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Rory Block in Albuquerque

"One of the world's most important preservers of the roots of American music... a national treasure in the form of an uncompromising mature blues artist. --Guitar Extra

Rory Block has dedicated her life to preserving and innovating the Delta blues tradition. In her teens she was rubbing shoulders with the Reverend Gary Davis, Son House, Skip James and many other blues luminaries. She left home at 15, a guitar slung across her back, and headed cross country, all the while picking up a vast catalog of country blues songs and starting to develop a fingerpicking and slide-guitar style that would eventually be her trademark. In the'70s she cut a few records that ran counter to her inherent blues instincts, but eventually started making great recordings with Rounder Records that lasted for two decades. Right out of the gate, Rolling Stone referred to her first Rounder release as "some of the most singular and affecting country blues anyone -- man or woman, black or white, old or young -- has cut in recent years." Her accolades and awards are too numerous to list here, but after more than 20 acclaimed releases Block is at the absolute height of her creative powers.