Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road are back with a new single today from Pinecastle Records, perfectly in keeping with their celebration of the old time way of playing and singing bluegrass. So much so that fans have taken to referring to Jordan as "The Lady of Tradition." This latest is another one about the music we all [...]
Pinecastle Records has a new video to share for the single, Who's Gonna Tell The Story, recorded by Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road, but the song - and the video - have a unique back story. In fact, Lorraine feels a bit reticent to even call it their single, as she says she was approached [...]
Lorraine Jordan has been a household name in bluegrass music for several decades. Known as the Lady of Tradition, Lorraine and her band Carolina Road have scored multiple hits on the bluegrass charts, and numerous fans in the U.S. and beyond. With the release of their new Gospel recording, I Can Go To Them on [...]
Pinecastle Records has a new single this week for Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road, one in keeping with the band's habit of lamenting the passing of the old ways in bluegrass music. Lorraine's True Grass album from 2018 set a tone for Carolina Road, and their defense of traditional bluegrass of the old school variety. [...]
Bluegrass bandleader and business woman Lorraine Jordan, The Lady of Tradition, has a wonderful Christmas present for everyone who enjoys old school bluegrass. All of the live video from shows at her Lorraine's Coffee & Cafe in Cary, North Carolina are available for viewing at no cost online. OK... it's not really a Christmas present. [...]
Concurrent with the release of a new Gospel album from Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road, I Can Go To Them, Pinecastle Records has also released a second single, Lessons Of The Book. Jordan has earned the moniker, Lady of Tradition, for focusing squarely and inerrantly on traditional bluegrass music - on stage, on her recordings, [...]
Album cover cake for the release of I Can Go To Them - photo by Laura Tate Photography What a shindig!! Lorraine Jordan and Carolina Road hosted a CD release party for their new Gospel recording, I Can Go To Them, at Lorraine’s Coffee House and Music on Friday, October 1, taking advantage of the [...]
Lonesome River Band at the 2021 Willow Oak Park Bluegrass Festival - photo by Sandy Hatley Wonderful weather, a pristine park, and marvelous music make a perfect combination for a great weekend of bluegrass music. Willow Oak Music Park, a 60 acre farm located in north central North Carolina, is just what the bluegrass community [...]
The Lady of Tradition, Lorraine Jordan, front woman and mandolinist for her band, Carolina Road, didn’t let the global pandemic stop her when venues shuttered their doors and bookings evaporated in 2021. Instead of sitting at home wondering how to spend her downtime, the proprietor of Lorraine's Coffee House & Music in Garner, NC, live [...]
Lorraine Jordan has long made traditional bluegrass the focus of her band, Carolina Road. And what could be more traditional than an old time Gospel quartet? Bill Monroe, Flatt & Scruggs, and The Stanley Brothers made them part of their repertoires from the earliest days, and they remain popular with bluegrass fans to this day. [...]