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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Joan Baez has joined the lineup for Sweet Relief Musicians Fund's annual benefit concert honoring Taj Mahal, adding another marquee name to an already star-studded night in San Francisco.

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 wasn’t shocked to get the news that the Recording Academy finally decided the time was right to present him with a Lifetime Achievement Award. The longtime Berkeley resident heard whispers ...

"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 ...

Taj Mahal has had a legendary 60-year career. 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 ...