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Ron Block

  • Ron Block talks music and his new book on Nashville TV

    December 20, 2022 | by John Lawless

    Noted bluegrass artist Ron Block appeared on local Nashville television yesterday to talk about his new book, Abiding Dependence: Living Moment by Moment in the Love of God, which we covered earlier this month. Ron, of course, has played banjo and

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  • Abiding Dependence – new book from Ron Block

    December 13, 2022 | by John Lawless

    If you are still looking for a gift for a believing Christian on your list, you might consider Abiding Dependence: Living Moment by Moment in the Love of God, a new book from AKUS banjo and guitar man, Ron Block. Those

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  • My Favorite J.D. Crowe lick – Ron Block

    April 29, 2022 | by Guest Contributor

    This series is a feature we are running to memorialize the creative and musical legacy of the late J.D. Crowe, who we lost just before Christmas. We are calling it My Favorite Crowe Lick, and each episode will include a

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  • IBMA 365: The Banjo Legacy of J.D. Crowe

    February 17, 2022 | by John Lawless

    The International Bluegrass Music Association will be hosting a live, interactive panel discussion on Facebook March 5 about the lasting influence the late J.D. Crowe has had on the five string banjo and bluegrass music. This presentation begins at 3:00

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  • Bluegrass banjo backup with Ron Block, Kristin Scott Benson, and Bill Evans

    September 23, 2021 | by John Lawless

    Most everyone who has studied bluegrass banjo will say that one of the most demanding aspects of mastering the style is learning the many ways to back up a vocalist or another instrumentalist in a band setting. Earl Scruggs, of

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  • Ozark Music Camp launching in Branson this fall

    July 6, 2021 | by John Lawless

    The Chapmans, longstanding family of bluegrass performers, and proprietors of The Acoustic Shoppe in Springfield, MO, have announced the debut in October of their first ever Ozark Music Camp. The three day weekend workshop will be held at the beautiful Still

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  • Donne’s Passage video from Ron Block

    December 5, 2019 | by John Lawless

    Bluegrass fans have enjoyed music from Ron Block since the 1980s when he first appeared on the scene playing banjo with Weary Hearts, the same group that introduced us to Chris Jones, Butch Baldassari, and Mike Bub. After a short

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  • Ron Block talks Banjophony

    September 19, 2018 | by John Lawless

    Ron Block has been an icon in the bluegrass banjo world for at least the last 25 years, the time he has been part of Alison Krauss & Union Station. Though he also plays guitar with Alison, the banjo world

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  • Leiper’s Fork Christmas from Ron Block

    November 28, 2016 | by John Lawless

    Ron Block has a new album, Leiper's Fork Christmas, just now released in time for December. For the second year in a row, the noted multi-instrumentalist of Alison Krauss & Union Station fame has recorded a set of instrumental music with his

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  • Carter’s Creek Christmas – Ron Block

    December 1, 2015 | by John Lawless

    Ron Block has had a productive 2015. In addition to his first-ever full length banjo instrumental CD, Hogan's House Of Music, he has just released a short-form EP of holiday music, Carter's Creek Christmas. Here the focus is on familiar carols and hymns,

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