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Ron Block

  • Ron Block Banjo Workshop app now available

    November 14, 2024 | by Sandy Hatley

    Banjo meets techno! The Ron Block Banjo Workshop app is now available for cell phones, tablets, and computers. Designed for every level of musicianship, it has material help whether you're a beginner, intermediate, or advanced picker. The app offers plenty

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  • Bill Evans moves to Virginia – Banjo Essentials workshop on for December 10

    November 27, 2023 | by John Lawless

    Most people who have followed the work of banjo performer and instructor Bill Evans think of him as a west coast guy. That makes sense, as he has lived most of his adult life in the Bay Area of California. But,

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  • Banjophonics – Damien O’Kane & Ron Block

    April 17, 2023 | by Lee Zimmerman

    Forget all those jokes that take aim at banjo players. As Damien O'Kane and Ron Block proudly proclaim on the inside sleeve of their new joint venture, appropriately titled Banjophonics, "Ain't no thang, like a banjo strang." Banjophonics drives that point

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  • 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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