Missy Raines has won the International Bluegrass Music Association Bass Player of the Year SEVEN TIMES. In addition to being one of the most awarded instrumentalists in her field, she is the only woman to win more than one instrumental award. Raines has toured internationally with Jim Hurst and The Claire Lynch Band. She has formed a band, Missy Raines and the New Hip to explore fusions of jazz, bluegrass, pop and funk forms. She has performed and recorded with several first generation bluegrass legends, including Josh Graves, Kenny Baker and Jesse McReynolds. She is regarded for her ability to play both straight-ahead bluegrass and more progressive forms of music.

Missy Raines is featured in the current issue of Bass Player Magazine. Known for her ability to seamlessly fuse bluegrass virtuosity and jazz-tinged licks with a song-driven sensibility, Missy Raines’ bass has yet to meet a genre it can’t groove with.

Describing the sound of the New Hip, Missy Raines says: "I once had a dream about the father of Bluegrass, Bill Monroe, pop master Joe Jackson, and jazz giant Ray Brown. They were friends and got together and jammed and it was a whole new kind of music, it was very cool. Then I woke up and knew what I had to do."

In the spirit of this dream, Missy's latest musical adventures across the bounds of bluegrass are daring, virtuosic, and loaded with groove. The New Hip—mandolinist Ethan Ballinger, resonator guitarist Michael Witcher, and guitarist Dillon Hodges—is an impressive assemblage of talent with the chops to travel the challenging territory Missy maps out as if it was a walk in the park.

Whether you like bluegrass or jazz, you'll love this show!