Taj Mahal, Keb’ Mo’ Room On The Porch

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• The historic collaboration between two generations of American music masters – have announced their long-awaited return with Room On The Porch, a new full-length album out on Concord Records.

  The ten-song collection finds Keb Mo and Taj Mahal reuniting for their first release together since 2017, when their debut collaboration brought them from The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (for a stunning performance alongside Jon Batiste) to the GRAMMY stage (where they took home Best Contemporary Blues Album). Were just trying to keep the culture moving forward, said Taj Mahal during the duos acceptance speech that year; a joint mission statement that radiates as strong as ever with Room On The Porch.

  That first album turned out so great that part of me wondered if maybe we just got lucky, jokes Keb Mo on reuniting with Taj Mahal. But when we got back into the studio together, I felt that same magic again, and I realized it wasnt luck at all.

  Featuring a tracklist with more original, co-written songs than ever before, Room On The Porch (which Taj Mahal and Keb Mo also co-produced together) brings out the best in both of these legends. The music is warm and inviting, rooted in the joy of human connection and the power of positivity. Theres no greater example than the albums title track, which unites TajMo with Ruby Amanfu for a much-needed ode to friendship and community in these divisive times: Stay as long as you like / Thats alright / Come up on / Theres room on the porch for everyone.

  Sonically, Room On The Porch finds TajMo incorporating a full spectrum of sounds that prove why each of them is a standard-bearer in the genre-bending world of folk, blues, soul and Americana (Billboard). But, as Taj Mahal points out, these styles are all deeply tied together by their shared roots: If you take the African imprint out of Western music for the last 500 years, theres almost nothing left, says Taj, who, just this month, was honored with the Recording Academys coveted Lifetime Achievement Award. As much as it might feel like were touching on all these different genres, the way I see it, were just connecting with the music of our ancestors and their influence on whats happening now.

• Artist: Taj Mahal, Keb’ Mo’ Label: Concord Records Format: LP Units: 1 Country: Worldwide Genre: Blues

• A1 Room On The Porch
  A2 My Darling My Dear
  A3 Nobody Knows You When Youre Down And Out
  A4 She Keeps Me Movin’
  A5 Make Up Your Mind
  B1 Thicker Than Mud
  B2 Junkyard Dog
  B3 Blues’Ll Give You Back Your Soul
  B4 Better Than Ever
  B5 Rough Time Blues