Rhonda Vincent photo by Albert Sanchez, courtesy of Rounder Records.

Russell Moore, whose soaring voice has thrilled bluegrass fans as part of the popular band IIIrd Tyme Out, joins Rhonda on a particularly meaningful ballad, "I Give All My Love To You." "To me," Rhonda says, "that song has become the centerpiece of the album. My assistant and dear friend Julia was getting married not long ago, and I was her wedding planner. She couldn't find a song for her wedding, so I took pen and paper and snuck off to the back of our Martha White Bluegrass Express bus, and just started writing down what I thought of her and how happy I was for her." That fans have already been asking Rhonda for permission to perform the song at their own weddings, or those of their loved ones, is powerful testament to the song's honest, heartfelt sentiment.

It is the same heartfelt honesty that has propelled Rhonda Vincent to her standing among the premier artists in today's burgeoning bluegrass field. Born and raised in a musical family, she made her onstage debut singing and tapping a snare drum with her family's band The Sally Mountain Show when she was five years old. She picked up the mandolin (the instrument most associated with her, though she's no slouch on any instrument with strings) at age eight, the same year she released her debut 45 – a driving take on "Muleskinner Blues." Learning the nuances of harmony, arrangement, and stage presence by performing throughout her childhood, Rhonda grew into a formidable musician and a radiant, captivating lead singer able to deliver both overpowering up-tempo numbers and soulful, introspective ballads. Her early bluegrass solo albums led to a Nashville deal, and the experience of recording her two fine commercial country efforts taught her essential lessons about the inner workings of the music industry.

Rhonda triumphantly returned to bluegrass with her 2000 Rounder debut Back Home Again. That same year, the bluegrass community welcomed her back with Female Vocalist of the Year honors at that year's International Bluegrass Music Association awards – her first of an unprecedented seven consecutive wins in that category. She received the coveted Entertainer of the Year award from IBMA in 2001, concurrent with the release of her second Rounder album The Storm Still Rages. One Step Ahead followed in 2003, which included "You Can't Take It With You When You Go." A live CD and DVD project, Ragin' Live, was released in 2005, while All-American Bluegrass Girl, featuring the propulsive title track (a number one hit on the Bluegrass Unlimited charts), came out in 2006.

In addition to her rigorous touring, performing, and recording schedule, Rhonda opened her own studio, Adventure Studios, in Nashville in 2005 – where All-American Bluegrass Girl and Good Thing Going were recorded. "In everything we do," Vincent explains, "we're attempting to create something unique and special. Having my own studio gives me the freedom to do that, with no time constraints. While we were recording this new album, some of the musicians in the studio said one day 'You're not recording tracks – you're creating something.' That meant a lot to me."