Morgan Freeman Recorded a Blues Record With Taj Mahal, Keb’ Mo’, and Shemekia Copeland
There’s little that Morgan Freeman hasn’t done throughout his seven decades in show business. He’s won Oscars and Golden Globe Awards, starred in countless movies and Broadway plays, narrated documentaries, championed environmental causes, and lended his star power to political campaigns. And now just one year short of his 90th birthday, he’s broadening out into music with the release of his upcoming album, Morgan Freeman’s Symphonic Blues Experience.
The 12-song LP is a journey through 100 years of blues music, and features guest appearances by Taj Mahal, Keb’ Mo’, Shemekia Copeland, Anthony Big A Sherrod, Chineke! Orchestra, Lady Adrena, and many others. It comes out Aug. 7, but right now you can hear Freeman and Taj Mahal team up for the Son House classic “Death Letter Blues.”