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Mar 28.2025

Steve Martin & Alison Brown release new music

If you are looking for some new music, then look no further than the new single from Alison Brown and Steve Martin, featuring the remarkable Tim O'Brien! 

Oct 30.2020

Custom Deering Haunted Banjo Collaboration Unveiled on Kickstarter

Deering is thrilled to announce the building of ten, extremely limited banjos in collaboration with award-winning illustrator, Brian Kesinger on his latest...

Oct 27.2020

Jens Kruger Beginner Banjo Lesson 14 - Combining Licks and Melody

In this beginner banjo lesson, Jens Kruger explains how there are 2 parts to Scruggs style banjo playing - licks and melody. Both are important, but putting...

Oct 23.2020

IBMA Artist To Artist With Jerry Douglas, J.D. Crowe, and Winston Marshall

Bluegrass Music Hall of Famer J.D. Crowe’s infusion of new ideas into bluegrass banjo took the music to a decidedly younger and more diverse crowd, inspiring a...

Oct 19.2020

Jens Kruger Beginner Banjo Lesson 13 - 5-String Banjo Tablature Explained

Jens Kruger explains what banjo tablature is and how to read it. Banjo tablature is a way of writing out music on paper so that the exact fingerings of what...

Oct 16.2020

Announcement of the 2020 Steve Martin Banjo Prize Winners!

This week saw the 2020 recipients for the Steve Martin Banjo Prize announced by the FreshGrass Foundation, who partnered earlier this year with Steve Martin to...

Oct 12.2020

Jens Kruger Beginner Banjo Lesson 12 - 5 String Banjo Styles Explained

Jens Kruger explains and demonstrates the 3 prominent styles of playing the 5 string banjo with the 3 finger styles. These styles include the Scruggs style,...

Oct 8.2020

Jens Kruger Beginner Banjo Lesson 11 - Boil Them Cabbage Down

In this beginning 5-string banjo lesson with Jens Kruger, Jens will teach you how to play the classic folk song Boil Them Cabbage Down. This incorporates...

Sep 23.2020

Deering Live - Featuring Hank Smith

Hank is a fantastic three finger style 5-string banjo player who is influenced by bluegrass, jazz, blues, classical, and more. He is also an adjunct...

Sep 22.2020

Jens Kruger Beginner Banjo Lesson 10 - C Forward Roll and Slide

In this beginning 5-string banjo lesson with Jens Kruger, Jens will teach you how to play a forward roll over a C chord and incorporate a slide into this. You...

Sep 18.2020

Deering Does Nashville - Ashley Campbell

Earlier in the year, we had the chance to visit with Deering Banjo artist Ashley Campbell at her home in Nashville, TN for a quick chat and some pickin'! 

Kristin Scott Benson chooses the Deering Golden Series banjos
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