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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Kevin Moore — known by his stage name, Keb’ Mo’ — was just a teenager when he first heard Taj Mahal play. In the late 1960s, America was in the midst of a blues revival. Thanks to acts like Taj Mahal, ...

Music can make your day. One song playing at the right moment—perhaps with the right cup of coffee in your favorite mug, and the sun coming through the window—can really make life worth living. We ...

The new LP, which is set for release on April 22, is the duo’s first collaboration in more than a half-century. To celebrate the announcement, the two musicians have released a new live video for the ...