Meet the Band

Christa Joy and the Honeybees

Christa Joy is the band leader of the Western Massachusetts based, “Christa Joy and the Honeybees.” Original Americana with a classic country flair, the group includes Lisa Marie Ellingsen (lead guitar), Tim Bowles (pedal steel), Jason Smith (drums) and Tom LeBeau (bass).

Joy has released five full length albums, You and I Know (2025), Christa Joy and the Honeybees (2024), Get On, Heart! (2019), Daughter of Your Lost Art (2014), and Ready or Not (2012). She. has also released a handful of singles in recent years, including The Gift of Your Love at Christmas (2024) and Looking in the Rearview (2025). The band is slated to record the remaining songs of a new album in 2026.