Taj Mahal Previews Impending Live Album with Classic “Lovin’ in My Baby’s Eyes’

Taj Mahal Previews Impending Live Album with Classic "Lovin' in My Baby's Eyes'

Photo credit: Phil Clarkin Previously, Taj Mahal announced the March 8, 2024, release of Swingin’ Live at the Church in Tulsa via Lightning Rod Records. The impending set was recorded live at the Oklahoma studio, […]

Taj Mahal Announces Live Album, Shares New Recording of Classic “Queen Bee”

Taj Mahal Announces Live Album, Shares New Recording of Classic "Queen Bee"

Photo Credit: Phil Clarkin Today, Jan. 25, Taj Mahal announced the March 8, 2024, release of Swingin’ Live at the Church in Tulsa via Lightning Rod Records. The impending set was recorded live at the […]

Toro Y Moi Drives Into His Next Chapter On New Album ‘Mahal’

Toro Y Moi Drives Into His Next Chapter On New Album 'Mahal'

By Mia Hughes In Toro y Moi’s music video for “Postman,” the first single from his seventh and newest album Mahal, he sits behind the wheel of a loudly ornamented jeepney. A kind of eccentric […]

‘The past is immaterial’: Ry Cooder and Taj Mahal, reunited after 56 years | Ry Cooder

The Rising Sons in 1966.

Ry Cooder was just 14 when he first saw Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee playing live. “Just their walk to the stage was unbelievably dramatic,” he remembers. The harmonica and guitar-playing folk-blues duo were appearing […]