Legendary singer, songwriter Taj Mahal has announced the release of new breezy swinging single ‘Wild About My Lovin’’, which will feature on forthcoming new album ‘Time‘, released on May 1st via Resonatin’ Records/Thirty Tigers. A deeply soulful and expansive collection and a masterclass in soul, roots, folk, reggae and blues from one of the cornerstone architects of American music.
Listen to song – here
Pre-order the album – here
Taj will also be heading to NYC for a special event hosted by the Grammy Museum – A New York Evening With Taj Mahal featuring music and conversation on May 1st at The Greene Space – tickets available and more information here.
‘Time‘ the album’s title track is a never-before-heard Bill Withers composition, originally recorded only as an unreleased demo and nearly lost to history before it was recorded by Taj Mahal. Close friend and music industry executive, and producer, Steve Berkowitz, with the blessing of both Bill and Marcia Withers, brought the song to Taj and the band. Listen to the song here & watch the visualiser here.
Taj spoke exclusively to Variety, who reported, “Mahal only met Withers on a couple of occasions — their wives had gone to Claremont College together, which offered a bit of a connection — and he came away from those even more of an admirer,” and on his career added, “nothing could beat the twin ways in which the Recording Academy acknowledged him in 2025, when he won both a lifetime achievement Grammy and an actual competitive Grammy (for best traditional blues album for a record he made with Keb Mo), showing that it is possible to get your seemingly career-capping flowers and still be acknowledged as active and currently creative at the same time.” Read more at Variety here.
Originally recorded in 2010 alongside Taj’s longtime collaborators the Phantom Blues Band — a three-decade partnership responsible for GRAMMY-winning albums ‘Señor Blues‘ (1997) and ‘Shoutin’ in Key‘ (2000) — ‘Time‘ captures a shared musical language refined across decades. The sessions featured Tony Braunagel (drums), Larry Fulcher (bass) and Johnny Lee Schell (guitar), who also produced the album alongside Berkowitz. Additional musicians include New Orleans piano great Jon Cleary and organist Mick Weaver. The album was recorded at Ultratone Studio in Studio City, CA, with its rich blend of reggae rhythms, New Orleans grooves, country blues and Latin influences reflecting the band’s signature chemistry.
Few artists have shaped American roots music as profoundly as Taj Mahal. A recipient of the 2025 GRAMMY Lifetime Achievement Award, Taj is a genre-defying musician, composer and cultural ambassador whose six-decade career spans more than 40 albums, multiple GRAMMY wins and global acclaim. Since launching his groundbreaking solo career in the late 1960s, Taj has continually expanded the boundaries of blues while illuminating its deep cultural connections across continents, influencing generations of artists from The Rolling Stones to Bonnie Raitt.
From back-to-back GRAMMY wins for ‘Señor Blues‘ and ‘Shoutin’ in Key‘ to his Best Traditional Blues Album victory for 2022’s ‘Get On Board‘, his celebrated reunion with longtime collaborator Ry Cooder, alongside recent acclaimed projects including Savoy and the GRAMMY-winning ‘Swingin’ Live At The Church In Tulsa‘, Taj remains both torchbearer and innovator.
Reflecting both the years it took to bring the record to life and the moment we find ourselves in now, Time moves fluidly through the musical worlds Taj Mahal has always inhabited — but enriching them for a new generation along the way.
As Ruthie Foster writes in her liner notes for Taj’s album: “turn it up — this is deep-groove, grown-folks music from a band that still plays like the night is young.”
Tracklisting:
- Life of Love
- Wild About My Lovin’
- Crazy About A Jukebox
- Time
- You Put The Whammy On Me
- Talkin’ Blues
- Sweet Lorene
- Ask Me About Nothing (But The Blues)
- It’s Your Voodoo Working
- Rowdy Blues
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