The Regent Theatre - Arlington, MA - Arlington's Show Place of Entertainment

Reserved Seats: $16.50 in advance, $21.50 day of show,
$26.50 VIP/Preferred Seating in first 5 rows center section.

This remarkable show will feature members of the Robert Johnson family and the music of Robert Johnson performed by world renowned blues artist Rory Block and the anointed, soul stirring Gospel of the Straitaway Ministries Choir of Utica, Mississippi.

The evening will begin with an introduction by a member of the Robert Johnson family, followed by an acoustic set of Johnson material performed by Rory Block. The second set begins with Block and the Straitaway Ministries Choir performing early Gospel songs a capella and backed by Block's acoustic guitar, with a transition to a contemporary sound when the Straitaway Ministries Choir rocks the stage with their powerful Holy Ghost Gospel.

Altogether, over 30 performers will be coming up from Mississippi to help Rory Block celebrate her new Rykodisc recording, "The Lady and Mr. Johnson," to be released August 1, 2006.

"Rory Block is the blues... one of the music's few living legends."
--All Music Guide

"Her playing is perfect, her singing otherworldly as she wrestles
with ghosts, shadows and legends."
--The New York Times

"...Rory Block is one of the greatest living acoustic blues artists... she
can hold her own with the legends who inspired her."
--Blues Revue

"If you like music steeped in tradition and genuine feeling,
this is your woman."
- People Magazine

"Some of the most singular and affecting Country Blues anyone, man or woman,
black or white, old or young, has cut in recent years."
--Rolling Stone

Blues is her passion Boston Globe - United States ... the Straitway Ministries Choir will be appearing in West Virginia, New York, and Portland, Maine, before ending at the Regent Theatre in Arlington, on Monday .
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‘Lady’ sings the blues: Rory Block preaches the gospel of ... Boston Herald - United States ... ‘‘Down at the Crossroads: Blues Meets Gospel” plays the Regent Theatre in Arlington on Monday. The evening will feature a
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