Taj Mahal News

They may be dead last in the alphabetical scheme of things, but for more than four decades, los tres hombres from Texas who go by the collective name ZZ Top have been first in the hearts and minds of countless fans turned on by the trio's no-frills, high-energy brand of blues-based rock.

Burlington Performing Arts Centre's first complete season will include folk icon Arlo Guthrie, blues legend Taj Mahal, Corner Gas comedian Brent Butt, Blood Sweat & Tears singer David Clayton Thomas, Cape Breton fiddle queen Natalie MacMaster, the Cowboy Junkies, roots-rocker Colin James and South African vocal ensemble Ladysmith Black Mambazo.

When I was just a kid growing up in Los Angeles, my mother played a wide array of records for my brother and me, but the musician who brings me back to those glory days is-wait for it- Taj Mahal .

The bus for Atlantic City left at 10:00 AM from the Joseph Cipolla Senior Center on Farview Avenue in Paramus.

A icon of the New Orleans music scene, Little Freddie King has a new CD on the MadeWright Records label, *Chasing the Blues*. There is nothing fancy about... [image: LinkedIn] *From Karl Fleischmann* Head of Technical Data Management at Shell Houston, Texas Area I'd like to add you t... [image: Brownie McGhee]While it seems like every website and ... (more)

TIGERS and the Taj Mahal in India, the ancient wonders of the Nile and diving in Bali are some of the best travel deals of the week.

Chuck Brown at 2009 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage FestivalChuck Brown, the Godfather of Go Go, that uniquely Washington DC musical form of funk, passed away ... dengland@greeleytribune.com When Taj Mahal went to college for an education in farming back in the 1950s, he didn't like the new term te... [image: John Lee Hooker's Cook With The Hook ... (more)

When the second incarnation of the Boulder Roots & Blues Summit kicks off this weekend at the Boulder Theater and Fox Theatre, audiences will be able to take their pick from a smorgasbord of musical delights ranging from hirsute folk rocker Anders Osborne to silky smooth bluesman Keb' Mo' - with Colorado group Musketeer Gripweed mixed in as fodder ... (more)

Appreciative fans shouted birthday greetings to Taj Mahal early Thursday morning at Knuckleheads.The blues musician born Henry Saint Clair Fredericks Jr.

All's quiet on Block Avenue, but not for long. The annual Block Street Block Party is this Sunday, May 20.

Today's Birthdays: Actor Peter Gerety is 72. Singer Taj Mahal is 70. Singer-songwriter Jesse Winchester is 68.

In 1954, the U.S. Supreme Court, in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, unanimously struck down racially segregated public schools.

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If you go What: Boulder Roots & Blues Summit When: Friday, May 18 and Saturday, May 19 Where: Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 303-443-3399; Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder, 303-440-7679 Cost: varies depending on show foxtheatre.com bouldertheater.com Spending a weekend seeing live roots and blues music usually means a trip out of town ... (more)

Vusi Mahlasela is a singer-songwriter and acoustic guitarist with one of the most distinctive, soulful voices in South Africa, and an easygoing, melodic style that ought to ensure his global success.

The Boulder Roots & Blues Summit is planned for May 18 and 19 at Fox Theatre and Boulder Theater.

When 'A Place in the Sun,' Orange County-based quartet Lit's album, came out in 1999, the state of mainstream alternative music seemed to rotate, ever so slightly, away from the gloomy skies of grunge's influence to a brighter way to rebel.

The word "legendary" is thrown around a lot when it comes to blues players, but in the case of Taj Mahal, it's justified.

Blues/roots singer, guitarist, pianist, and ukulele man Taj Mahal - a veteran of more than 40 years - returns to Charleston with his combo Here's the truth: All other things being equal, all other life obligations set aside, and if the stupid battery on my cell phone had more than a spit's worth of endurance, I'd want to keep on shooting the breeze ... (more)

The Union Colony Civic Center will present blues legend Taj Mahal for his first appearance live in Greeley for only one performance at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, May 19.