TajMo: The Taj Mahal and Keb’ Mo’ Band
Jake Shimabukuro
Back by popular demand!
AmericanMusicSeries TajMo: The Taj Mahal and Keb’ Mo’ Band
with special guest Black Pacific Tuesday, Sept. 19, 7pm / Tickets start at $38 Iconic blues legends Taj Mahal and Keb’ Mo’ unite for an historic cross-generational collaboration. Their new album TajMo marks a timely convergence of the talents of two unique American artists, each with their own iconoclastic individual legacies that have extended and expanded blues traditions into adventurous new territory. The collaboration brings out the best in both artists, with the pair merging their distinctive voices, personalities and guitar styles to create vibrant, immediate music that’s firmly rooted in tradition yet ruled by a playful sense of adventure. The two artists have known each other for decades, Taj even played a role in Keb’ getting his first record deal, but TajMo marks the first time that they’ve joined forces in the studio.
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Walton Arts Center 2017/18 Season
Jake Shimabukuro Wednesday, Oct. 18, 7pm / Tickets start at $15 Jake Shimabukuro can still vividly remember the first time he held a ukulele at age 4. It was an encounter that would shape his destiny and give the world one of the most exceptional and innovative uke players in history – an artist who has drawn comparisons to musical titans such as Jimi Hendrix and Miles Davis. After selling out his appearance on Walton Arts Center’s 10x10 Arts Series, Jake returns to demonstrate the rich and varied catalog that captures the many moods of the ukulele. Known for his unique arrangements of popular songs like Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody,” this highly acclaimed artist proves that an instrument is limited only by the imagination and creativity of the person playing it.