Melonie Cannon has come clean: She’s been battling an addiction to prescription medications.

The surprise revelation comes from Rural Rhythm Records, Cannon’s record label.

Rural Rhythm issued a lengthy press release about Cannon’s personal struggle….

Rural Rhythm Records currently has two #1s on the May 2009 Bluegrass Unlimited Magazine National Bluegrass Survey with Lonesome River Band climbing to #1 on the Top 15 Album Chart with “No Turning Back” and Carrie Hassler and Hard Rain at #1 on the Top 30 Single Chart with “I Can Go Back Anytime” from the album “CHHR2“….

I think I swerved. Just a bit. But just a bit at 70 mph can be unnerving.

I’d left home shortly after my Sunday breakfast and had a 25-mile ride down the interstate ahead of me to my destination. Before leaving the house, I’d grabbed a couple of CDs that I’d put off reviewing for too long. I decided on Melonie Cannon’s new release, And the Wheels Turn.

Nashville Tenn. — Rural Rhythm Records President, Sam Passamano announced the new single, “Back To Earth” a duet with Melonie Cannon and Willie Nelson has been shipped to country radio stations via CDX and also available through Airplay Direct. The song appears on Melonie’s current Rural Rhythm album, And The Wheels Turn.

Canadian fiddler April Verch’s new release, Steal The Blue, is chalk full of bluegrass artists.

Her seventh CD, Steal The Blue, is the first to feature her touring band and includes several familiar names, including Tim Stafford, Steve Gulley, Craig Market, Larry Cordle, Ron Block, Melonie Cannon, and Patty Mitchell among the songwriters and harmony vocalists.