Love & Trouble, bluegrass bass pioneer Missy Raines’ latest album with her band Allegheny, offers views from the highest peaks of her native West Virginia and from the deepest hollers of heartbreak. The 10 songs come to life with people, places, and stories that have caught her heart during her five-decade journey in bluegrass and beyond. In that time, she became the first woman to win IBMA’s Bass Player of the Year award (in 1998), and she’s won that title another nine times since, as well as IBMA awards for collaborative projects and a Grammy nomination for her 2018 album, Royal Traveller. With songs that have deep roots in the past but firm footing in our present day, Raines is leading bluegrass into an exciting future.
Missy Raines and Allegheny released Love & Trouble on Compass Records on May 16, 2025.