Taj Mahal

Taj Mahal
Born: May 17, 1942 in New York, NY
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Genre: Blues
Styles: Modern Acoustic Blues, Electric Country Blues, Contemporary Blues, Folk-Blues, Acoustic Blues
Biography: One of the most prominent figures in late 20th century blues, singer/multi-instrumentalist Taj Mahal played an enormous role in revitalizing and preserving traditional acoustic blues. Not content to stay within that realm, Mahal soon broadened his approach, taking a musicologist's interest in a multitude ...Read full biography
Taj Mahal
Released: 1968
Label: COLUMBIA/LEGACY
Critics' Rating:
Taj Mahal's debut album was a startling statement in its time and has held up remarkably well. Recorded in August of 1967, it was as hard and exciting a mix of old and new blues sounds as surfaced on record ...Read full review
The Natch'l Blues
Released: 1968
Label: COLUMBIA/LEGACY
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Taj Mahal's second album, recorded in the spring and fall of 1968, opens with more stripped-down Delta-style blues in the manner of his debut, but adds a little more amplification (partly courtesy of Al ...Read full review
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