storyhill is an american folk duo, composed of chris cunningham and john hermanson. the acoustic songwriting duo formed in bozeman, montana in 1989 simply as chris & johnny. they did not adopt the name storyhill until 1996. they started performing together in montana and later minnesota, creating a strong grass-roots following before surprisingly breaking up in 1997. after this, both hermanson and cunningham separately pursued solo and group musical endeavors. hermanson performed with the band alva star and the band the hopefuls, while cunningham performed with sixth sense and singer-songwriter justin roth. much to their listeners' enjoyment, the pair later happily reunited. after a number of self-produced albums they signed with red house records to produce the album "storyhill" (2007), which received favorable reviews. the album was voted "best acoustic ensemble cd of the year" by the "indie acoustic music project". the group is a winner of the 2007 kerrville new folk competition.