Lorraine Jordan and Carolina Road at CMAFest

Record temperatures didn’t deter a large crowd visiting Nashville, TN to see Lorraine Jordan and Carolina Road’s performance at CMAFest this past weekend. They were one of the few bluegrass bands who played the Durango Music Spot in the Music City Convention Center which also streamed live on WSM 650 AM and online. The band performed [...]

Darned If I Don’t, Danged If I Do with Lorraine and Marty

Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road have released another music video from their Country Grass CD, this time with bluegrass and country star Marty Raybon in tow. It's one of the most fun songs on the record, a grassy remake of Darned If I Don't, Danged If I Do which was a hit for Shenandoah in [...]

Brad Hudson back to Carolina Road

Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road have welcomed Brad Hudson back to the band on reso-guitar full time. The eastern North Carolina native developed a fascination with Carolina Road's music as a teen, and went to see them perform as often as possible. His hope to join the band was realized in 2009 when he became a member just [...]

Florida Bluegrass Classic wrap up

Florida Bluegrass ClassicFriday morning at the first Florida Bluegrass Classic was kicked off by Martin guitar expert, Bill Anderson, doing a workshop on the construction and maintenance of Martin guitars. Florida band, Wry Whiskey were first up on followed by Virginia's Nothin' Fancy who stormed the stage with the first of four sets of music. DJ Greg [...]

Carolina Road video with John Conlee

John ConleeLorraine Jordan & Carolina Road have released a fourth music video from their latest album, Country Grass. The theme of the project is pairing Lorraine and her crack bluegrass boys with a bevy of country singers for a mashup that's, well... Country Grass. Here we find the band with country crooner John Conlee, revisiting his 1983 [...]

Lorraine Jordan and Eddy Raven – I Got Mexico video

Eddy RavenHere's another music video from Country Grass, the latest album release from Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road. The concept of this project is to pair hits by recent country stars with a driving bluegrass band. The band, of course is Carolina Road, and the country stars include favorites like John Conlee, Lee Greenwood, Crystal Gayle, [...]

Friday at the 2015 Milan Bluegrass Festival

Milan Bluegrass FestivalThe 18th annual Milan Bluegrass Festival, held at the KC Campground in Milan, Michigan, was kicked off by Mountain Faith, fresh from their second appearance on America's Got Talent. Feller and Hill brought the Buckaroos and their high energy show to the Milan stage. They were followed by one of Michigan's favorite bands, Lorraine Jordan & [...]

Diggin’ Up Bones video from Country Grass

Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road have released a new music video for Diggin' Up Bones, one of 13 country hits which they have recut in a bluegrass style for their current Country Grass CD on Pinecastle Records. The original was a #1 hit for Randy Travis in 1986, written by Paul Overstreet, Al Gore and Nat [...]

Living With The Shades Pulled Down video from Carolina Road

Lorraine Jordan & Carolina RoadHere's another performance music video from Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road. This one's for Living With The Shades Pulled Down, which Merle Haggard included on his It's All In The Movies album in 1976. The original was cut during Hag's modified western swing mode, with a brass section, and take off guitar. Carolina Road made [...]

Track by Track with Lorraine Jordan

The Track by Track concept has long been a popular one with music broadcasters. Simply stated, a radio host and an artists sit down in the studio to discuss each track of an artist's new release, as they play through them one by one. It's especially popular in the bluegrass world with Kyle Cantrell using [...]

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