Taj Mahal

Taj Mahal & Keb’ Mo’ “Room On The Porch”

June 18, 2025 Paul Kerr 0

“Hello, friend. Grab yourself a chair, sit yourself down…” An invitation from two blues masters you can’t resist. The last time they teamed up, the venerable blues artist Taj Mahal and the relative whippersnapper Keb’ Mo’ […]

Taj Mahal and Keb’ Mo find room on the porch for new record

April 1, 2025 Richard Parkinson 0

Musical legends Taj Mahal and Keb’ Mo aka TajMo have revived their historic collaboration between two generations of American music masters and announced “Room On The Porch”, a new full-length album out on 23rd May 2025 […]

Interview: Eric Bibb on ridin’ to a career-high

April 18, 2023 Martin Johnson 0

Following in the footsteps of Taj Mahal making the blues a relevant contemporary art form. Contemporary bluesman Eric Bibb may be 72 this year but this is not reflected in his recent work rate, releasing an […]

AUK’s Chain Gang: Rising Sons “2:10 Train”

April 17, 2023 Paul Kerr 0

Checking out Martin Johnson’s previous contribution to the chain gang, Ry Cooder and Taj Mahal’s version of ‘Drinkin’ Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee’, led me back to that pair’s first outing when they were quite unknown. Their band, the […]

AUK Chain Gang: Taj Mahal & Ry Cooder “Drinkin’ Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee”

March 27, 2023 Martin Johnson 0

Part of the fun with the AUK Chain Gang feature is you are never sure what you will be working with until the previous week’s feature is posted, and therefore you never know how much head-scratching […]

Freddy Trujillo takes flight with his fifth solo album

August 6, 2026 0

For more than two decades, Freddy Trujillo has quietly built one of the most distinctive careers in American roots music. Whether anchoring the rhythm section as bassist for Richmond Fontaine and The Delines or as a […]

Railcard “Unstable Neighbour” – let’s get on, ok?

August 6, 2026 0

Railcard’s new single from their debut album Two Steps At A Time, is a softly sunny power pop take on a common problem – the unreasonable person who lives next door. Tell us about it. Although […]

Video: Karl Bray “Marianne”

August 6, 2026 0

Here’s the sound of the summer; Marianne is upbeat folk from singer-songwriter Karl Bray. Featuring guitar from Paul Phillips, former member of Pooh Sticks, Marianne opens with a light strum before the song settles into its swaying […]

Taj Mahal & Keb’ Mo’ “Room On The Porch”

Taj Mahal and Keb’ Mo find room on the porch for new record

Interview: Eric Bibb on ridin’ to a career-high

AUK’s Chain Gang: Rising Sons “2:10 Train”

AUK Chain Gang: Taj Mahal & Ry Cooder “Drinkin’ Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee”

Freddy Trujillo takes flight with his fifth solo album

Railcard “Unstable Neighbour” – let’s get on, ok?

Video: Karl Bray “Marianne”

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