his driver\u2019s license, finding out the hard way to keep his hands on the wheel and not reaching for the glovebox, pulled over on the New Jersey Turnpike for driving too slow, and being plucked off an airplane by the FBI and the National Guard for flying while looking like a foreigner\u2014cerebral cinematic snapshots of his painful memories. Calling to mind multitudinous appellations of people of color killed by the police, Prasada-Rao thanked God that to date he had not become a statistic.<\/p>\n<p>Fighting cancer for several years and going through chemotherapy at the time, Prasada-Rao was confined to sedentary activities because he was too bilious to do anything physically exerting. Bound to a chair, Prasada-Rao became acquainted with Floyd through scintillating images of television news coverage; people of all different shapes, sizes and colors marching together in mourning, in celebration, in defiance\u2014finally saying they have had enough. Cogitating about George Floyd, and the widely circulated picture of Floyd\u2019s daughter on his shoulder, simultaneously inspired Prasada-Rao and broke his heart because this child lost her father over something so insignificant. Although he wasn\u2019t feeling up to writing, Prasada-Rao relented when the lyrics forced their way out of him, and within an hour the song \u201c$20 Bill\u201d was born. It explores thematic elements of social justice within the context of George Floyd\u2019s murder and is profuse with Christ-like metaphors: communion, breaking of bread, wine, blood and Calvary Hill\u2014culminating in one flawed human life\u2019s journey on the road to redemption.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_21302\" style=\"width: 670px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21302\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-21302\" src=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/04-Jim-Scott-JM-DN-Paul-Figueroa-by-Amy-Ryerson.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/04-Jim-Scott-JM-DN-Paul-Figueroa-by-Amy-Ryerson.jpg 660w, https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/04-Jim-Scott-JM-DN-Paul-Figueroa-by-Amy-Ryerson-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-21302\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jim Scott JM DN Paul Figueroa by Amy Ryerson<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Nearing the end of his chemotherapy while the George Floyd protests in Minneapolis were fulminating in real time, Prasada-Rao uploaded an impromptu video performance of the folk ballad, \u201c$20 Bill\u201d to YouTube and Facebook. The video elucidates aspects of his personality and work ethic. In an apologetic sotto voce, Prasada-Rao confesses that he\u2019s not really in good form these days, so it\u2019s hard for him to sing or play properly, or do anything properly. The balladeer however defies the laws of gravity and mortality as soon as the song begins, his voice soaring to welkin, a male songbird on a spiritual journey to deliver a message, he will not be denied due to the soul\u2019s bondage of the flesh-cancer be damned.<\/p>\n<p>Prasada-Rao\u2019s physical state of repose coincided with Juneteenth 2024. \u201c$20 Bill\u201d is Prasada-Rao\u2019s legacy, a contemporary companion piece to Billie Holiday\u2019s \u201cStrange Fruit.\u201d 150 artists recorded their own renditions of Prasada-Rao\u2019s song, showcasing its significant impact and resonance within the music community.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_21303\" style=\"width: 670px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21303\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-21303\" src=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/03-Dan-and-Janiva-1-by-Amy-Ryerson.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"660\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/03-Dan-and-Janiva-1-by-Amy-Ryerson.jpg 660w, https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/03-Dan-and-Janiva-1-by-Amy-Ryerson-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/03-Dan-and-Janiva-1-by-Amy-Ryerson-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-21303\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dan and Janiva by Amy Ryerson<\/p><\/div>\n<h4>\u201cGHOSTS\u201d \u2013 NAVARRO COVERS TOM PRASADA-RAO\u2019S \u2018SONG OF A LIFETIME\u2019:<\/h4>\n<p>Discovering \u201c$20 Bill\u201d just four days after Prasada-Rao had written it, Navarro quickly learned the number and began performing it during his nightly streams throughout the COVID-19 lockdown in 2020\u2014eventually recording his own rendition and uploading it to YouTube. Navarro told Prasada-Rao shortly before he passed away, \u201c$20 Bill\u201d is the song of a lifetime because it totally encapsulates what the movement for the dignity of human life is about.<\/p>\n<p>Spurred on by Prasada-Rao\u2019s passing, a motivation to honor his memory, and the belief that \u201c$20 Bill\u201d is as good as quintessential protest songs and songs of social justice: \u201cWe Shall Overcome,\u201d \u201cBlowin\u2019 in the Wind,\u201d \u201cThe Times They Are A-Changin\u2019,\u201d \u201cIf I Had a Hammer,\u201d or \u201cWhere Have All the Flowers Gone?\u201d Navarro and Janiva Magness (a contemporary blues GRAMMY-nominated artist and close friend of Navarro) decided to record a version of it for a proper release, and Navarro\u2019s cover is being considered for a Harry Belafonte Best Song for Social Change Award GRAMMY.<\/p>\n<p>Illuminating the vibe of the recording session for the track, Navarro offers a behind-the-scenes perspective, \u201cWe went in a single day, cut it with Jim Scott. The players were people who had played either on my albums or Jesse Lynn\u2019s recent album. They\u2019re dear friends, all of them. There was an undercurrent of love and soul in the session, and we went start to finish in a single day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With a ruminative timbre, Navarro philosophizes about George Floyd\u2019s murder and the scales of justice in America, \u201cDid George Floyd break the law\u2014maybe. Was he not easy to subdue? Maybe. Does that warrant what happened? In my opinion, no.\u201d He expounds on disparities present in the judicial process, \u201cYou know, justice in this country, I think we like to believe is for all. It hasn\u2019t been the case. It\u2019s survival of the richest when you have the means to mount legal challenges, to utilize the system in your favor and it\u2019s the less fortunate, the less affluent, and sometimes\u2014I mean, I\u2019m not prepared to say all the time, but certainly, sometimes it falls along ethnic lines and it\u2019s a difficult legacy to escape. This is simply what I\u2019ve seen to be the truth, and there are a lot of people who think that it\u2019s anti-American to think those terms. I\u2019m grateful and lucky to be born in this country where I can say what I please. But there are people who have been victimized or who have been unfairly treated or just simply dealt with in a cursory manner because of their economic status, because of the color of their skin, or because of the relative lack of power and access to influence they have.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_21304\" style=\"width: 670px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21304\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-21304\" src=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/02-Dan-Navarro-2-by-Jeff-Fasano.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/02-Dan-Navarro-2-by-Jeff-Fasano.jpg 660w, https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/02-Dan-Navarro-2-by-Jeff-Fasano-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-21304\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dan Navarro by Jeff Fasano<\/p><\/div>\n<h4>\u201cTEACHER, TEACHER\u201d \u2013 NAVARRO SCHOOLS THE NEXT MUSIC GENERATION:<\/h4>\n<p>Dan Navarro\u2019s resume is like a ship that has visited many ports of call, its captain refusing to be controlled by the limitations of a cartographer who has never sailed vast oceans. Voicing characters on the animated television series <em>Family Guy and American Dad<\/em>, singing in the feature film <em>Encanto<\/em>, and having his music placed in movies like <em>Deadpool 2<\/em> and <em>Talladega Nights<\/em>, commercial mainstream accomplishments that cut across different mediums have not corrupted Navarro\u2019s counter-culture independent virtues, which remain intact defiantly against the odds. <em>Drive, He Said,<\/em> Jack Nicholson\u2019s 1971 feature film directorial debut based on Jeremy Larner\u2019s novel of the same title is referenced on Navarro\u2019s blog, offering a glimpse of his rebellious spirit. Turbulent transitions teens undergo from college to young adulthood, the Vietnam War draft, free love and fringe culture form the kaleidoscope against which the story\u2019s plot unfolds. The Motion Picture Association of America tried unsuccessfully to stamp the celluloid adaptation with an X rating because of its full-frontal male nudity\u2014a stark contrast to MGM\u2019s 1952 Technicolor G-rated musical <em>Singin\u2019 in the Rain<\/em> starring Gene Kelly and Debbie Reynolds.<\/p>\n<p>Sharing the importance of music education in public schools, and offering his advice for a young person who wants to pursue a career in the music business, Navarro says, \u201cMusic education in schools turns out next great citizens who can work with others, who can follow a leader, who can tell a story, who can dig deep and create something that moves other people. It\u2019s overlooked oftentimes as being a luxury and it\u2019s really not to me\u2014it\u2019s as essential as food and shelter and clothing. But as far as advice to young creatives\u2014don\u2019t quit. There are only three elements to success: talent, persistence and luck. The least important is talent, the most important is persistence\u2014because that creates luck and the whole idea is you miss 100% of the shots you don\u2019t take\u2014so keep going. Giving up is the only failure there is\u2014so keep going. We don\u2019t learn from successes, we learn from our mistakes\u2014so embrace them, love them, learn from them\u2014and don\u2019t stop.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dannavarro.com\/\">https:\/\/dannavarro.com\/<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.Facebook.com\/dannavarromusic\">https:\/\/www.Facebook.com\/dannavarromusic<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/dannavarromusic\/\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/dannavarromusic\/<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/dannavarro\">https:\/\/x.com\/dannavarro<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.janivamagness.com\/\">https:\/\/www.janivamagness.com\/<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/janivamagness\/\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/janivamagness\/<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/TheJanivamagness\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/TheJanivamagness<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/janivamagness\">https:\/\/x.com\/janivamagness<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/music.apple.com\/us\/artist\/janiva-magness\/80582763\">https:\/\/music.apple.com\/us\/artist\/janiva-magness\/80582763<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LYRIC VIDEO PREMIERE &amp; WEB-EXCLUSIVE PREMIERE Musician: DAN NAVARRO &amp; JANIVA MAGNESS Song: \u201c$20 Bill\u201d by Tom Prasada-Rao A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS: SINGER-SONGWRITER DAN NAVARRO\u2019S COUNTER-CULTURE SUCCESS STORY FROM \u201cWE BELONG\u201d TO \u201c$20 BILL\u201d By Rodeo Marie Hanson Smoldering eyes unmistakably reflective of a weighty social consciousness burn; the drifter\u2019s intensity is worthy of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21306,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7725],"tags":[12347,15038,15036,15037,15039,15040,8651,15041,15042,15043,8500,9186,3676,15044,15045,15046,15047,15048,15049,12352,730,15050,15051,15052,4857,15053,15054,9540,15055,15056,15057,8511,15058,15059,3627,1633,15060,12134,15061,1008,15062,15063,15064,15065,15066,15067,15068,1625,4810,2625,11033,15069,15070,15071,3809,8695,15072,15073,4974,15074,15075,15076,403,15077,15078,6566,15079,15080,15081,15082,15083,15084,15085,15086,11447,15087,2323,15088,13270,4557,15089,15090,15091,15092,15093,15094,15095,15096,15097,15098,15099,15100,2692,15101,12427,15102,15103,1609,7730,15104,7930,15105,15106,15107,15108,15109],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21287"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21287"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21287\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21309,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21287\/revisions\/21309"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21306"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21287"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21287"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}