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Making a Scene Presents an interview with Rory Block!

Richard L'Hommedieu Bessie Smith, blues, indie Blues, John Hurt, making a Scene, rory block September 9, 2018

Home Page Facebook Page Making a Scene presents an Interview with Indie Blues Artist Rory Block I was born in Princeton NJ in 1949 and spent the beginning of my life in a small wood house with no plumbing, hidden deep in the woods on a hillside in Neshanic. At the time, nothing but endless […]

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Rory Block A Woman’s Soul: A Tribute to Bessie Smith

Richard Ludmerer A Womans soul, Bessie Smith, blues, indie Blues, making a Scene, rory block July 6, 2018

Rory Block A Woman’s Soul: A Tribute to Bessie Smith Stony Plain Records Aurora “Rory” Block spent her formative years as part of the Greenwich Village folk music scene. At the age of fourteen she was introduced to the music of the Mississippi Delta by Stefan Grossman. She made it her business to seek out, […]

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Rory Block – ‘A Woman’s Soul’

Rhetta Akamatsu A Womans soul, acoustic blues, Bessie Smith, blues music, indie Blues, making a Scene, rory block June 13, 2018

Rory Block is a five-time Blues Award winner, and with albums like A Woman of Soul, it is easy to understand why. This is the first in a series of albums called ‘”Power Women of the Blues.” This one is a tribute to Bessie Smith. The album contains well-known songs like “Do your Duty,” “Gimme […]