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 ...
If you’re not familiar with the Bloody Sunday Sessions, now is a good time to acquaint yourself. The video series finds numerous artists–locals and out-of-towners alike–performing in the back of an ...
NPR's David Folkenflik talks to blues musician Taj Mahal about his new album, "Time." ...
As legend has it, Duane Allman learned to play slide on a Coricidin pill bottle to Taj Mahal’s version of “Statesboro Blues” while sick in bed. This past Saturday night, Taj Mahal sat in with the ...
With a forty-year track record of recording the blues, Taj Mahal has earned the label of maestro. Now, he celebrates four decades with an album that uses that word as its theme. Born Henry St. Clair ...
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 has shared “Wild About My Lovin’,” the second single from his forthcoming studio album, Time. Set to release on May 1 via his own Resonatin’ Records imprint with Thirty Tigers, the legendary ...
As Keb’ Mo’ has moved into his third decade as a recording and touring artist, he has realized that old adage applies to what he wants to do in his live shows. That idea of stripping things back is ...
Mahal also has a new compilation hitting digital store shelves on Aug. 21, "The Hidden Treasures of Taj Mahal 1969-1973," a two-disc collection of previously unreleased material that includes a full ...
Now, with three Grammys, 14 Grammy nominations, induction into the Blues Foundation Hall of Fame, and a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Americana Music Association, he’s turning back the clock to ...
Maestro is the perfect title for this Taj Mahal album. No matter who the star cameo is on a given track—and there is a famous name on almost every one—it's quite clear that the source of direction ...