Tag: Ron Block

On The Front Porch – Kenny Thacker

| May 15, 2013 | 0 Comments
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Many bluegrass musicians first developed their love of this genre from listening carefully to their grandparents and other relatives making music. Kenny Thacker is no different. On his latest release, On the Front Porch, this Kentucky-born pastor pays tribute to his grandfather, and the others [...]

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Major milestone for Banjo NewsLetter

| April 2, 2013 | 0 Comments
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Banjo NewsLetter, published by the Nitchie family in Maryland since 1973, is now publishing online starting with the current April 2013 issue. They will continue to offer a print edition, mailed out just as it has been for 40 years, but now most of the [...]

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Walking Song this summer from Ron Block

| March 12, 2013 | 1 Comment
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Yesterday we caught up with Ron Block, and gathered some further details about his upcoming solo project, Walking Song, due for a summer 2013 release on Rounder. As we reported earlier, the album consists primarily of new songs he has written with Rebecca Reynolds. Ron [...]

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Aaron Ramsey – Gathering

| December 28, 2012 | 2 Comments
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After a full four years of recording and mixing as his schedule allowed, Mountain Heart mandolinist Aaron Ramsey has completed his new solo project, Gathering. Aaron had to find time for his own album amidst touring duties with the band, working on multiple records for other [...]

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Ron Block on Live Guitar Lessons podcast

| November 13, 2012 | 0 Comments
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Ron Block will be the featured guest on tonight’s (11/13) Learn & Master Guitar video podcast with Steve Krenz. The one hour live broadcast begins at 8:00 p.m. (EST), and will include Ron talking with Steve about technique, answering questions posted on the show’s live [...]

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Ron Block – From Bluegrass To AKUS Guitar

| October 15, 2012 | 2 Comments
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AcuTab Publications has released a new guitar instruction DVD, Ron Block – From Bluegrass to AKUS Guitar. Ron has spent the largest part of his professional career playing banjo and guitar with Alison Krauss & Union Station. He was the subject of a banjo DVD [...]

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Next Bluebird in the Bluegrass Sept 13th

| September 6, 2012 | 0 Comments
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The next installment of the Bluebird in the Bluegrass songwriter series will take place next Thursday, September 13, at the Bluebird Café in Nashville, TN. The concept behind the series is to shine a spotlight on our bluegrass tunesmiths, while also raising money for the IBMA [...]

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Blue Yodel #40 – Practice, Practice, Practice (Part 1)

| August 6, 2012 | 2 Comments
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I practice all the time. Today I practiced watching the Olympics. This was after I practiced admiring how good my guitar looks in its stand. I practice that a lot. Later, I plan to practice eating barbecue, but I don’t want to push it—I haven’t [...]

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Album of the Week #25 – Alison Krauss & Union Station’s New Favorite

| July 4, 2012 | 1 Comment
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What’s more American than Alison Krauss & Union Station on the 4th of July? Unless you’re eating apple pie with a Cincinnati Reds game on the radio, while watching fireworks light up the sky…  not much. Let’s face it: no other bluegrass artist in the [...]

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Ron Block CD/DVD in the works

| June 14, 2012 | 6 Comments
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We caught up with Ron Block this week, and he tells us that he has started work on a new solo recording – as he has breaks in the Alison Krauss & Union Station tour schedule this summer. He says that the theme of this [...]

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