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 ...

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 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 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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

Rubies are the traditional gift for couples celebrating their 40th wedding anniversary, the gemstone symbolizing the eternal flame that binds them together. When Taj Mahal celebrated the 40th ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 Reggae, Calypso, Jazz, Zydeco, R&B, Gospel, ...