If you’ve been waiting for country music to remember where it came from, this is your night. Cole Chaney and The Local Honeys bring a double bill of Appalachian authenticity to Asbury Hall at Babeville in Buffalo on April 15, 2026.
Cole Chaney is the kind of artist Nashville doesn’t quite know what to do with — a Kentucky songwriter whose music lives closer to the holler than the highway. His songs are rooted in the eastern Kentucky landscape and the people who inhabit it, delivered with a voice that carries the dust and devotion of a place most country radio pretends doesn’t exist anymore. He writes with the specificity of a storyteller and sings with the conviction of someone who means every word.
The Local Honeys, also out of Kentucky, are the perfect complement. The duo has built a devoted following through their blend of traditional bluegrass, old-time music, and original songwriting that honors the form without being bound by it. Their harmonies are as tight as their connection to the musical traditions they carry forward.
Together, this double bill represents something increasingly rare and valuable: country and bluegrass music that hasn’t been sanded down for mass consumption. It’s the real thing, performed by artists who live it.
Asbury Hall’s gorgeous acoustics and attentive atmosphere make it the right room for music that asks you to listen closely. Western New York doesn’t get many bills this authentic — make the trip.