Blog: Star Maker Machine

Rory Block: Elder Green is Gone [ purchase ] If it wasn't for pure fidelity, subtle production dynamics, and that high, clear voice, it would be easy to imagine that this recording was older than the hills, from the early days of folk or "country" blues. But this is no Lomax field recording. It's acoustic blues guitarist and five time WC Handy award winner Rory Block, who set out at fifteen to learn her trade from a set of dying old men, all [...]

• Rory Block - Elder Green Is Gone