Rory Block

When Aurora “Rory” Block was fourteen she was part of the Greenwich Village folk scene. She was introduced to the music of the Mississippi Delta by Stefan Grossman. She made it her business to learn directly from Mississippi John Hurt, the Reverend Gary Davis, Son House, Mississippi Fred McDowell, Bukka White and Skip James. She recorded for Elektra, RCA, Blue Goose, Chrysalis, Rounder, Rykodisc and Telarc. Block signed with Stony Plain Records in 2008 and started her “Mentor Series” paying tribute to those six Delta Blues masters that she met in person and who deeply influenced her. During her career Block has recorded thirty-eight albums, won 7 Blues Music Awards, and has received thirty Blues Music Award nominations.