"TOO COMPLEX TO FIT INTO A MUSICAL DRAWER."
- Rolling Stone
On the one hand, Block sings in a beautiful Dylan tradition with his soulful guitar-sounds. But with his colleagues from Lou Reed to the B-52s, he created the non-tradition neo-folk, where country and groove meet in harmony.
"A MINIMAL, YET HEARTY BLEND OF WITTY METROPOLITAN ALTERNATIVE-FOLK.”
- CMJ New Music Report
Timing Is Everything is anchored by Block’s wry storytelling. Whether his tales are tongue-in-cheek or soaked in gut-wrenching angst, they’re always thought provoking.
"THE ALCHEMY OF MELODIOUS DISCORD... PRETTY ENOUGH TO DRAW YOU IN, ROUGH ENOUGH TO KEEP YOU LISTENING.”
- Laurel Bowman, Alternative Press
City-folk, urbane, sophisticated, sullen and reeling of a smoke-filled packed house at Cafe Sine’.
“ENGAGING AND PROMISE-FILLED.”
"A SENSE OF URGENCY, A CRISPNESS OF SOUND, AND A SPACIOUSNESS..."
- Steven P. Marsh, New City, New York
From Lead Me Not Into Penn Station (1996) to Timing is Everything (1998) and The Last Single Guy (2006)—to his re-emergence releasing Whitecaps on the Hudson (2013), and his latest, The Greene Street Sessions (2017), musician and songwriter Jamie Block continues to captivate and question.
“A WITTY, KNOWING COLLECTION OF POP TRACKS."
- Billboard
The highlights of which are the comical I Used To Manage P.M. Dawn and the sardonic Cigarettes Prozac and Scotch.
"SPOKEN WORD DELIVERIES THAT BOTH BAFFLE AND DELIGHT, ALL IN THE SAME MOMENT."
- Andrew Greenhalgh, Along the Journey
Block presents himself in essentially two ways. The Americana-flavored singer-songwriter, with organic tones providing subtle canvases for Block's solid lyrics. And a second persona that resonates with healthy influences of Tom Waits, while maintaining a decidedly "Block"-centric flair.