LISA O'DONNELL WinstonSalem Journal MERLEFEST 2023 Linda Jean Stokley and Montana Hobbs, the duo who make up The Local Honeys, like to laugh that James Taylor opened for them at MerleFest in 2017. Stokley, performing with Hobbs, had just won first place in the bluegrass category in the... read full story
"We played right after James Taylor, and it was like, 'Let's bring these little songwriters out,'"