Honey Run is a husband-and-wife bluegrass duo from the small town of Sonora, CA. Owen Ragland and Kat Baker alternate vocals, mandolin, fiddle, and guitar. The group plays a variety of new takes on traditional songs as well as original bluegrass and folk music. The full sound that accompanies the thoughtful lyrics and catchy melodies ranges from tender to downright fun. Their storytelling and friendly banter brings the audience into the worlds of their songs.
Owen brings a heavy bluegrass background to all of his playing. Having the great fortune of being the son of a mandolin/guitar picker and a banjo player, he has developed a gritty lean-in playing style unlike any other. Kat began her musical journey busking on the streets of Columbia, CA as a kid. Along with her catalog of catchy heartfelt original songs and thoughtful picking, and her voice has a strong oldtime quality that rarely fails to turn ears and heads. In 2020 Owen and Kat found themselves living together and began playing live streams in the depth of the pandemic. As the pandemic began to wind down, Honey Run began touring as a bluegrass duo playing across California, Oregon, Washington and even in British Columbia.
In 2023 Honey Run released their first collection of recordings, Gluebrass, an EP of reworked traditional bluegrass and folk songs.Their first full length album, Days Gone By, is coming in Spring 2025 and tells the story of many lives through original songs assembled by the multi-instrumentalist duo.
