Roland and Clarence White/Roland White and Diane Bouska - photo by Nicole Christianson Pioneer, multi-instrumentalist and singer Roland White, primarily a mandolin player with a career spanning over six decades, passed away on April 1, 2022, at Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Funeral arrangements for Roland White, who passed away last week, have been finalized. There will be a visitation from 3:00-7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, April 6, 2022, at Spring Hill Funeral Home and Cemetery in Madison, Tennessee. A Celebration of Life will be organized
One of the most cherished and beloved members of the bluegrass community is gone. Roland White, multi-instrumentalist and singer, has died today after having suffered a severe heart attack a week ago. He was 83 years of age. Growing up in
Roland White's illustrious bluegrass music career spans 65 years, and during that time he has been associated with progressive styles as well as the traditional forms. He has played with The Country Boys (later the internationally acclaimed Kentucky Colonels), Bill Monroe
Today, with the release of the album A Tribute to the Kentucky Colonels, living legend, mandolin player and singer Roland White celebrates a trailblazing period of his storied career with new recordings of songs and tunes that, as a member
Roland White is among our most senior members of the bluegrass community, having been involved in the music professionally for more than 60 of his 80 years. During that time he performed with some of the most influential acts in
Mountain Home Music is set to release a first single from their upcoming Roland White collaboration project with a who's who of Nashville pickers and singers, Roland White and Friends, A Tribute to the Kentucky Colonels. Even casual bluegrass historians know that
Jim Lauderdale’s newest record is also his oldest. Like a treasure unearthed from a time capsule, it’s a perfectly preserved artifact from a particular point in time, in this case 1979. The short history of the Yep Roc CD, Jim Lauderdale and
(Editor’s Note: This article is drawn from an interview the author conducted for his radio show, Songwriter Showcase, which will debut next month at bluegrasscountry.org.) Jim Lauderdale and Roland White have a pile of records between them. Lauderdale alone just passed
Dave Pomeroy, Jeff Syracuse, Roland White, Paul Schiminger, and Diane Bouska at the Metropolitan Council Roland White was honored this week by the Metropolitan Council, the governing authority of the greater metro region of Nashville and Davidson County, TN. He was
