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TAJ MAHAL AND KEB’ MO’ RETURN WITH THEIR FIRST COLLABORATIVE LP IN NEARLY A DECADE ROOM ON THE PORCH |
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Taj Mahal and Keb’ Mo’ have released Room On The Porch, an album that celebrates inclusivity, togetherness and the deep African imprint on American roots music. “The porch is a metaphor for a perfect world – with the kind of smiles like those between the two of them on the cover,” said MIX Magazine in a recent front-page profile. Room On The Porch also marks the first time these two legends have teamed up in nearly a decade (since 2017’s TajMo), bringing 10 GRAMMY Awards between them – and catalogs that have left an undeniable mark on American music. “I certainly can’t imagine my life without your songs as the soundtrack,” said Tavis Smiley to Taj Mahal and Keb’ Mo’ during a recent interview about the new album. The album was also featured in NPR Music’s New Music Friday.
Room On The Porch features more original co-written tracks between the two American music masters than ever before, while also featuring trailblazing collaborators like John Oates and two-time GRAMMY ‘Song Of The Year’ nominee Ruby Amanfu. Wendy Moten joins Taj Mahal and Keb’ Mo’ on their radio single “Better Than Ever” which includes a special behind-the-scenes music video. For the TajMo duo though, there was one collaboration that felt particularly moving: “We had our sons in there playing with us and all the other musicians and writers were hanging the whole time,” remembers Keb’ Mo’. “So it was a really fun place to be.” The results, as MOJO described them in a four-star review, are “a perfect mix of expertise and lightness of touch.” |
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| This ten-song collection from Taj Mahal and Keb’ Mo’ encapsulates why “each of them is a standard-bearer in the genre-bending world of folk, blues, soul, and Americana” (Billboard) — but, as Taj 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, there’s almost nothing left,” he says. “As much as it might feel like we’re touching on all these different genres, the way I see it, we’re just connecting with the music of our ancestors and their influence on what’s happening now.”
Taj Mahal and Keb’ Mo’ will also bring their TajMo live show back on the road this summer–celebrating Room On The Porch to over a dozen cities across the United States. Live dates kicked off with a special appearance at the Grand Ole Opry (joined by Ruby Amanfu) on album release day (May 23) ahead of their first headline show together at New York’s Town Hall on May 28. The pair were surprised on The Opry stage with a Proclamation from Nashville’s Mayor declaring May 23, 2025 as “TajMo Day”! |
