TajMo

TajMo was met with generally favorable reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 63, based on four reviews. Hal Horowitz of American Songwriter praised the album, writing: "the twosome generates real sparks throughout and the natural camaraderie bursts through the speakers. You can almost see, and surely feel, their beaming faces on many selections. But even at its best, it's hard not to wish this was a bigger showcase for Mahal than Mo', with the latter's notoriously slicker approach dialed down to allow the former's gutsy soul to take the spotlight". AllMusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewine stated: "maybe it's not a major record but its mellowness is charming, and the two bluesmen play off each other like the longtime friends they are, which is an endearing thing to hear". Charles Waring of Record Collector wrote: "the affirmative, feel-good tone is set with the mid-tempo opener, "Don't Leave Me Here", the first of two tunes the blues men co-wrote together". ==Track listing==

• Kevin "Keb' Mo'" Moore – vocals (tracks: 1–7, 9–11), backing vocals (track 8), electric guitar (tracks: 1, 3, 5, 6, 8–10), keyboards (track 1), percussion (tracks: 1, 11), horn arrangement (tracks: 1, 3, 6), resonator guitar (tracks: 2, 6, 7), bass (tracks: 4, 11), acoustic guitar (tracks: 4, 9–11), organ (track 4), slide guitar (track 6), Wurlitzer electric piano (track 6), nylon string guitar (track 10), producer • Henry "Taj Mahal" Fredericks – vocals, acoustic guitar (tracks: 2, 7, 11), resonator guitar (track 6), banjo & ukulele (track 10), producer • Elizabeth LaCharla "Lizz" Wright – vocals (track 4) • Michael Hicks – backing vocals & vocal arrangement (tracks: 3, 4, 6, 10), keyboards (tracks: 1, 6), B3 electric organ (tracks: 3, 6, 8, 10), piano (track 3), Wurlitzer electric piano (track 8), Rhodes electric piano (track 10) • Raphael Nduka Onwuzuruigbo – backing vocals (tracks: 3, 4, 6, 10) • Sidney Rudder – backing vocals (tracks: 3, 4, 6, 10) • Dain Ussery – backing vocals (tracks: 3, 4, 6, 10) • Sharon Cho – backing vocals (tracks: 3, 4, 6, 10) • Robbie Brooks-Moore – backing vocals (tracks: 3, 8) • Stephanie Bentley – backing vocals (track 3) • Meg Manning – backing vocals (track 3) • Bonnie Raitt – backing vocals (track 11) • Thaddeus Witherspoon – drums (tracks: 1, 10) • Billy Branch – harmonica (track 1) • Sam Levine – tenor saxophone (track 1), saxophone & flute (track 3) • Roger Bissell – trombone (tracks: 1, 3) • Keith Everette Smith – trumpet (tracks: 1, 3) • Lendell Black – horn arrangement (tracks: 1, 3, 6, 10) • Eric Ramey – bass (tracks: 2, 5, 9), electric piano overdub (track 9) • Marcus Finnie – drums (tracks: 2, 5) • Phillip Hughley – electric guitar (tracks: 3, 4, 10) • Tommy Sims – bass (tracks: 3, 6, 8) • Chester Thompson – drums (tracks: 3, 4) • Crystal Taliefero – percussion (tracks: 3, 4, 10), congas, rainstick, shaker & udu (track 10) • Sheila Escovedo – percussion (tracks: 3, 8, 10), congas & cowbell (tracks: 8, 10), guiro, springdrum, tambourine & vibraslap (track 8), cymbal, shaker, shekere & timbales (track 10) • Colin Linden – mandolin (tracks: 3, 6, 8), guitar (track 8) • Quentin Ware – trumpet (tracks: 3, 5, 6, 9, 10) • Joe Walsh – electric guitar (tracks: 4, 5, 8) • Phil Madeira – keyboards (tracks: 4, 9), organ (track 4), B3 electric organ (tracks: 5, 9), rhythm accordion (track 8) • Lee Oskar – harmonica (track 4) • Jovan Quallo – saxophone (tracks: 5, 6, 9, 10), tenor saxophone (tracks: 6, 9) • Roland Barber – trombone (tracks: 5, 6, 9, 10) • Keio Stroud – drums (tracks: 6, 8, 9) • Jeff Taylor – lead accordion (track 8) • Phillip Moore – bass (track 10) • Néstor Torres – flute (track 10) • Casey Wasner – recording, tracking (tracks: 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 10) • Zach Allen – recording, tracking (tracks: 2, 5) • John Caldwell – recording • Andy Shoemaker – recording (track 1) • Mychael Davison – recording (tracks: 3, 8, 10) • Jesse Nichols – engineering, recording (track 7), tracking (track 11) • William Sigismondi Jr. – recording (track 10) • Alex Jarvis – additional recording • Ross Hogarth – mixing • Richard Dodd – mastering • Jay Blakesberg – photography • Melissa Wood – design ==Charts==