Rhonda Vincent
Rhonda Vincent (born July 13, 1962) is a mandolinist, guitarist, fiddler, singer, and bandleader from Kirksville, Missouri, who grew up in nearby Greentop. At five she started performing with her family's band, the Sally Mountain Show, led by her parents, Johnny and Carolyn Vincent. The band played on KTVO television and KIRX radio and toured the festival circuit in the 1970s and 1980s. She released country albums in the 1990s, including two on Giant Records, before returning to bluegrass with Back Home Again (2000). From then on she led her band, the Rage. IBMA named her Female Vocalist of the Year seven years in a row, from 2000 to 2006, and again in 2015. It named her Entertainer of the Year in 2001. She co-hosted the 1998 IBMA Awards show. Her albums have been nominated for several Grammy Awards, and All the Rage: In Concert, Volume One won the Grammy for Best Bluegrass Album at the 2018 ceremony, tied with another album. She recorded duet albums with Gene Watson and with Daryle Singletary. She joined the Grand Ole Opry in 2020 and was inducted into the Missouri Music Hall of Fame in 2017.
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