Music News Net — MUSIC NEWS- Sammy Hagar reveals he enlisted three other top musicians; Toby Keith, Mickey Hart and Taj Mahal, to round out the final three tracks on his first-ever rock collaborations album; "Sammy Hagar and Friends". Previously confirmed musicians f... more info

Aquarium Drunkard — Backing Taj Mahal in The Rolling Stones’ Rock and Roll Circus, Jesse Ed Davis plays guitar like a stone cold badass. His face looks almost too at ease to be lucid and focused, yet his deliberate licks on the telecaster are perfectly understated and... more info

Aquarium Drunkard — In an effort to get away from the cycle of recording and touring, the Rolling Stones put together the Rock and Roll Circus in the winter of 1968, inviting along Taj Mahal, Jethro Tull (featuring Black Sabbath’s Tony Iommi), Marianne Faithful, and a... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Peter Murphy at Irving Plaza in 2011 (more by Harriet Roberts) today in NYC * ASSSSCAT 3000 @ UCB * Taj Mahal @ City Winery * Stephane Wrembel @ Barbes * Rosi Hertlein Trio @ The Stone * Transcendentalities @... more info

Guardian Music — Shepherd's Bush Empire, LondonEric Bibb is one of the finest black American exponents of acoustic blues, an engaging performer and rousing guitarist who is blessed with a quite remarkable deep, warm voice. He has long been established as a cult hero,... more info

Guardian Music — (Mais Um Discos)Toumani Diabaté has spent his life demonstrating the versatility of the kora, working with everyone from the flamenco group Ketama to Björk, Taj Mahal and Afrocubism. Now comes another fusion experiment in which he is joined by the... more info

Guardian Music — (Wrasse)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. But it has never quite happened – despit... more info

Guardian Music — Toast to Freedom also features contributions from Ewan McGregor, Kris Kristofferson, Carly Simon and Marianne FaithfullThe late Levon Helm, Ewan McGregor, Kris Kristofferson, Carly Simon, Marianne Faithfull, Jane Birkin, Rosanne Cash and 43 other act... more info

Topix — In this May 3, 2009, file photo, Taj Mahal performs at a benefit concert celebrating Pete Seeger's 90th birthday at Madison Square Garden in New York. more info

Metalsucks — Earlier this week, The Blues Hall of Fame held an all-star benefit concert, dubbed “Robert Johnson at 100,” at the Apollo Theater here in New York. In case the title didn’t give it away, the concert featured a whole mess of cool artists — in... more info