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THE MAGIC WOMAN
A N D H E R B L U E S
RORY BLOCK
MUSICIANS: RORY BLOCK GUITAR, BASS, PERCUSSION, VOCALS RONNIE EARL GUITAR (TRACK 2) JIMMY VIVINO GUITAR (TRACK 3) JOANNA CONNOR GUITAR (TRACK 5)
RORY BLOCK
"HEAVY ON THE BLUES"
MC RECORDS MC 0095
RELEASE DATE :
AUGUST 22, 2025
(USA)
TRACKLIST: 01 HIGH HEEL SNEAKERS 03:38 02 WALKING THE BACK STREETS 06:07 03 WHAT KIND OF WOMAN 03:55 04 HOLD TO HIS HAND 04:25 05 THE WIND CRIES MARY 03:33 06 DOWN THE DIRT ROAD 03:54 07 MISSISSIPPI BLUES 04:16 08 ME & MY CHAUFFEUR 02:48 09 CAN'T QUIT THAT STUFF 03:53 10 STAY AROUND 04:20
Listen to samples Rory Block - Heavy On The Blues
AURORA "RORY" BLOCK (1949) GREW UP IN NEW YORK'S GREENWICH VILLAGE, WHERE, IN THE EARLY 1960S, ARTISTS LIKE BOB DYLAN, MARIA MULDAUR, AND JOHN SEBASTIAN WERE BEGINNING TO SING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD'S FOLK CLUBS. BUT RORY WAS SOON CAPTIVATED BY THE BLUES AND IMMERSED HERSELF IN THE SONGS OF DELTA LEGENDS SUCH AS ROBERT JOHNSON, MISSISSIPPI JOHN HURT, REVEREND GARY DAVIS, AND SON HOUSE. THIS WOMAN DESERVES A PLACE OF HONOR, SET APART FROM ANY OTHER BLUES ARTIST TO EMERGE SINCE THE LATE 1960S. WITH 34 ALBUMS RELEASED, RORY BLOCK IS AN ACOUSTIC GUITARIST OF INCOMPARABLE MAJESTY, WITH AN ASTONISHING FINGERPICKING TECHNIQUE AND A VOICE THAT IS AS SOLEMN AND ELEGANT AS IT IS POWERFUL. GIVEN THE GREATNESS OF HER BODY OF WORK, IT'S BOLD
,PERHAPS EVEN RISKY, TO CLAIM THAT "HEAVY ON THE BLUES" IS HER BEST ALBUM, BUT IT CERTAINLY STANDS AS ONE OF THE ARTIST’S MAJOR WORKS. RORY HANDLES ALL THE INSTRUMENTATION ON THE ALBUM HERSELF, WITH SUPPORT ON JUST THREE TRACKS FROM GUITARISTS RONNIE EARL, JOANNA CONNOR, AND JIMMY VIVINO, EACH ADDING A REFINED TOUCH TO COMPLETE AN EXCEPTIONAL RECORD. MC RECORDS JOINS THE RANKS OF ROUNDER, TELARC, AND STONY PLAIN AS A LABEL THAT HAS ACCOMPANIED BLOCK ON HER PROFESSIONAL JOURNEY, AND IT PRODUCED THIS LATEST ALBUM, ADDING TO HER CATALOG OF EXQUISITE RELEASES. HEAVY ON THE BLUES WILL VERY LIKELY BE AMONG THE TOP SPOTS ON THE BEST ALBUMS OF THE YEAR.
RORY PREVIOUS RECORDINGS
TRIBUTES
ROBERT JOHNSON - SON HOUSE - REV. GARY DAVIS - MISSISSIPPI JOHN HURT - BUKKA WHITE - BESSIE SMITH - BOB DYLAN
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