Taj Mahal has anecdotes that can go on for days. Given the extraordinary musical life he’s lived, it’s no surprise. Mahal got his start in 1964 as a 22-year-old joining forces with a then-17-year-old ...
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 ...
Taj Mahal Ta Mahal has been superbly playing guitar, banjo, harmonica, piano, mandolin, ukulele, steel drums, kalimba and many other instruments for a total of over 20 different ones. He has been ...
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 ...
Taj Mahal flows effortlessly through his soundcheck at the Luckman Arts Complex, an elegant theater at California State University, Los Angeles. It’s only the second show of Mahal’s tour supporting ...
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 ...
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 ...
SAN FRANCISCO -- This Sunday and next Sunday, two Bay Area artists will perform at the Stern Grove Festival in San Francisco. Fans will enjoy the sounds of blues and psychedelic rock by musicians ...
It’s hard to imagine a more eclectic musician than Taj Mahal. In a storied career that spans well over 55 years, Taj, who celebrated his 80th birthday in 2022, has constantly defied any and every ...
"We got a chance to play at similar festivals, but never ever together as a combined show," Taj Mahal says of Bonnie Raitt, with whom he's performing this summer on the BonTaj Roulet Tour. "I worked ...