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Shoutin' in Key: Taj Mahal & the Phantom Blues Band Live  >>

Recorded live over three nights in Los Angeles in 1998, Shoutin' in Key provides an accurate snapshot of late-1990s Taj and his all-inclusive view of the blues. In fact, blues is really just one ingredient in a stew that offers hard-driving, horn-fueled R&B, gently swaying Caribbean-style rhythms, slow-burning soul, loose reggae jams, 12-bar stomps, smart jazzy grooves, and polished country-blues updates. On this album, he's most compelling the further afield he moves. His reading of Delroy Wilson's "Rain from the Sky," a Jamaican standard, is a highlight here, as is his own Latin-jazz-infused instrumental, "Sentidos Dulce." And he delivers fine readings of signature songs like "Mail Box Blues," "Corrina," and "Leavin' Trunk" as well. While he's not at his most consistently inspired throughout, there are certainly enough high points to make this a worthwhile introduction to the Mahal style. --Marc Greilsamer

Out of the Shadows  >>

Built to Perform  >>

By Popular Demand  >>

Barbara Blue has been the resident singer for ten years at Silky O'Sullivan's on the legendary Beale Street in Memphis, Tennessee, entertaining and enthralling those visitors fortunate enough to catch her show. This release comprises mainly original material, but also maintains the style and tradition of R&B standards, featuring some fine musicianship, with great solos on tenor-sax, harp and piano adding some dynamic performances. Barbara was once invited to perform at a Janis Joplin memorial celebration, and the parallels drawn in vocal power and performance, particularly on the ballads, are entirely warranted. This is a truly unique album of the best of her recordings to date. Shout. 2007.

Limited Edition  >>

Phantom Blues Band is the two time Grammy Award winning groupinternationally known for their work as TaJ Mahal's backup band. Together and separately, these seven men have contributed to Blues and Rock and Roll musical history as session players and sidemen with scores of artists including The Rolling Stones, Bonnie Raitt, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Little Feat, Jimi Hendrix, Crosby, Stills,and Nash, John Fogerty and Ziggy Marley. In their first solo outing, Phantom Blues Band explores everything from Texas Blues to Memphis Soul with an injection of Jamaican R&B for good measure.

Phantom Blue  >>

Built To Perform  >>

Built to Perform  >>

Taj Mahal & the Phantom Blues Band in St Lucia  >>