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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

Slide guitar virtuoso Ry Cooder and blues musician Taj Mahal started their careers together. They formed the Rising Sons and signed to Columbia in 1965 but disbanded a year later, and the group’s sole ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Admat for concert celebrating blues musician Taj Mahal (Courtesy of Sweet Relief Musicians Fund) The concert, taking place Feb. 21 ...

"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 ...