The 2012-2013 Concert Series presents...
Rory Block
with Shane Speal opening
Sunday, April 21, 2013
Matinée Concert 4:00 pm
at Marketview Arts, York
“Blues icon Rory Block
to perform in York, PA April 21st” »
...on Jess’s blog
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York Dispatch:
“American Traditions: Block Sings the Blues” »
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WITF spotlight: “Shane Speal, Cigar Box King” »
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photo: Sergio Kurhajec
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Media Sponsor:
With support from Your Name In Lights Sponsors Bob Lane and Ron & Tracy Benenson.
Presented in partnership with the Blues Society of Central Pennsylvania, which is supporting this event through a Your Name In Lights Sponsorship.
This event is part of a series developed by the Susquehanna Folk Music Society and the York County Convention & Visitors Bureau, made possible by a grant from the Pennsylvania Humanities Council.
"Rory Block is one of the greatest living acoustic blues artists... she can hold her own with the legends who inspired her." — Blues Revue
Heralded as "a living landmark" (Berkeley Express), "a national treasure" (Guitar Extra), and "one of the greatest living acoustic blues artists" (Blues Revue), Rory Block has committed her life and her career to preserving the Delta blues tradition and bringing it to life for 21st century audiences around the world. A traditionalist and an innovator at the same time, she wields a fiery and haunting guitar and vocal style that redefines the boundaries of acoustic blues and folk.
...with Shane Speal opening
Shane Speal is "The King of the Cigar Box Guitar," a blues rock songwriter who plays a primitive guitar made from an empty cigar box and a stick. He is also the leader of the modern Cigar Box Guitar Revolution, a growing fanbase of cigar box guitar builders and players who are dominating blues stages worldwide. The York Daily Record says: "The best way to describe [Speal's music] is to take blues and gospel and country and Hawaiian and ragtime and put it through a meat grinder that's missing some teeth."
Host Joe Ulrich brought Shane and his instruments into the WITF-FM studios recently. Check out the story and videos at WITF.org: “Shane Speal, Cigar Box King”
Marketview Arts
37 W. Philadelphia Street, York, PA 17401
Directions & Venue Info
Matinée Concert: 4:00pm
Ticket Info:
$22 General Admission
$18 SFMS Members
SFMS Members Save!$18 BSCP Members
$10 Students
— ages 3 to 22Advance Tickets
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