Sacred Island
Encyclopedia
Sacred Island is an album
by American
blues
artist Taj Mahal
and the Hula Blues.
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
by American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
blues
Blues
Blues is the name given to both a musical form and a music genre that originated in African-American communities of primarily the "Deep South" of the United States at the end of the 19th century from spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts and chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads...
artist Taj Mahal
Taj Mahal (musician)
Henry Saint Clair Fredericks , who uses the stage name Taj Mahal, is an American Grammy Award winning blues musician. He incorporates elements of world music into his music...
and the Hula Blues.
Track listing
All tracks composed by Taj Mahal; except where indicated- "The Calypsonians"
- "Coconut Man"
- "Sacred Island (Moku La'a)"
- "Betty and Dupree" (Chuck WillisChuck WillisHarold "Chuck" Willis was an American blues, rhythm and blues, and rock and roll singer and songwriter. His biggest hits, "C. C. Rider" and "What Am I Living For" , both reached no. 1 in the Billboard R&B chart...
) - "The New Hula Blues"
- "No Na Mamo" (Carlos Andrade)
- "Mailbox Blues"
- "Kanikapila" (Mahal, Rudy Costa, Kester Smith, Pancho Graham)