Positively 4th Street

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  • Genre: Folk, Blues.
  • Influenced by: Mississippi John Hurt, Son House, Robert Johnson, Reverend Gary Davis, Skip James, Peter Rowan.
  • Similar artists: Maria Muldar, Ruthie Foster, Bonnie Raitt.
  • About this album: The 75-year-old roots music legend turns her attention to Dylan on this album, playing all the instruments herself, including acoustic and slide guitars, drums, and acoustic bass.
  • Metacritic Score: NA.
  • Grammy Nominations: None.
  • Song To Sample: The most obvious choice. The namesake of the album, "Positively 4th Street."
  • Trivia Bonus: Heavily influenced by the 1960s Greenwich folk scene, Block began listening to old albums, transcribing them, and learning to play songs as a teenager. At age 15, she left home to seek out the remaining blues giants, such as Mississippi John Hurt, Reverend Gary Davis, and Son House. She's a seven times blues music award winner and and one of the last living disciples of the masters of the Delta Blues.