Taj Mahal doesn’t play music so much as channel ... The way he tells it, the real blues didn’t just happen in the American South—they came across the Atlantic with the people who were ...

Over four decades, U.S. folk and blues veteran Taj Mahal has translated his deep African ... it's that he didn't visit the great Malian musician Ali Farka Toure-who died last month-in his village ...

Berkeley singer and guitarist Taj Mahal won Best Traditional Blues Album for Swingin’ Live at The Church in Tulsa — and also received a Lifetime Achievement Award. In a statement, the Recording ...