The Local Honeys hail from Kentucky. Montana Hobbs and Linda Jean Stokley are committed to the preservation of the music they have grown up with, Bluegrass and Appalachian. They are also keen to create something new. Playing fiddle and banjo, their music is a mix of the traditional and the original. They are the first women to graduate from their state university’s degree programme in Traditional ‘Hillbilly’ music.

They are fans of the work done by Alan Lomax and Shirley Collins in collecting traditional music of the Deep South in the 1950s.

They are international ambassadors of Appalachian music, and they describe themselves as environmentalists and feminists. They are storytellers and musicians, aware of social and environmental issues, and performing and writing songs to highlight these concerns.

Their UK tour and festival appearances in the summer of 2019 have introduced them to a new audience on the folk and roots music scene and we are delighted to be able to invite them onto the Talking Gigs stage when they return for a longer tour in November.