Melissa Etheridge performs yet-to-be released song at her daughter's Sonoma Valley wedding

"Melissa Etheridge helped celebrate her eldest daughter's wedding at a Sonoma Valley winery earlier this month with the performance of a yet-to-be-released song. Bailey Cypheridge married Jocelyn Simone Rhude on Sept. 5 at B.R. Cohn Winery in Glen Ellen, in front of 160 guests. The celebration included a concert on the winery's outdoor stage. "She would've sang the whole time if we let her," Cypheridge said of her Grammy Award-winning mother in a phone call Saturday."

"Other artists who performed included friends, clients of Rhude's music marketing business and family members, such as Sonoma singer-songwriter Marty O'Reilly; Jessa Graves (J. Graves), a Portland, Oregon-based artist; Liza Colby and Kia Warren (SUSU), New York City-based songwriters; and San Francisco's Sutro String Quartet. The "Come to My Window" singer's set included a song she wrote for the couple, "More Love," that brought tears to every eye in the house, Cypheridge said. "It was the sweetest present and very classic her," she said, adding that the song is expected to be included on Etheridge's next album, due in 2026."

"The wedding's culinary offerings were Mexico City-themed, Rhude said, with catering led by chef Emma Lipp of Sonoma's Valley Bar + Bottle and Valley Swim Club. "We are such big fans of Valley, we love Emma so much and it was such an honor, honestly, to have them do the food for us," Cypheridge said. The wedding additionally featured all women or queer vendors, including Sonoma florist Heather Finch, photographer Hailley Howard and stylist Chloey Badaway. "We wanted to make sure that we're putting our money where our mouth is in supporting our community," Cypheridge said."

Bailey Cypheridge married Jocelyn Simone Rhude on Sept. 5 at B.R. Cohn Winery in Glen Ellen before 160 guests. Melissa Etheridge performed a yet-to-be-released song she wrote for the couple, "More Love," and joined a concert that included friends, clients and family artists such as Marty O'Reilly, J. Graves, Liza Colby, Kia Warren and the Sutro String Quartet. The reception featured Mexico City–themed catering by chef Emma Lipp of Valley Bar + Bottle and Valley Swim Club. All vendors were women or queer, including florist Heather Finch, photographer Hailley Howard and stylist Chloey Badaway. The couple also recently moved into a new house in Sonoma.

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