The Storm Still Rages
In recent years, Missouri-born Rhonda Vincent has become one of  a handful of extraordinary singers whose voices personify the grace,  power, and poetry of contemporary bluegrass music. The 13 exquisite  cuts onStorm Still Rages(which she produced, and on which she  is joined by luminaries like singersAlison Kraussand  Sonya Isaacs, and guitaristBryan Sutton) is a  worthy follow-up to 2000's critically acclaimedBack Home Again, which  marked Vincent's return to bluegrass after a foray into mainstream  country. Whether on a rousing tribute to the lateBill Monroe("Is  the Grass Any Bluer"), spirited bluegrass reprises of honky-tonk  classics ("Drivin' Nails in My Coffin" andHank Williams's "My  Sweet Love Ain't Around"), a sterling Vincent original ("On Solid  Ground"), or a fervent, old-timey gospel number (Carl Story's "You  Don't Love God if You Don't Love Your Neighbor"), Vincent reminds us  what great singing, and great modern bluegrass music, is all about.--Bob Allen