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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! 

Don’t Wait Too Long

A friend of mine of 30 years called me a few days ago and told me he had finally ordered himself a beautiful custom Hartford banjo. Our conversation brought to...

Aug 6.2015

Deering 40th Celebration Full of Surprises

Held on board the Star of India in San Diego’s beautiful downtown harbor, the Deering 40th Anniversary Benefit Concert was a magical evening for all who...

Bela Fleck and Abigail Washburn Announce New EP

The first couple of the banjo, Béla Fleck and Abigail Washburn, will release "Banjo Banjo," the companion EP to their debut duo album on Aug. 21 on Rounder....

Aug 3.2015

Deering Banjo Company is well chuffed to share the first Scottish Gentlemen of the Road Banjo Charity Auction!

You have likely heard about the Gentlemen of the Road Stopovers, a global series of events in small cities and towns around the world. It began in 2012 when ...

Play Music How You Feel It?

Beginning musician’s struggle with this concept: play the music how you “feel” it. What does that mean? How can that be quantified?

The Difference Between Tuning and Key

I have a number of students who have trouble understanding the difference between the key of a song and the tuning of their banjo or they feel they can only...

Jul 2.2015

David Holt Reviews the New 12 Inch Vega Old Tyme Wonder Banjo

The world class clawhammer banjoist David Holt took the time recently to review our new Vega Old Time Wonder banjo that features a 12 inch rim.

Imitating and Creating

I was in a conversation the other day where a musician said to me, “I decided not to play banjo in our band because we don’t want to ‘look like’ we’re...

Jun 18.2015

How To Tune Your Banjo to Double C Tuning

As most of us know, standard tuning for a 5-string banjo is an open G tuning (G,D,G,B,D). Open G tuning means that if we strum all the strings without fretting...

Jun 17.2015

The Waverly, Iowa Gentlemen Of The Road Charity Banjo is Here ... and it is Fetching!

The next Gentlemen of The Road Stopover this summer in the idyllic Midwestern town of Waverly, Iowa is upon us. Happening this Friday and Saturday June...

Kristin Scott Benson chooses the Deering Golden Series banjos
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