The title of Taj Mahal‘s just-announced album, due out May 1, is “Time,” a simple concept that the blues-folk-soul-reggae artist is better equipped to address than most musicians, in part because of just how much of it he’s got under his belt.
“It’s an ongoing freight train, my career,” the 84-year-old singer-guitarist tells Variety. “The type of musician I am, it harks back to the 10th, 11th, 12th century, where you are part of a musical clan and you come onto the planet and do your job with these gifts you’ve been given. I’ve been playing music probably about 76, 77 years, at this particular point.” He notes
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