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Winner of 10 Blues Awards, 2 NAIRD Awards,
2 Hall of Fame Inductions, and numerous nominations
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18 Interviews with Performances
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Today she is widely regarded as the top female interpreter and authority on traditional country blues worldwide.
The Blues Foundation

REVIEWS & THUMBNAIL LINKS  

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"She is a strong contender for the most

influential acoustic artist of our time."

Making A Scene

"She just may be the greatest

acoustic blues guitarist alive."

Donald Wilcock - Blues Music Magazine

“Rory Block is considered by many to be the

finest acoustic blues interpreter alive today”

Rock & Blues Muse

"... Rory Block is currently stretching the limits...
hugely talented... She is one of our national treasures."

The New York Blues & Jazz Society

“Rory Block is the blues...

one of the music’s few living legends.”
All Music Guide album pick

"A living landmark, the finest contemporary purveyor of the
Mississippi Delta Country Blues tradition..."

Berkeley Express

"...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

"Her playing is perfect, her singing otherworldly as she wrestles with ghosts, shadows and legends."
The New York Times

"...Rory Block is one of the greatest living acoustic blues artists... she can hold her own with the legends who inspired her."
Blues Revue

"If you like music steeped in tradition and genuine feeling, this is your woman."
People Magazine

"Some of the most singular and affecting Country Blues anyone, man or woman, black or white, old or young,

has cut in recent years."
Rolling Stone

"Rory Block has been an inspiration to me since we

started out years ago. Her guitar playing,

singing and songwriting are some of the most

soulful in traditional and modern blues."
Bonnie Raitt

“Rory Block should have a Doctorate

in my grandfather’s music.”
Steven Johnson, grandson of Robert Johnson

“When I hear Rory Block’s music, it’s as if my

grandfather is here all over again.”
Greg Johnson, grandson of Robert Johnson

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Dog House
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