For some musicians, ringing new changes on familiar sounds is enough. For bassist Missy Raines, though, it’s a different story. Though she’s achieved acclaim in the world of bluegrass, her horizons have always been broader, and in the Missy Raines Band—more than a decade in the making—she’s at last created a group in which she can unleash the full range of her creativity.
Admired by colleagues and fans alike, Missy Raines has been blazing trails and making award-winning music on the upright bass since she was in her teens. Recording with musicians ranging from bluegrass legends like The Masters (a quartet of International Bluegrass Music Association Hall of Honor members) to young phenom Josh Williams, she has been named the IBMA’s Bass Player of the Year a record-setting five times—making her the second woman to have won an instrumentalist award and the only one to have repeated the achievement.
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