Sam Gleaves performs innovative mountain music with a sense of history. Sam’s performances combine traditional Appalachian ballads, dance tunes, original songs and the stories that surround the music.
Tyler Hughes has been representing old time Appalachian music and culture on stages all across the east coast since age twelve. Hailing from Big Stone Gap, Virginia, his music is closely associated with that of the Carter Family, Dock Boggs, and Kate Peters Sturgill, among many others from the region.
Stephanie Jeter: As a musician, she has traveled with the ETSU Old-Time Pride Band to the Czech Republic performing traditional Appalachian string band music, as well as performed regionally in East Tennessee and Southwest Virginia at venues such as The Carter Fold, Bristol Rhythm and Roots Reunion, and both nationally and locally on television and radio shows.
Born in Berea, Kentucky, Anne Shelby grew up in Eastern Kentucky, where her family has lived for generations. She is the author of poems, plays, essays and children’s books, including The Man Who Lived in a Hollow Tree and the award-winning Adventures of Molly Whuppie and other Appalachian Folk Tales. She has worked as a storyteller, specializing in Appalachian and world folk tales.
The Local Honeys are a charming duo, born and raised in Central and Eastern Kentucky. The pairing is comprised of Montana Hobbs and Linda Jean Stokley. Montana and Linda Jean are the first females to graduate with Bachelor of Arts degrees in Traditional Music from Morehead State University.
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