Taj Mahal

Records 

The Rock & Roll Globe Top 30 Albums of 2022

December 31, 2022December 31, 2022 Rock and Roll Globe Staff 1 Comment $ilkmoney, Alvvays, April March, Beyonce, Billy Woods, Black Star, Black Thought, Cave In, Danger Mouse, Eddie Vedder, Freedy Johnston, Harry Styles, Horace Andy, Kendrick Lamar, Little Simz, Midnight Oil, Pusha T, Robyn Hitchcock, Rosalia, Ry Cooder, Sloan, Spiritualized, Sudan Archives, SZA, Taj Mahal, Taylor Swift, The Beths, The Smile, Urge Overkill, Wet Leg, Weyes Blood

Amidst a sea of key releases, what made this year’s list?

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Country and/or Western New Wave Remembrance Soul 

Rest In Peace, Sweet Pea Atkinson

May 7, 2020May 7, 2020 Ron Hart 1 Comment Andrew Gold, Bob Dylan, Brian Wilson, Brick By Brick, Circus Money, Countryman, David Was, Don Was, Dot Com Blues, Elvis Costello, George Jones, I Just Wasn't Made For These Times, I'm Alive, Iggy Pop, Ivan Neville, Jackson Browne, Jimmy Smith, Michael McDonald, Mindi Abair and The Boneshakers, Paula Abdul, Phantom Blues, Richie Sambora, RIP, Sir Harry Bownes, Sweet Pea Atkinson, Taj Mahal, The Hard Stuff, Under The Red Sky, Walter Becker, Was (Not Was), Wayne Kramer, Willie Nelson

Reflecting on the Detroit soul singer’s career beyond Was (Not Was)

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Blues Folk 

ALBUMS: Dom Flemons Is The American Songster

March 4, 2020March 5, 2020 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 2020, Dom Flemons, Omnivore Recordings, Prospect Hill, Taj Mahal, The American Songster Omnibus, The Carolina Chocolate Drops

On this excellent expanded edition of 2014’s Prospect Hill, the solo sounds of this onetime Carolina Chocolate Drop is taken to New Heights

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Blues 

Peter Frampton’s ‘Blues Thesis’

July 8, 2019July 8, 2019 Meghan Roos 0 Comments Blues, Freddie King, Humble Pie, peter Frampton, Taj Mahal

A medical diagnosis pushed Frampton to choose one final focus for the last creative burst of his career—and he decided to sing the blues

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Blues 

ALBUM DEPT: Oklahoma by Keb’ Mo’ Is More Than OK

June 15, 2019June 17, 2019 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments Concord Records, Keb' Mo', Roseanne Cash, Taj Mahal

25 years after his auspicious debut, the modern blues giant continues to set his own standard

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Blues Pop Rock 

Step Right Up: The Blurry Eyed Royalty of the Rolling Stones’ Rock and Roll Circus

June 9, 2019June 11, 2019 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments Jethro Tull, John Lennon, Marianne Faithfull, Taj Mahal, The Rolling Stones, The Who, Yoko Ono

A new box set looks back at the quintessential rock commune under the Big Top

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Blues Rock Soul 

Taj Mahal’s Giant Steps

August 6, 2018October 20, 2019 Bill Kopp 0 Comments Blues, Keb' Mo', Ry Cooder, Taj Mahal, The Rolling Stones

On the road and in conversation with a modern blues master

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