“Cold Virginia Rain” appears on Lonesome Highway, the 2004 album by the flatpicker and singer Josh Williams. It is a traditional-style bluegrass lament of lost love, the cold rain of the title setting the mood of the singer’s sorrow.
Williams recorded it with a strong supporting cast of contemporary players — among them Don Rigsby, Missy Raines, Randy Kohrs, Kristin Scott Benson, and Ron Stewart — whose close harmony and clean ensemble work give the song its polish. It is a representative piece of the tradition-minded bluegrass that filled albums like this one in the early 2000s.
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