Keb' Mo'

Singer-songwriter and guitarist Keb' Mo's distinctive sound embraces multiple eras and genres, including pop, rock, folk and jazz. His music is a living link to the seminal Delta blues that traveled up the Mississippi River and across the expanse of America--informing its musical roots before evolving into a universally celebrated art form. Keb’Mo’ combines “roots forms like the blues into completely contemporary commentaries on the struggles, travails, and blind faith in personal redemption that accompanies people as they slog their way daily ever deeper into the 21st century.” All Music Guide.

Born Kevin Moore in South Los Angeles to parents originally from the deep South, he adopted his better known stage name when he was a young player who became inspired by the force of this essential African-American legacy. In the storied tradition of bluesmen before him including Muddy Waters-formerly McKinley Morganfield-and Taj Mahal, who began his days as Henry St. Clair Fredericks, Moore became known as Keb' Mo'. His acclaimed self-titled 1994 debut album introduced that now famous appellation to the world, and his eighth studio release, 2006's Suitcase, brings it to new heights.