The promotional posters for the Taj Mahal Trio's upcoming show at the Capitol Theater in Oly call Taj a "Grammy winning blues master." Truer words have never been spoken. Of course, the Grammy award is a verifiable, checkable, Google-able fact - but the "blues master" part, I suppose, is open to opinion. Does a guy with nearly 40 years in music, countless accomplishments, and shared stages with Clapton, B.B. King, John Lee Hooker, Miles Davis, Jimi Hendrix, Bob Dylan and Bob Marley qualify as a "blues master"? I'd venture to say yes - but I also think Taj Mahal goes further. It's not just the blues here, folks; Taj Mahal is a true master of music. Period. From blues to funk to gospel to jazz to the Caribbean and back to American roots - Taj bathes in all of it masterfully.

[The Capitol Theater, 8 p.m., all ages, sold out, 206 E. Fifth Ave., Olympia, olympiafilmsociety.org]