Rory Block -- Blues, Soul, and a great soul and finger-picking virtuousa The Cherry Tree is proud to host long-standing blues favorite, Rory Block, on Sunday September 23. The concert begins at 7:30 and is held in the Parish Hall of St Mary's Church, 3916 Locust Walk, in the heart of the University of Pennsylvania campus. Tickets are $12 in advance and $15 at the door. Students with valid ID and members of the Philadelphia Folksong Society may purchase at-door tickets at the advance ticket price. Hard-driving blues, her own eclectic song-writing, and stunning guitar licks have long defined Rory Block. She's been singing and playing the classics from her early years in her father's Greenwich Village sandal shop where the greatest 60's folk and blues musicians hung out. Son House, performer, teacher and mentor to Robert Johnson, was her greatest early influence. She tells of playing for him at the age of 15 -- and hasn't looked back since, in a career that's included international tours, and performances with the world's greatest. Her excellence has made her a multiple winner of the WC Handy Award -- including female artist of the year, and acoustic album of the year. These honors just begin to acknowledge the depth of her talent and the richness of her singing, portraying and bringing out the songs... all the best of down-home, gritty country blues. Rory's new CD, soon to be relaesaed, draws on this magnificent foundation and tradition and extends it out to the universe. It's an album of duets, in which Rory plays her heart out on her all-time favorite soul classics. Keb Mo, Kelly Joe Phelps, gospel with Rev. Herb Sheldon of the Payne AME choir -- these are a few of her collaborators. The "songs and artists that are to soul music what Robert Johnson is to country blues..." It takes a performer of great depth to take on these classics of longing and love, or loss and bitterness, and turn them around to speak to us all. When Rory brings out these songs, she has something to touch each one of us. The Cherry Tree's up close and personal space lets this music shine. Great sound, home-baked goodies, and friendly faces make the Cherry Tree THE place to let loose, tap your toes, and lose yourself in the music. Advance tickets are available from House of Our Own Books at 3920 Spruce Street; Rustic Music 333 S. 13th Street; and Mad's Records in Ardmore. For more information, call the Cherry Tree at 215-386-1640 or visit our web site at www.cherrytree.org Upcoming shows: Poor Old Horse, Freedom Sound, and The Penn Pipers 9/30 Steve Gillette and Cindy Mangsen 10/7 Paddy Keenan 10/28 ---- You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the list named "UnivCity." To unsubscribe, see <http://list.purple.com>
