Royal Traveller (Compass 7 4715-2, 2018) is Missy Raines's Compass Records debut as a songwriter, produced by Alison Brown and featuring a rotating cast including Stuart Duncan, Tim O'Brien, Claire Lynch, Amy Ray, Todd Phillips, and Mike Bub. The album's centerpiece is "Swept Away," a First Ladies of Bluegrass showcase pairing Raines (bass) with Alison Brown (banjo), Becky Buller (fiddle), Sierra Hull (mandolin), and Molly Tuttle (guitar) — a track that won the 2019 IBMA Recorded Event of the Year. The album received a Grammy nomination for Best Bluegrass Album in 2020, representing the full flowering of Raines's creative ambitions after decades of establishing herself as the instrument's definitive practitioner.
Tracklist
- 1 Allegheny Town 3:32
- 2 Fearless Love 4:40
- 3 Swept Away 3:57
- 4 Royal Traveller 4:05
- 5 Free World 3:37
- 6 I’ve Endured alt version 3:38
- 7 Under A Dark Sky 4:40
- 8 To Here From There 3:56
- 9 Goodbye Virginia 3:08
- 10 So Good (Tell Me What to Keep) 5:14
- 11 Darlin' Pal(s) of Mine 2:28
