This past Tuesday evening, the Po' Ramblin' Boys fulfilled the lifelong dream of every bluegrass picker when they appeared on the Grand Ole Opry stage in Nashville. The Boys have been on an upward trajectory since they appeared on the scene in 2014, knocking down one hurdle after another on their way to the top, [...]
Last night (9/24) at the Pour House in downtown Raleigh, two bluegrass supergroups convened for a powerhouse set of bluegrass as part of IBMA's Bluegrass Ramble. Frank Baker was in the audience, and captured a number of images of Po' Ramblin' Boys, joined by The First Ladies of Bluegrass (Alison Brown, Sierra Hull, Becky Buller, [...]
Rounder Records has released a debut single from their upcoming project with bluegrass preservationists Po' Ramblin' Boys, who endeavor to perform and record the music as it was captured in the earlier days of the 1950s and '60s. These four young men staked their careers on the belief that modern audiences would enjoy the sort [...]
When Po' Ramblin' Boys were out in California last year for the Huck Finn Fest, they performed a short set for the Jam In The Van folks. JITV travels all over the US in a specially-retrofitted recreational vehicle, set up as a mobile recording studio. While they have featured bluegrass a number of times in [...]
The Po' Ramblin' Boys continue on in their effort to bring back the old time bluegrass sound with their first single release on Rounder Records. Reaching way back to 1974, the Boys turn in a top notch version of Next Train South from Missouri group Dub Crouch, Norman Ford & The Bluegrass Rounders. It's a hard [...]
We have covered the Po' Ramblin' Boys extensively since they first came to our attention in 2015. From the first moment, we saw the special spark in their music, and their sincere dedication to share their love for the hard-edged, hard-driving style of traditional bluegrass that they favor with the rest of the world. They [...]
In keeping with the Memorial Day theme... Given that this is usually the first three-day weekend in the US once the weather is nice, and many school systems are finished, or nearly so, for the year, bluegrass festivals abound over Memorial Day. There were a handful going on at different locations and, despite some turbulent [...]
The Po' Ramblin' Boys were featured recently on Grassland Jam, a program broadcast on Pioneer Public Television in Minnesota. The show is filmed during the annual Minnesota Bluegrass & Old Time Music Festival in Richmond, MN and allows viewers across the state to enjoy some of the fine music shared on the stage each year. The [...]
Jasper and Sofia Lorentzen welcomed a healthy baby boy into the world of bluegrass today. Jasper is known as the rambunctious “bobbleheaded” bass player of The Po’ Ramblin’ Boys. Caspian Daniel Lorentzen was born at 5:12 a.m. on December 13, 2017 at the Lorentzen’s mountain home in Sevierville, Tennessee. Caspian weighs in at exactly 9 [...]
After 18 years operating at the Ewart Amphitheater in Vine Grove, KY, the Vine Grove Bluegrass Festival has aligned themselves with a specific bluegrass artist for the first time. Starting in September 2018, the Po' Ramblin' Boys will serve as the official host band for the festival. Two members of the band, Josh Runkle and Jereme [...]