๐๐ฑ-๐๐๐๐๐๐ยฎ ๐๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐-๐๐ข๐ง๐ง๐๐ซ & ๐๐๐ฑ-๐๐๐๐๐๐ยฎ ๐๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ ๐ญ๐จ๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐๐๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐ ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ — a legend who transcended the blues not by leaving them behind, but by revealing their magnificent scope to the world. Quantifying the 77-year-oldโs significance is impossible, but people try anyway.
๐๐ ๐๐ง๐ฒ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐ฌ, ๐ข๐ญโ๐ฌ ๐๐๐ฃ. A brilliant artist with a musicologistโs mind, he has pursued and elevated the roots of beloved sounds with boundless devotion and skill. Then, as he traced origins to the American South, the Caribbean, Africa, and elsewhere, he created entirely new sounds, over and over again.
๐๐ฌ ๐ ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ, ๐ก๐โ๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐จ๐ง๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ ๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ค-๐๐ง๐-๐ซ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ข๐๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐๐ก ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฉ๐ญ๐จ๐ง ๐๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ญ๐จ๐ง๐s, but also a hero to ambitious artists toiling in obscurity who are determined to combine sounds that have heretofore been ostracized from one another. No one is as simultaneously traditional and avant-garde.
๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ยฎ ๐๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ข๐ง ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ซ ‘๐๐๐ฃ๐๐จ’, ๐๐๐ฃโ๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐๐จ๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐๐โ ๐๐จโ, brought his GRAMMYยฎ tally to 3 wins and 14 nominations, and underscored his undiminished relevance more than 50 years after his solo debut. Blues Hall of Fame membership, a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Americana Music Association, and other honors punctuate his rรฉsumรฉ.
๐๐๐ฃ ๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐๐ข๐๐ญ๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐จ๐ฅ๐๐๐๐ฌ, ๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ฌ ๐๐ฅ๐ฌ๐๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ซ๐. โI just want to be able to make the music that Iโm hearing come to me — and thatโs what I did,โ Taj says. โWhen I say, โI did,โ Iโm not coming from the ego. The music comes from somewhere. Youโre just the conduit it comes through. Youโre there to receive the gift.โ
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Public Onsale : Sun, 13 Mar 2022 at 10:00 AM
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