★★★★★
There is something magical when certain albums are played for the first time, an excitement of anticipation as the sound comes from your speakers; goose bumps forming on your arms. Such a magic happens with "Only Me" the latest double CD release by Rhonda Vincent.
Let me get down to the brass-tacks, Rhonda Vincent's music contains flawless singing and musicianship that is moving...
- rootsmusicreport.com
2014-02-20
★★★★★
Rhonda Vincent knows her way around a song, whether it's a slow country shuffle drenched in steel guitars or a skittering bluegrass tune propelled by fiddles. A singer's singer, her voice is the gold standard in bluegrass and country music, and on this new double album, Vincent not only demonstrates her vocal depth and breadth but also honors the music that has inspired her over the years...
- www.engine145.com
2014-05-28
★★★★★
There is something magical when certain albums are played for the first time, an excitement of anticipation as the sound comes from your speakers; goose bumps forming on your arms. Such a magic happens with "Only Me" the latest double CD release by Rhonda Vincent. Let me get down to the brass-tacks, Rhonda Vincent's music contains flawless singing and musicianship that is moving...
- rootsmusicreport.com
2014-01-12
★★★★★
Seven is certainly Rhonda Vincent's lucky number. This seven-time International Bluegrass Association female vocalist bowed her seventh Rounder album, Good Thing Going, this January. As the title implies, it's a testament to why she remains the reigning empress of bluegrass. Vincent's vocals still ache in that high lonesome kind of way that bluegrass fans never tire of turning up. GTG finds Vincent deep in love...
- www.americansongwriter.com
2013-04-25
★★★★★
In a genre that generally has stars that are little-known to the general country music, Bluegrass music should be thankful to have an ambassador like Rhonda Vincent. Perhaps the genre's biggest singular star, Rhonda has transcended Bluegrass to become a well-known figure in country music as well...
- roughstock.com
2010-12-07
★★★★★
Nearly twenty years after her debut, Rhonda Vincent still stands as one of the most vital voices in all of bluegrass. Blessed with a crystal-clear soprano that practically pops off the record, Vincent is adept at the most tortuous of heartache songs as well as the high-energy hoedowns that define her chosen genre. Her streak of winners remains intact with her newest album, Destination Life. For the first time, Vincent is joined solely by members of her traveling band, The Rage...
- roughstock.com
2010-12-07
★★★★★
Rhonda Vincent's Christmas album works because she commits to the songs, and to what the songs are supposed to be. She doesn't make them show pieces for her voice and mandolin skills, instead singing the songs beautifully and sincerely, with just enough personality to make the versions distinct but not so much that the sentiments are lost. The light bluegrass treatments are also perfect for Christmas songs, giving them a little swing and a sympathetic, hopeful sonic context.
- www.offbeat.com
2010-11-09
★★★★★
After spending the last 10 years on Rounder Records, where she built up one of contemporary bluegrass music's steadiest catalogues, Rhonda Vincent goes the indie route with Taken. Establishing her own record label and then building her own recording studio and production team, Vincent uses Taken as an opportunity to prove her skill in managing every aspect of her career. It's telling that the album is perhaps Vincent's strongest and most confident record to date...
- www.slantmagazine.com
2010-09-24
★★★★★
20 years after her solo debut on disc, Rhonda Vincent follows up last year's disappointingly uneven Good Thing Going with a strong studio album that finds her collaborating with newly reconstituted touring accompanists, The Rage (the outgoing Kenny Ingram and Darrell Webb replaced now by Hunter Berry on fiddle and Mickey Harris on bass) in what she insists is ''the first Rhonda and The Rage project as a complete joint effort''...
- www.bbc.co.uk
2010-08-22
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