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 ...

Hozier, Joan Baez, Van Morrison among artists who turn out to honor Berkeley’s Taj Mahal during Sweet Relief benefit concert ...

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 ...

“Have I worked in this life?” asks blues veteran Taj Mahal as he prepares for his show at the Egg on Thursday. “Yeah, but when I think about it in terms of music, no! Because it’s something I love.

Taj Mahal doesn’t play music so much as channel it. The legendary bluesman has been at it for more than 60 years, and he’s still not out of gas. His latest live record, Swinging Live at the Church in ...

Taj Mahal can rightfully be called a living legend for his contributions to popular music. With a voice as instantly recognizable as Louis Armstrong, Ray Charles, or Johnny Cash, throughout his career ...

The great American musician, Taj Mahal (born Henry Saint Clair Fredericks), is, at heart, an essentialist. The music he loves is often the distilled essence of a genre or style, rather than the pomp ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Mavis Staples, Taj Mahal and the North Mississippi All-Stars are among the nominees for this year’s Blues Music Awards in Tennessee. Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Wee Willie Walker and ...

Taj Mahal was not yet a blues legend when the Rolling Stones first heard him live in the mid-1960s at the Whiskey A Go Go in Los Angeles. But they immediately became avid fans of his no-nonsense ...

It’s hard to find any musician whose career has successfully encompassed as many idioms and genres as composer, guitarist, vocalist and bandleader Taj Mahal. Long before any marketer or critic came up ...

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 ...