Mahal says the future of the blues depends on remembering its origins, from the Mississippi Delta to "the mother continent," ...

Taj Mahal has won five Grammys, one as recent as last year, along with a lifetime achievement award from the Recording ...

Legendary blues musician Taj Mahal has a simple message about the wide range of music in his repertoire. “Jazz will give you ...

Soulful musical polymath Taj Mahal and guitar god Ry Cooder go way back. In the mid-60s, they played in Los Angeles band the Rising Sons, one of the country’s first integrated bands fusing rock and ...

Taj Mahal’s new album, “Time,” marks the first with his celebrated Phantom Blues Band since 2008. But the genre-exploring ...

Stony Plain Records today announces the release of roots music legend Taj Mahal's ground-breaking new album Savoy, on April 28. 2023. Taj Mahal can rightfully be called a living legend for his ...

AKRON, Ohio — When singer/ songwriter/ guitarist/ musicologist Taj Mahal brings his trio, more than four decades of his music plus a vast knowledge and appreciation of American and global roots music ...

Two of last year’s best recordings were the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band’s “Will the Circle Be Unbroken, Vol. 3,” and “Red Hot + Riot,” a tribute to the music and spirit of the late Afro-pop pioneer Fela ...

Blues icon and world music pioneer Taj Mahal will be headlining the Chicago Blues Festival this June. Taj Mahal and the Phantom Blues Band will perform the night of Sunday, June 7, at 7 p.m. at the ...

Blues titan Henry St. Claire Fredericks Jr., known by his stage name Taj Mahal, will play everything from banjo and ukulele to keyboards and guitar at his June 3 performance at The Refinery Charleston ...

Composer, multi-instrumentalist and vocalist Taj Mahal is one of the most prominent and influential figures in late 20th century blues and roots music. Though his career began more than four decades ...

Taj Mahal was not yet a blues legend when the Rolling Stones first heard him live in the mid-1960s at the Whiskey A Go Go in Los Angeles. But they immediately became avid fans of his no-nonsense ...