Taj Mahal: ‘Wherever the Rolling Stones went, it was happening’ - INTERVIEW: The veteran bluesman has inspired everyone from ...

IT’S BEEN a good day for Taj Mahal. The Berkeley singer-musician has just learned that his latest record, “Maestro,” has received a Grammy nomination in the Contemporary Blues Album category. Even ...

Taj Mahal has spent more than 40 years exploring the roots and branches of the blues. Grounded in the acoustic pre-war blues sound but drawn to the eclectic sounds of world music, he revitalized a ...

Blues titan Henry St. Claire Fredericks Jr., known by his stage name Taj Mahal, will play everything from banjo and ukulele to keyboards and guitar at his June 3 performance at The Refinery Charleston ...

Taj Mahal doesn’t just play world music; he embodies it. Rooted in American blues, his songs’ influences range from West African to Hawaiian. But they do have something in common: “The one thing I’ve ...

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 has a degree in animal husbandry and agronomy, and planned to be a farmer. Music was just something he did. "No matter what went down, music was always going to be a part of my life," the ...

Taj Mahal, a musician expert at many styles, is playing a Thursday concert at Atlanta's Variety Playhouse alongside his long-running Phantom Blues Band.

Way back in ninth grade, my brother gave me Taj Mahal's greatest hits copied onto a blank Maxell tape with a Jethro Tull album on the B-side. Every day on my subway ride to school, I'd pop the tape ...

When two generations of blues giants as Taj Mahal and Keb' Mo' teamed up for the production TajMo, the best of both personalities and talents merged for an adventurous take on traditional blues. Taj ...

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 ...