​TajMo – Keb’ Mo’ and Taj Mahal (from album Room on the Porch

​TajMo – Keb’ Mo’ and Taj Mahal (from album Room on the Porch

​TajMo – Keb’ Mo’ and Taj Mahal (from album Room on the Porch available on Concord Records) (Bryant Liggett)
 
The partnership, and subsequent collaborations, between Henry St. Claire Fredericks Jr. (Taj Mahal) and Kevin Roosevelt Moore (Keb’ Mo’) are a Roots Music match from heaven. Take the musical reference away and you’d think that’s a nod to independent film-makers, yet when using the stage names of Taj Mahal and Keb’ Mo’ you know that pairing will drop the best in traditionally defined Americana. Their latest release, Room on the Porch, is, on the surface, Blues, yet the songs shift the styles, swinging toward Country and Folk with soulful groove.
 
The release kicks off with a soft sway via the title track, both vets trading verses along with Ruby Amanfu on a cut that invites you to a front porch with plenty of space for everyone.
“She Keeps me Moving” is laid back with great fills and thick background harmonies, “Make Up Your Mind” is animated if not playful, and “Junkyard Dog” comes with quiet riffs while also displaying subtle grit.
 
The album closer, “Rough Time Blues”, finds these veterans nodding to their musical foundations and the Blues past, laying down the utmost in stripped down and traditional blues. Room on the Porch comes from Keb’ Mo’, who is 73, and Taj Mahal, a decade older. That tones and textures of the album stand testament to the graceful aging of two men still managing their day jobs with a warm and inviting passion. (by Bryant Liggett)
 
Listen and buy the music of TajMo – Keb’ Mo’ and Taj Mahal from AMAZON
 
For more information, please visit the TajMo website