Keb’ Mo’ is an all-time giant in the modern blues realm. Born Kevin Roosevelt Moore in 1951 in L.A., Mo’ was raised on the genre—and the sweet Sunday sounds of gospel—by a Texan mother and Louisianian father. As a hired guitar-slinger in his early 20s, Mo’ earned a gold record for the 1975 Jefferson Starship instrumental “Git Fiddler,” but stayed mostly behind the scenes until his 1994 self-titled debut. Keb’ Mo’ established the songwriter as carrying the torch of Delta blues music with bare-bones, no-frills fare like the love song “Every Morning” or his funky take on Robert Johnson’s classic “Come On In My Kitchen.” Mo’ may be a bluesman at heart, but his catalog is expansive, incorporating soft pop (1996’s “The Action”), folk (2004’s “Shave Yo’ Legs”), and smooth jazz (2011’s “The Reflection (I See Myself In You)”). The late 2010s found him in a collaborative spirit, and he earned a Grammy for the down-home blues artifact TajMo, a full-length team-up with fellow icon Taj Mahal.