Bill Monroe’s Ol’ Mandolin – Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road

Lorraine Jordan & Carolina RoadLorraine 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 [...]

Video Premiere: Ready For The Times To Get Better from Carolina Road

Carolina RoadPinecastle 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 [...]

Bill Monroe’s Ol’ Mandolin video from Lorraine Jordan

Lorraine JordanPinecastle 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 [...]

Carolina Road tour report: Final show at Lake Havasu

Lorraine JordanLorraine 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 [...]

Carolina Road Tour Report #5: True Grass show in Morgan Hill

Carolina RoadRandy 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 [...]

Carolina Road Tour Report #4: House concert in Acampo, CA

Carolina Road Tour ReportJunior 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 [...]

Tour report #3: Carolina Road on the high seas

Lorraine Jordan & Carolina RoadLorraine 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 west coast tour report #2

Lorraine Jordan & Carolina RoadLorraine 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 [...]

Carolina Road Tour Update #1: Sunny Southern California

Carolina RoadLorraine 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, [...]

Carolina Road heading out west

Lorraine Jordan & Carolina RoadLorraine 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 [...]

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