Lorraine Jordan and Tom Worley on their wedding day (4/5/25) - photo © Adrien Barrett Lorraine Jordan, leader of the long-running Carolina Road bluegrass band, and Dr. Thomas Worley, were married in a beautiful ceremony on April 5, 2025. The wedding took
Tom Worley and Lorraine Jordan at Lorraine's Coffeehouse & Music (9/27/24) - photo © Bill Warren The week long IBMA World of Bluegrass is moving to Chattanooga next year, but that doesn’t mean that bluegrass is leaving the Raleigh area. It
Songwriters Showcase at Lorraine's Coffeehouse (9/25/24) - photo © Bill Warren Lorraine Jordan, the Lady of Tradition, for the third consecutive year, capitalized on the talent in Raleigh for IBMA to invite a group of leading songwriters in the bluegrass genre
Bluegrass musicians and festival promoters, Allen Dyer and Lorraine Jordan, have added two more festivals, the North Carolina State Bluegrass Festival and the McDowell County Country Round Up (both held in Marion) to their portfolio. The pair recently announced the
For several years now, Lorraine Jordan has proudly carried the nickname, Lady of Tradition, something she emphasizes in the music she records and performs with her touring band, and on the festivals she promotes in the southeastern US. If Lorraine
Lorraine Jordan shared some photos of the trip she took with her band, Carolina Road, out west to Wyoming recently. The proximate reason for the visit was to play at friend and songwriter David Stewart's Occidental Hotel in Buffalo, WY. But
David "Hambone" Hamlett, Brian Batten, Phil Wise, Clyde Mattocks, Pammy Davis Lassiter,and Kevin Tompkins at Lorraine's Coffee House (3/1/24) - photo © Laura Tate Ridge Saturday night, March 1, I had the pleasure of attending the Dr. Tom Langdon Memorial Show
A documentary film on the life of bluegrass bandleader and entrepreneur Lorraine Jordan, Living Like I'm Dying, was given the Audience Choice award at the recent Fuquay Film Festival in North Carolina. The documentary, which premiered at the festival, was produced
Lorraine Jordan, the Lady of Tradition, for the second consecutive year, capitalized on the talent in Raleigh for IBMA and invited a group of leading songwriters in the bluegrass genre to share their talents at her coffee house in nearby
Given their storied reputation, one might reasonably suspect that the title of Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road's new album, A Little Bit Of Bluegrass, is more or less an understatement. After all, this is a band that consistently climbs to
