Taj Mahal performing “The Blues is Alright” Sept. 5 in Lowell, Mass. Taj Mahal sheds sunshine on the blues in more ways than one. He can pare the music down to its cotton-pickin’ essence as a field ...

Over the course of his fifty-plus years of active musicology, Taj Mahal has explored all manner of roots music, but he always returns to his main influences in the blues. His delving into reggae and ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... You might say Bonnie Raitt and Taj Mahal were destined to meet, become friends and collaborate. Sure, the two modern blues/folk musicians have had wildly ...

An internationally recognized blues musician about to headline the Canton Blues Festival, Taj Mahal prefers to not be pigeonholed. We’ll let him explain. “I refuse to allow myself to be narrowcast and ...

But Mahal got a solo record deal and his first four albums -- "Taj Mahal" (1967), "The Natch'l Blues" (1968) and 1969's "Giant Step" and "De Ole Folks at Home" -- mixed his originals with updated, ...

Taj Mahal, the blues legend whose vibrant, worldly music encompassed African-rooted sounds of all kinds, will be inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame. Mahal, whose real name is Henry St. Clair ...

It’s been a long time so it’s hard to remember exactly, but some time in the winter of 1970-71, Taj Mahal played the Houston Music Hall. Between 1968 and 1971, he had put out five albums and become a ...

Legendary blues performer and marlin fishing enthusiast Taj Mahal will take a break from his international tour with Keb Mo in support of their top Billboard Blues Chart CD TajMo to do some offshore ...

NEW YORK — Taj Mahal, the blues legend whose vibrant, worldly music encompassed African-rooted sounds of all kinds, will be inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame. Mahal, whose real name is Henry St.

The post Taj Mahal on Grammy Noms, Generational Blues, and Swingin’ Live in Tulsa: Podcast appeared first on Consequence. Mahal’s signature style — deeply informed by blues, jazz, folk, and world ...

Taj Mahal, the blues legend whose vibrant, worldly music encompassed African-rooted sounds of all kinds, will be inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame. By The Associated Press NEW YORK — Taj Mahal, the ...