Missy Raines & Allegheny – 14-time Bluegrass IBMA Winner

Missy Rainesbass and vocals
Ben Garnettguitar
Eli Gilbertbanjo
Ellie Hakansonfiddle
Tristan Scrogginsmandolin

Come on down to the beautiful Allegheny River valley for a glorious evening of BLUEGRASS AT IT BEST – with MISSY RAINES – who has won 14 International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) awards over the years including an astonishing 10 IBMA Bass Player of the Year honors – with her virtuoso band, ALLEGHENY, on Saturday, May 17 at 7:30 PM.

Along with Raines on bass and lead vocals, the members of Missy Raines and Allegheny include Ben Garnett on guitar, Eli Gilbert on banjo, Ellie Hakanson on fiddle and Tristan Scroggins on mandolin.

This concert will sell out – so be sure to buy online or reserve in advance.

Tickets $25, ARCA Members $20 Students $5. Call to reserve –  724-659-3153 – to pay by cash or check at the door.  WALK-INS Welcome. Buy online here.

Missy Raines is a trailblazer in bluegrass music. Throughout her storied career, Raines has garnered some of the biggest accolades in the music industry, including 14 International Bluegrass Music Association honors, with 10 being awarded for “Bass Player of the Year.”

Missy Raines’ 2018 release Royal Traveller was also nominated for a Grammy Award for “Best Bluegrass Album” in 2020.

On her newest release Highlander, the bassist/ vocalist/songwriter returns to her bluegrass roots with a musical homage to the peaks and valleys of her native West Virginia.

That path has taken Raines on a long and adventurous musical journey which has been informed by the Southern Appalachian and Mid-Atlantic bluegrass of her youth. As a child and young teen, Raines soaked up the sounds of The Country Gentlemen, The Seldom Scene, The Johnson Mountain Boys, and the other neo-progressive groups that propelled bluegrass music forward in the 70s.

In the early years of her career, she spent hours learning from and playing with many first-generation bluegrass legends and traveled extensively throughout the mid- Atlantic region. She says: “I can almost just go back [in my mind] and rely on those intrinsic things I learned as a 15-year-old in a field at a bluegrass festival — tapping into how I felt back then, and how I still feel today about this music.”

With modern-day bluegrass currently experiencing another high- water mark as names like Billy Strings, Molly Tuttle and Sierra Hull proudly carry the torch of tradition and evolution, Raines finds solidarity in the ongoing growth and progress of the “high, lonesome sound” — this fine line between respect and rebellion that Raines has seamlessly balanced since the beginning.

“I watched that first generation of [bluegrass] people doing all that — creating traditional music, then breaking away from it to do their own thing,” Raines says. “And all of it is still surviving and flourishing. To me, there’s nothing more bluegrass than the act of absolute innovation — and that’s what we’re doing, because that’s what Monroe did from the start.”

Plan to ENJOY the DAY – or an OVERNIGHT – in FOXBURG!

Allegheny River view from the Foxburg Inn deck

Before the concert of Missy Raines & Allegheny enjoy Foxburg – take a brisk walk in the gorgeous summer afternoon along the Allegheny River trail or rent bicycles or have a scenic pontoon tour on the Allegheny River with Foxburg Tours!

Have lunch or dinner at the Allegheny Grille with seating overlooking the Allegheny River.

Or for more casual fare, at Foxburg Pizza with salads, sandwiches and pizza.

Save time to enjoy a wine tasting or drinks and snacks on the patio of the elegantly remodeled Foxburg Wine Cellars

OR – Have a get-away-weekend and stay over Saturday night in Foxburg in the rustically elegant and remodeled Foxburg Inn – where every room has a view of the river!

or if the Foxburg Inn is sold out for a wedding, stay up the river at Emlenton’s historic bed and breakfast, The Barnard House.