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  • HOME
  • ABOUT
    • BIO
    • HISTORY
    • AWARDS
  • MUSIC
    • MUSIC CREDITS
    • Videos
  • NEWS
  • CONTACT
  • BANJO WORKSHOP
    • Free Banjo Videos Section - Scroll Down
    • 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
  • Lessons
  • STORE
  • GUITAR WORKSHOP
    • Session I
    • Session II
    • SESSION III
    • SESSION IV

NEW! Ron Block Online Guitar Workshop

UPDATE: This entire course is available here:
Online Guitar Workshop

HELLO GUITARISTS!

I'll be having a live online guitar workshop in November. If you can't make one or more of the live sessions, no worries! They'll be put up each…

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Listener Reviews of A Light So Fair: Peaceful Guitar Instrumentals

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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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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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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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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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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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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Ron's Online Banjo Workshop

Greetings, fellow banjo pickers! 

Have you had moments where you've wanted your playing to move along more quickly? Have you ever wondered if you have what it takes to go to the next level? 

I've struggled with…

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Facebook Live and The Traditional Banjo/Guitar Workbook videos

Hello folks! I've got a couple of videos up on my Facebook page (Ron Block of Alison Krauss & Union Station); one is a short talk about my approach to banjo backup. The second video is an up-to-speed…Read more

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