Missy Raines & Allegheny announce the release of their new album Love & Trouble out now on Compass Records. Working again with producer Alison Brown, the new album showcases a band at the peak of its powers on an inspired set which includes re-workings of traditional songs, contemporary covers and Missy Raines’ originals.

Following on the heels of 2024’s Highlander, the new project firmly establishes Missy Raines & Allegheny as one of the most vibrant bands on the bluegrass scene. Talking about the new project, Missy says: We had lots of shows under our belt and there was an overwhelming feeling of connection you can only get from a lot of time on stage together. I knew I wanted to try and capture the magic again and I think we did.

On Love & Trouble, Raines expands her exploration of traditionally-rooted bluegrass through a set of original songs, fresh covers and reworkings of traditional ballads. Teaming up again with producer Alison Brown, she shines a spotlight on the members of her touring band Allegheny on the new release: Tristan Scroggins (mandolin, vocals), Ellie Hakanson (fiddle, vocals), Ben Garnett (guitar, vocals) and Eli Gilbert (banjo, vocals).

1. Yanceyville Jail [2:56]
2. Claude Allen [4:12]
3. Cold Winds [2:50]
4. Coal Black Water [3:39]
5. Anywhere the Wind Blows [3:35]
6. Stop 88 [3:52]
7. Future On Ice [3:19]
8. Scraps From Your Table [3:02]
9. Eula Dorsey [3:38]
10. Vonetta [4:38]

The most awarded bass player in the history of the International Bluegrass Music Association - along here with Allegheny - opens up here new recording on the frenetically-charged banjo, fiddle and mandolin-hued Yanceyville Jail and the mid-tempo jaunt of a traditional Appalachian ballad Claude Allen and then we get the train track-imbibed Cold Winds, the low slung Coal Black Water and the finger-snapping foot-tapper Anywhere the Wind Blows (culled from the repertoire of The Good Ole Persons and penned by Kathy Kallick).

Along next is the infectiously danceable Stop 88 which is in turn backed seamlessly by the dulcet balladry of the classic country Jimmy Martin song Future On Ice (featuring special guest Deanie Richardson (Sister Sadie) on fiddle), the free-spirited Hazel Dickens classic Scraps From Your Table, the set rounding out on the balladry gossamer of Eula Dorsey, closing on the strident Earl Klugh instrumental Vonetta.

Taken as a whole, Love & Trouble is a strong musical statement from a band at the top of its game. Missy Raines & Allegheny show the possibilities for traditional bluegrass in a contemporary context, expanding the genre’s roots even as they cultivate them. And the result is an ear-opening pleasure.

UPCOMING TOUR DATES:
16 May - Purple Fiddle - Thomas, WV
17 May - Allegheny RiverStone Center for the Arts - Foxburg, PA
18 May - Riverdog Concerts, Oberlin OH
22 May - Station Inn - Nashville, TN
23 May - Red Clay Music Foundry - Duluth, GA
24 May - Randy Wood Guitars - Bloomingdale, GA
20 Jun - Wenatchee River Bluegrass Festival - Cashmere, WA
21 Jun - Wenatchee River Bluegrass Festival - Cashmere, WA
5 Jul - Stecoah Valley Cultural Arts Center - Robbinsville, NC
11 Jul - High Mountain Hay Fever Festival - Westcliffe, CO
12 Jul - High Mountain Hay Fever Festival - Westcliffe, CO
18 Jul - Shady Grove Bluegrass Festival - Sundre, Canada
19 Jul - Shady Grove Bluegrass Festival - Sundre, Canada
24 July - Brewminatti, Prosser WA
25 Jul - Columbia Gorge Bluegrass Festival - Stevenson, WA
26 Jul - Columbia Gorge Bluegrass Festival - Stevenson, WA
1 Nov - Sultana Downrigging Festival - Chestertown, MD

Official Purchase Link

www.missyraines.com