Rhonda Vincent is marking Veterans Day (11/11) by donating all proceeds from product sales on her web site today to the Support Our Soldiers radiothon, a 24 hour fund raising event broadcast live online.

Money, meet mouth.

Support Our Soldiers is a non-profit organization based in Florida that…

is dedicated to supporting the many Veterans organizations that share our sincere commitment to uphold a strong sense of community service and social responsibility by providing services to needy active duty soldiers, veterans of war, and their families.

Our organization was created to both raise the funds necessary to support well-deserving Veterans Organizations, as well as to invoke a movement to renew a sense of patriotism and brotherly love – to unify, raise awareness, educate, inspire and embrace our great nation.  This is about America taking care of “its own.”

To participate, simply make a CD purchase from Rhonda’s online store by midnight tonight, and she will make a donation equal to the proceeds from today’s sales to SOS. Direct donations are also being accepted online.

Here’s a Veterans Day salute to all current and former members of the US military from The Bluegrass Blog.

Bluegrass Music Profiles is out with their 4th annual Women In Bluegrass issue, with Dale Ann Bradley gracing the cover.

Since 2005, BMP has dedicated their November/December issue to the ladies, with both feature articles and regular columns focusing on the contributions of female bluegrass artists and personalities.

The cover article by Deborah Wilbrink follows the familiar BMP interview format. An example…

BMP: What are your two favorite bluegrass songs?

DALE ANN BRADLEY: John Deere Tractor remains one of my very favorite songs. Larry Sparks had a hit with it, and The Judds recorded it. I love One Way Track, it’s been a mainstay for Boone Creek, one of the songs that progressed bluegrass. Ricky [Skaggs] has recorded it too in recent times, both of those are standards for a generation.

Also found in the new issue:

• Rhonda Vincent – Christmas Memories
• Claire Lynch and Alecia Nugent – Bluegrass Favorites
• Frances Mooney – Shop Talk
• Carrie Hassler – Bluegrass Poster
• Jennifer Strickland – Songwriter Profile
• Bertie Sullivan – Promoter Profile
• Erica Brady – DJ Profile

Subscription and single-issue details can be found online.

Rhonda Vincent had a concert this past Thursday (11/5) at The Ryman in Nashville, opening for Willie Nelson. The show was part of Willie’s current tour in support of his latest CD, American Classic, released in August of this year. It’s a collection of standards and show tunes in his inimitable style.

Rhonda posted a number of photos from the show on her Facebook page, and there is also a very nice slide show of images online, taken by Heather Byrd of The Tennessean.

Looks like it was a fun show.

Want to tour with Rhonda Vincent?

Well she isn’t hiring, but her two talented daughters are. Tensel and Sally Sandker are both studying in the bluegrass music program at East Tennesse State University, and perform as Next Best Thing.

Tensel plays bass, Sally mandolin/guitar, and as you might expect, both of them sing. They have another talented young lady, Haley Stiltner, on banjo and are looking for one more to complete the group.

Rhonda posted this on her Facebook profile this morning:

“If you’re a guitar/mandolin picker, who sings beautiful baritone…..my girls are auditioning musicians. Give them a call 615-390-4610. They’re in search of the perfect person to join NEXT BEST THING. They’ll be working lots of shows with us next year. And, they’re going in the studio very soon.”

You can hear a couple of songs from Next Best Thing on their MySpace page.