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 ...

ASPEN ” In one of his oldest and best-known songs, Taj Mahal opens a classic statement of the blues: “I had the blues so bad one time it put my face in a permanent frown.” In the next line, however, ...

Springfield's Taj Mahal has earned five nominations from the Blues Foundation for Blues Music Awards, the genre's annual ceremony that celebrates the blues. Mahal has been nominated for Best Acoustic ...

It's called the blues, but Taj Mahal and Keb' Mo' are feeling nothing but joy. The two musicians have been writing and performing music a long time, but never together -- until now. Jeffrey Brown sits ...

The blues genre was alive and well at the Santa Barbara Bowl on a sultry September Saturday night. A double bill of blues innovators Bonnie Raitt and Taj Mahal nearly filled the house. A mostly mature ...

It was a TajMo kind of night, as music veterans Taj Mahal and Keb’ Mo' were the big winners at the 39th annual Blues Music Awards. The awards — presented by the Memphis-based Blues Foundation — were ...

TajMo. Just the word itself sounds cool, but what it stands for is even more exquisite. Grammy winners Taj Mahal and Keb’ Mo’ will perform together at the Gaillard on Sunday. The “blues titans” 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, often ...

There is an African proverb that says "If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together." The intimacy and the dynamics of the duet setting have long appealed to virtuoso guitarist ...

The Blues Foundation hosted the 39th annual Blues Music Awards last night in Memphis, TN, and among the night’s winners were TajMo collaborators Taj Mahal and Keb’ Mo’, who garnered seven awards ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Blues titan Henry St. Claire Fredericks Jr., known by his stage name Taj Mahal, will play ...