Being a household name depends as much on the household as it does the name. Not all reading this will know who Rory Block is, but in the households with fans of the rural blues, slide guitar and ...

Being a household name depends as much on the household as it does the name. Not all reading this will know who Rory Block is, but in the households with fans of the rural blues, slide guitar and ...

Country blues guitarist and singer-songwriter Rory Block is known as a skillful interpreter of country blues traditions, as well as for her own compositions. She grew up immersed in the Greenwich ...

It has been said that the only difference between gospel and blues is that the object of the singer’s affection, the “he” or “she,” depending upon the sex of the singer, is replaced by “He” with a ...

Block offers up a great collection of acoustically rendered original songs on her new disc. Block’s voice and guitar stylings are so original that her covers of classic blues like “Stones In My ...

Rory Block, five-time Blues Award Winner including the MC Handy Award of Artist of the Year, has been heralded as “a living landmark” (Berkeley Express), “a national treasure” (Guitar Extra), and “one ...

Rory Block pays tribute to the old blues master, Mississippi Fred McDowell. If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation. By using this ...

In blues veteran Rory Block's hands, the acoustic guitar is a string instrument, a hand drum and a key to the past. At the Wolf Trap Barns on Friday night, she kicked off her solo concert in typically ...