Rory Block

With her many albums and countless tours, Aurora "Rory" Block has staked a solid claim to being one of the world's finest practitioners of the blues tradition. A formidable slide guitarist, talented songwriter, and excellent interpreter of the great Delta blues singers, she signed to RCA in 1975 and issued her self-titled debut, a funky rock and pop outing. After four more albums of this type, Block quit the mainstream music business. She signed to the independent Rounder for 1981's highly acclaimed High Heeled Blues, and has since recorded dozens of globally celebrated, award...