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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

In 1968, Taj Mahal introduced himself to the world with a blue standard called "Leaving Trunk." (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "LEAVING TRUNK") TAJ MAHAL: (Singing) I went upstairs to pack my leaving trunk.

Legendary blues musician Taj Mahal has a simple message about the wide range of music in his repertoire. “Jazz will give you back your mind. Reggae will give you back your body,” he said in a phone ...

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 ...

SEATTLE, WASH — It's a tradition that goes back so far, even the man who started it isn't sure how it began. "To tell you the truth I don't know. It just seems that all of a sudden at the end of the ...

The super-eclectic Taj Mahal performs Sunday, Sept. 25 at 8 p.m. when he returns to The Pabst Theatre. His style is closest to country blues, but includes Caribbean, Hawaiian, Latin and African sounds ...