Missy Raines & The New Hip will be playing their 2013 Official SXSW Showcase Thursday, March 14th, at Creekside, Hilton Garden Inn, 10:00pm- 10:40pm, Austin TX.

You can still get tickets for this Friday’s show at The Red Clay Theatre in Duluth GA (Atlanta area) where Eddie Owen Presents Missy Raines & the New Hip along with special guests, Playing on the Planet  http://www.eddieowenpresents.com/

The New Hip’s Saturday, Feb 2nd’s show with Balsam Range at the Colonial Theater in Canton NC is sold out.  Stay tuned for another opportunity to see these 2 great bands live together in the region-  another show has already been booked!!

Missy Raines is interviewed by Jon Liebman in this new interview on For Bass Players Only. She talks about her early exposures to music and learning bass, her thoughts on other female bassists, teaching online bass lessonswith ArtistWorks, and much more.

“I didn’t teach myself, really. I learned from those around me. I learned by listening and I picked up as much as I could. I did not study formally, though; I just played. I was a teenager and I just played all the time. I played with records and I played with other people. I would go to bluegrass festivals and spend hours and hours jamming with other musicians, mostly people my own age, so it was just that.” – Missy Raines

Click HERE to read more.

We’ve just learned that we have an official showcase at the SXSW Conference 2013 held in Austin TX… Yes MA’M!!

We are stoked to be headed to one of the best music towns on the planet- for one of the biggest conferences ever.

We are excited that, come the new year, we’ll  be hitting the southeast and Florida at some pretty awesome venues!

Jan 17  The Melting Point, Athens GA

Jan 19  Fodor’s Grove, Orlando FL

Jan 20 Skipper’s Smokehouse along with Have Gun Will Travel and Mark Newton & Steve Thomas

We’ve also got shows at the Red Clay Theater, (Eddie Owen Presents!) on Friday, Feb 1,  and then we’ll head to the  Colonial Theatre in Canton, NC on Feb 2 for a co-bill with one of my favorite bands, Balsam Range.  We’re part of the Balsam Range Winter Concert Series.

After that it’s on to California, Texas and back to the Southeast- so stay tuned and check back often…