Rory Block

SARATOGA SPRINGS - Renowned blues artist Rory Block performs at Caffe Lena on July 28th. Acclaimed by fans and heavyweights of the genre alike, Block delivers…

This living legend who plays festivals and concert halls around the world had to travel only three and a half miles from her home in Chatham to play this tiny…

Seminal Blues guitarist Robert Johnson’s grandson Greg Johnson has said of Rory Block’s music, “It’s as if my grandfather is here all over again.” As a child…

Best bet: Rory Block @ Caffe Lena, Saratoga Springs.Heralded as "a living landmark" (Berkeley Express), "a national treasure" (Guitar Extra), and "one of…

Imagine a Steven King short story with a happy ending, Alice in Wonderland for adults, a Ken Burns documentary about somewhere over the rainbow where blacks…

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…

Both blues and gospel share an ability to bleed emotion all over the stage and pierce an audience’s collective heart. The catharsis for both the audience and…

The Heavenly Echoes – playing the third day of Rory Block’s third annual Blues and Gospel Festival in Chatham on Sunday, July 28th – in all probability will…

Review by Bokonon Rory Block wasn’t born with the blues, but she was raised with it. An unbelievable pantheon of greats strolled through the door of her…

Photographs by Timothy ReidyThe New York State Presenters Network Fall Conference was held last month at the Empire State Plaza in Albany, featuring…

We'd like to congratulate Chatham's own Queen of the Blues Rory Block, who has been honored with a pair of nominations from the Blues Foundation in Memphis.…

A while back, a friend described the first time he heard Muddy Waters in high school: “It was like the first time I tried whiskey. I couldn’t handle it. It…