Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road are proud carriers of tradition in the world of bluegrass music, with many of their past hits proclaiming a love for classic grass and the sounds of an earlier era. Their newest effort from Pinecastle, Bill Monroe’s Ol' Mandolin, is no different. Namechecking some of the genre’s founding fathers in [...]
Pinecastle Records has a new music video this week for Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road, featuring one of the songs from their current project, Bill Monroe's Ol' Mandolin. Like so much of their music, this one looks back to an earlier time with a remake of a country hit from Crystal Gayle called Ready For [...]
Pinecastle Records has released a music video today for the latest single from Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road, Bill Monroe's Ol' Mandolin. It carries the theme of their previous album, True Grass, and a return to the old time sound of bluegrass from its earliest days. This is even centered around the Father himself, Bill [...]
Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road have been touring out on the west coast, and have sent us regular reports with photos from the west coast. Here is their final installment, from Lorraine and bassist/vocalist Randy Graham. The final stop of our True Grass tour took us to Bluegrass On The Beach, a premiere festival in [...]
Randy Graham, Carl Pagter, and Ben Greene in Morgan Hill, CA Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road are touring now on the west coast, and have promised to send us regular reports with photos from the west coast. Here is one from bassist/vocalist Randy Graham. The California Bluegrass Association is by any definition one the finest organizations [...]
Junior Sisk with members of Carolina Road and The Southern Grass at the airport in Las Vegas Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road are touring now in California, and have promised to send us regular reports with photos from the west coast. Here is one from Ramona Beresford-Howe, a bluegrass lover and aspiring fiddler who caught [...]
Lorraine Jordan entertains dinner guests on Danny Stewart's West Coast Bluegrass Cruise Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road are touring now in California, and have promised to send us regular reports with photos from the west coast. Here is one from bassist/vocalist Randy Graham. Bluegass cruises are in reality festivals at sea, and may well represent [...]
Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road in San Diego - photo by David Cupp Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road are touring now in California, and have promised to send us regular reports with photos from the west coast. Here is Lorraine’s second installment. There’s a line in True Grass that says, “now we’re fighting everyday to [...]
Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road perform at a private function on their west coast tour (2/24/20) As we mentioned last week, Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road are touring now in California, and have promised to send us regular reports with photos from the west coast. Here is Lorraine's first installment. I said at the outset, [...]
Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road are heading out west, for an extended tour of California, followed by even more shows in Ontario, before heading back to North Carolina at the end go March. The keeper of the True Grass and Country Grass tradition and her band will hit several stops along the coast, starting tomorrow [...]