Lorraine Jordan

Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road purvey the essence of traditional bluegrass, but play their songs with an edge and urgency that often hints at a deeper designs. While the vocals and instrumentation pay heed to archival precedents — Bill Monroe

The battle for the soul of bluegrass music rages on, good-naturedly of course, among those who prefer the sound that defined the genre in the beginning versus others who like to nibble away at the boundaries. Some of the argument

Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road celebrated the upcoming release of their next Pinecastle album, True Grass Again, with a special performance on June 30 at Lorraine's Coffee House in Garner, NC. The album features a number of special guests, as has

The battle over the proper boundaries of bluegrass rages on, and Lorraine Jordan adds her $.02 in the form of a new song, ably assisted by Junior Sisk and Danny Paisley on lead vocals with Carolina Road's Tommy Long, and

It's been almost exactly a year since Tommy Long stepped away from his position as guitarist and lead vocalist for Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road. The move was necessitated by a diagnosis of throat cancer last March, with treatment specified

When we reported earlier this month about Pinecastle Records opening Bonfire Recording Studio in Greenville, SC, we mentioned their intention to use the facility for both new audio projects, and for shooting video for promoting their artists. And they haven't wasted

Last week, Lorraine Jordan made the journey from her home in North Carolina, along with her band, to perform at the Ardara Bluegrass Festival held in Donegal in northwestern Ireland. There she did sets of her own material with Carolina

Lorraine Jordan is over in Ireland, along with her group, Carolina Road, and The Garrett Newton Band, to perform at the 10th Annual Ardara Bluegrass Festival in Donegal this weekend. Getting there a day or two early, she took the chance

1st Annual Veterans Bluegrass & Gospel Festival has been scheduled for October 20-21 in Sevierville, TN. Hosted by The American Legion Post #104 and Wilson Pickins Promotions, proceeds from the two day event will go to assisting military veterans and

Lorraine Jordan has released a new video from her Country Grass series, an alternate track from her recent album of the same name. The song is a bluegrass version of Ready For The Times To Get Better, a country hit for