Blues icon and world music pioneer Taj Mahal will be headlining the Chicago Blues Festival this June. Taj Mahal and the Phantom Blues Band will perform the night of Sunday, June 7, at 7 p.m. at the ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

The title of Taj Mahal's just-announced album, due out May 1, is "Time," a simple concept that the blues-folk-soul-reggae artist is better equipped to address than most musicians, in part because of ...

In 1968, Taj Mahal was onstage at the Whisky a Go Go in Los Angeles when he looked out and realised he was performing to a who’s who of British rock music. “Three of the Stones were dancing, along ...

You wouldn’t expect an 80th birthday celebration to start at 10 p.m. on a weeknight. But Taj Mahal, a revered picker and singer of blues, soul, folk and more — who turned 80 a few months back on May ...

Aaron interviewsWorld Music Icon Taj Mahal. Taj Mahal has been playing guitar, banjo, harmonica, piano, and many other instruments for six decades. He is a pioneer of World Music and has incorporated ...

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 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 ...