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Keb' Mo' and Taj Mahal have been friends and colleagues for years but 2017's TajMo is the first time the pair have recorded an album. It also marks the first time Taj Mahal has entered a studio since 2008 -- Keb' Mo' last released an album in 2014 -- and if this seems like it should be a momentous occasion, what's striking about TajMo is how casual the whole affair is. The duo designed TajMo to be an upbeat, life-affirming listen, something that emphasizes how the blues can also offer a good time. If the album can occasionally seem a little too crisp and polished -- it's bright and shiny without a hint of grit -- it's also true that this reflects the lightness at the heart of TajMo. Sometimes it gets so light it's almost glib -- witness the cover of the Who's "Squeeze Box" -- but Taj Mahal and Keb' Mo' are also determined to broaden the scope of the blues, adding Soweto rhythms to "Soul," cutting a version of John Mayer's "Waiting on the World to Change," even making concessions to pop on the ebullient "All Around the World." Maybe it's not a major record but its mellowness is charming, and the two bluesmen play off each other like the longtime friends they are, which is an endearing thing to hear.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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Taj Mahal, Composer, Producer, Recording Producer, MainArtist - KEVIN R. MOORE, Composer - Gary Nicholson, Composer - Keb' Mo', Producer, Recording Producer, MainArtist
℗ 2017 Concord Records
Taj Mahal, Producer, Recording Producer, MainArtist - Keb' Mo', Producer, Recording Producer, MainArtist - William Lee Perryman, Composer
℗ 2017 Concord Records
Taj Mahal, Producer, Recording Producer, MainArtist - KEVIN R. MOORE, Composer - Keb' Mo', Producer, Recording Producer, MainArtist - Chic Street Man, Composer
℗ 2017 Concord Records
John Lewis Parker, Composer - Taj Mahal, Producer, Recording Producer, MainArtist - KEVIN R. MOORE, Composer - Keb' Mo', Producer, Recording Producer, MainArtist - Lizz Wright, FeaturedArtist - Om Johari, Composer
℗ 2017 Concord Records
Taj Mahal, Producer, Recording Producer, MainArtist - Billy Nichols, Composer - Keb' Mo', Producer, Recording Producer, MainArtist
℗ 2017 Concord Records
Al Anderson, Composer - Leslie Satcher, Composer - Taj Mahal, Producer, Recording Producer, MainArtist - KEVIN R. MOORE, Composer - Keb' Mo', Producer, Recording Producer, MainArtist
℗ 2017 Concord Records
Taj Mahal, Producer, Recording Producer, MainArtist - John Estes, Composer - Keb' Mo', Producer, Recording Producer, MainArtist
℗ 2017 Concord Records
Peter Townshend, Composer - Taj Mahal, Producer, Recording Producer, MainArtist - Keb' Mo', Producer, Recording Producer, MainArtist
℗ 2017 Concord Records
John Lewis Parker, Composer - Taj Mahal, Producer, Recording Producer, MainArtist - KEVIN R. MOORE, Composer - Keb' Mo', Producer, Recording Producer, MainArtist
℗ 2017 Concord Records
Taj Mahal, Composer, Producer, Recording Producer, MainArtist - KEVIN R. MOORE, Composer - Keb' Mo', Producer, Recording Producer, MainArtist
℗ 2017 Concord Records
Taj Mahal, Producer, Recording Producer, MainArtist - John Mayer, ComposerLyricist - Keb' Mo', Producer, Recording Producer, MainArtist
℗ 2017 Concord Records
Albumbeschreibung
Keb' Mo' and Taj Mahal have been friends and colleagues for years but 2017's TajMo is the first time the pair have recorded an album. It also marks the first time Taj Mahal has entered a studio since 2008 -- Keb' Mo' last released an album in 2014 -- and if this seems like it should be a momentous occasion, what's striking about TajMo is how casual the whole affair is. The duo designed TajMo to be an upbeat, life-affirming listen, something that emphasizes how the blues can also offer a good time. If the album can occasionally seem a little too crisp and polished -- it's bright and shiny without a hint of grit -- it's also true that this reflects the lightness at the heart of TajMo. Sometimes it gets so light it's almost glib -- witness the cover of the Who's "Squeeze Box" -- but Taj Mahal and Keb' Mo' are also determined to broaden the scope of the blues, adding Soweto rhythms to "Soul," cutting a version of John Mayer's "Waiting on the World to Change," even making concessions to pop on the ebullient "All Around the World." Maybe it's not a major record but its mellowness is charming, and the two bluesmen play off each other like the longtime friends they are, which is an endearing thing to hear.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 11 track(s)
- Total length: 00:45:19
- Main artists: Taj Mahal Keb' Mo'
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Concord Records
- Genre: Blues/country/folk Blues
© 2017 Concord Records ℗ 2017 Concord Records
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