Kentucky natives Montanna Hobbs and Linda Jean Stokley make up the musical duo The Local Honeys, who have toured with well-known artists including Tyler Childers and Colter Wall. The Local Honeys will be in Owensboro this Thursday for an intimate concert at the Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame and Museum.
The concert is the first of three in the Hall of Fame’s Winter Warmer Series. The second performance will be by the Crying Uncle Bluegrass Band on February 8, with the third by Buffalo Wabs and the Price Hill Hustle on February 29.
The Winter Warmer Series takes place on the second floor of the Hall of Fame, with an intimate atmosphere.
“Enjoy this unique experience around the music, where we transform our Gallery Room into a café for this series, enabling people to experience the music up close and personal with each artist,” organizers said in a release.
The cost to attend is $20 per night. Each show begins at 7 p.m., with doors opening at 6. The event also features a full bar, concessions, and table service. Find out more or get tickets here.
A release says of The Local Honeys: “Though many artists are defined by place, only a handful of artists come to define the places they’re from. The Local Honeys are Kentucky, and Kentucky runs through their veins like an unbridled racehorse. When a master songsmith like Tom T. Hall calls an artist ‘a great credit to a wonderful Kentucky tradition’ it’s time to pull up a chair and pay attention. As it pertains to The Local Honeys he was right on the money. For almost a decade the duo have been an integral part of the Kentucky musicscape. They’ve paid their dues, garnering countless accolades and accomplishments, and have become the defining sound of real-deal, honest-to-god Kentucky music.”
The bluegrass community considers The Crying Uncle Bluegrass Band one of the most exciting young groups in acoustic music, blending bluegrass, “Dawg,” and jazz with modern originals. The band hails from northern California, where they are a mainstay on the emerging west coast bluegrass scene.
Buffalo Wabs and The Price Hill Hustle wrap up the series, bringing a “toe-tapping, knee-slapping, boot-stomping kind of sound,” according to the release, which says the band pulls from all sorts of genres – from Lead Belly to John Prine and Woody Guthrie to Willy Tea Taylor – to create something unique and deep-rooted.
