Sue Foley & Rory Block in Portland

Sue Foley is a Canadian blues guitarist, singer and songwriter born in 1968. Her music is rooted in electric and Texas blues, and her catalogue includes the albums Young Girl Blues, Love Comin’ Down, The Ice Queen and Pinky’s Blues. Love Comin’ Down earned her a Juno Award. In the early 1990s, Foley played at Antone’s in Austin, the blues club whose record label released her first albums. She subsequently toured as a bandleader across North America and overseas, playing blues clubs, theatres and festivals. Canada and the United States have remained central to her concert work, including appearances at the Montreal International Jazz Festival and Ottawa Bluesfest.

Rory Block is an American singer, songwriter and acoustic guitarist, born in New York City in 1949 and raised amid Greenwich Village’s folk scene. She plays country and Delta blues, using fingerpicked and slide guitar on recordings including “Lovin’ Whiskey,” High Heeled Blues and The Lady and Mr. Johnson, her tribute to Robert Johnson. Rory Block has toured North America and Europe for decades as a solo singer and guitarist, appearing in clubs, theatres and at blues festivals. She accompanies herself on acoustic guitar, often adding foot percussion, and her concert repertoire includes original songs and music associated with Son House and Mississippi John Hurt.