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  • HOME
  • ABOUT
    • BIO
    • HISTORY
    • AWARDS
  • MUSIC CREDITS
  • MUSIC
    • Videos
    • NEWS
  • CONTACT
  • BANJO WORKSHOPS
    • Banjo Week 1
    • Banjo Week 2
    • Banjo Week 3
    • Banjo Week 4
    • Banjo Lesson: "Foggy Mountain Special" from Earl Scruggs Tribute
    • Banjo Lesson: Man of Constant Sorrow from O Brother Soundtrack
    • Banjo Lesson: Bending Strings in Bluegrass
    • Developing New Licks and Ideas Banjo Workshop
  • STORE
  • GUITAR WORKSHOP
    • Session I
    • Session II
    • SESSION III
    • SESSION IV
  • TOUR

Mar 10 2023

The Ron Block Banjo Workshop App!

The Ron Block Banjo Workshop app is up and running! It has plenty of lessons up for your banjo journey, and more will be continually added. Go to the web app to browse at the Learn tab, or sign up…

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Jan 5 2023

Book Release: Abiding Dependence

For those who like my AKUS songs like "A Living Prayer," "There is a Reason," "Jesus Help Me to Stand," "In the Palm of Your Hand," and are interested in Christian spirituality, I've got a book coming out on Moody…

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Oct 1 2022

October Ireland Banjophonics Tour!

I'll be playing in Ireland and Northern Ireland on the last leg of the 2022 Banjophonics Tour with Damien O'Kane and the boys, several shows with Mike McGoldrick and one with John-Joe Kelly. Aoife Scott and Andy Meaney will also…

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Mar 25 2022

July U.K. Tour: Damien O'Kane & Ron Block: Banjophonics

Nov 7 2020

Ron Block Online Guitar Workshop

HELLO GUITARISTS!

I've got an Online Guitar Workshop (click here!) available now!

LEVEL: Intermediate to advanced

OBJECTIVE: To help guitarists see new ways to move forward - to give you the tools and ideas that I've used to create my…

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Dec 5 2019

Listener Reviews of A Light So Fair: Peaceful Guitar Instrumentals

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Nov 24 2019

Donne's Passage - from A Light So Fair: Peaceful Guitar Instrumentals

During the Alison Krauss Windy City tour in 2018, Alison suggested I record an album of peaceful, meditative guitar pieces. I took her suggestion to heart. Order the cd or download here.

Usually in the mornings I spend some…

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Nov 18 2019

A Light So Fair: Peaceful Guitar Instrumentals

Some of you know I've been working for awhile on an album of peaceful, sparse instrumentals. Usually in the mornings I spend some time in reading and reflection.  For this album I'd pull my guitar out after this peaceful, reflective…

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Jul 6 2019

New Store Item: Rickard Cyclone High Ratio Banjo Tuning Pegs

These tuners are classy through and through, from the feel to the materials to even the box. I put the Gold/Galaith Ivory pegs on my Rich & Taylor (So Long So Wrong banjo) and have been using them on the…

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Aug 15 2018

Banjophony: Bluegrass-Irish Fusion

My most recent record (or album, as Damien O'Kane would say) Banjophony has been out for nearly a month now and we've been thrilled by the brilliant response to our 'cooperating-banjos' sound! There are exciting bits of news we can't…

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May 21 2018

Banjophony: Album and Tour with Damien O'Kane

I'm so thrilled to announce this upcoming duo banjo record with Irish banjo wizard Damien O'Kane, with an amazing mix of U.S. and U.K. musicians. We'll be touring in late July and early August in the U.K. 

Artwork by…

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Mar 13 2018

News! Banjophony Record and Tour w/Damien O'Kane, Alison Krauss Touring

Greetings! First of all, thanks so much to everyone who has participated in my online banjo workshop on RonBlock.com! It has been an amazing response. The workshop sessions and extra videos will be up on the site for a good…

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