Keb' Mo'
- Recognized for 5 GRAMMYs and 14 Blues Foundation Awards
- Topped the Billboard Blues Chart seven times
- Earned the Americana Music Association's 2021 award for Lifetime Achievement in Performance
Keb' Mo' has been recognized for five GRAMMYs, 14 Blues Foundation Awards, and a groundbreaking career spanning nearly 50 years under his belt. In 1994 he introduced the world to Keb' Mo' with the release of his widely acclaimed self-titled debut. Critics were quick to take note of Keb's modern, genre-bending take on old school sounds, and two years later, he garnered his first GRAMMY Award for Best Contemporary Blues Album with Just Like You. In the decades to come, Keb' would take home four more GRAMMY Awards; top the Billboard Blues Chart seven times; perform everywhere from Carnegie Hall to The White House; collaborate with many including Taj Mahal, Willie Nelson, Bonnie Raitt, The Chicks, and Lyle Lovett; have compositions recorded and sampled by artists as diverse as B.B. King, Zac Brown, and BTS; release signature guitars with both Gibson and Martin; compose music for television series like Mike and Molly, Memphis Beat, B Positive, and Martha Stewart Living; and earn the Americana Music Association's 2021 award for Lifetime Achievement in Performance. In addition to his extraordinary musical output, Keb' also established himself as a captivating onscreen presence over the years, appearing as himself in Martin Scorsese's The Blues, Aaron Sorkin's The West Wing, and even the iconic children's series Sesame Street. A passionate philanthropist and outspoken activist, Keb' has helped raise hundreds of thousands of dollars in support of social, environmental, and racial justice throughout his career and was a celebrity mentor with The Kennedy Center's Turnaround Arts Program. He will release a new album Good To Be on January 21, 2022, via Rounder Records.
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Inducted to the Music City Walk of Fame on April 5, 2022.