"The Soil We Grew Up In" is featured a on Knoxville compilation CD. "The disc includes internationally known acts, including Scott Miller, Donald Brown and RobinElla, and artists who deserve international recognition, including Christabel and the Jons, the Lonetones, Senryu, the American Plague and Sci-Fi Lovestory."
Steph Gunnoe’s singing ranks with the best of 'em - lucinda williams, iris dement, hazel dickens....
Nature Hatin' Blues was featured on NPR's website. Click below to read the story.
Steph Gunnoe and Sean McCollough produce bittersweet harmonies as plaintively haunting and beautiful as the landscape of their Appalachian home. Gunnoe’s voice yields a tender-ripe yearning tempered by McCollough’s rich accompaniment. The duo’s songs and lyrics have a timeless quality reminiscent of masters such as the Carter Family or acclaimed moderns such as Gillian Welch and David Rawlings, Iris DeMent or Victoria Williams and Marc Olson. Gunnoe and McCollough create imaginative melodies of nostalgia and longing, that sing of dusky mountain twilights and introspection.
The Lone Tones have played at several of our festivals and are a favorite with the audience. Steph Gunnoe, a gifted songwriter, creates poetry that at times touches our pain lightly enough to bring tears to our eyes. Her lyrics and melodies speak to modern dilemmas, while the West Virginia sound of her voice keeps the music rooted in the past.