Article Contributed by Mike
Published on 2026-04-11
Photo: Courtesy of Mike Coeyman
Today legendary singer, songwriter Taj Mahal announced the release of a new breezy swinging single, “Wild About My Lovin,” which will feature on his forthcoming new album Time, released on May 1 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
Watch visualizer HERE
Pre-order 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 1 at The Greene Space. Tickets are 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, 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 visualizer 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.”
TIME TRACKLIST
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
TOUR DATES
Apr. 9 Thu - Fort Lauderdale, FL - The Parker
Apr. 10 - St. Petersburg, FL - Tampa Bay Blues Festival
Apr. 12 Sun - Jacksonville, FL - Florida Theater
Apr. 13 Mon - Charleston, SC - Charleston Music Hall
Apr. 14 Tue - Wilmington, NC - The Wilson Center at Cape Fear Community College
Apr. 16 Thu - Atlanta, GA - Variety Playhouse
Apr. 17 Fri - Knoxville, TN - Bijou Theater
Apr. 18 Sat - Newberry, SC - Newberry Opera House
Apr. 20 Mon - Decatur, AL - The Princess Center for Performing Arts
Apr. 21 Tue - Cleveland, MS - Bologna Performing Arts Center
Apr. 23 - Miramar Beach, FL - Sun Sand and Soul Festival
May 1, 2026 - New York, NY - The Green Space (Discussion with Taj Mahal & performance with The Phantom Blues Band)
July 4 - Orilla, ON, Canada - Mariposa Folk Festival
July 7 - Buffalo, NY - Asbury Hall at Babeville
July 8 - Cleveland, OH - Music Box Supper Club - Concert Hall
July 10 - Royal Oak, MI - Royal Oak Music Theatre
July 11 - Munhall, PA - Carnegie of Homestead Music Hall
July 12 - Alexandria, VA - The Birchmere
July 14 - Troy, NY - Troy Savings Bank Music Hall
July 15 - Northampton, MA - Academy of Music
July 17 - Wilmington, DE - The Grand Opera House
July 18 - Trumansburg, NY - GrassRoots Festival
