Melissa Etheridge helped celebrate her eldest daughter’s wedding at a Sonoma County winery earlier this month with the performance of a yet-to-be-released song.
Bailey Cypheridge married Jocelyn Simone Rhude in a Sept. 5 ceremony at Glen Ellen’s B.R. Cohn Winery in front of 160 loved ones that featured 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. “It was really special. Jocelyn works in music and my whole family are musicians so (the concert) was really important to us.”
Other artists who performed were friends, clients of Rhude’s music marketing business and family members, including Sonoma singer-songwriter Marty O’Reilly; Portland, Oregon-based artist Jessa Graves (J. Graves), New York City-based songwriters Liza Colby and Kia Warren (SUSU), 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 planned to be included in 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.
Along with the wedding, the couple are celebrating recently moving into a new house in Sonoma, Rhude’s hometown, where they live with their three dogs.
“We’re having fun, it’s dreamy,” Rhude said.