The Honey Dewdrops are Laura Wortman and Kagey Parrish.

Laura and Kagey met in September 2003 and spent a lot of time talking about guitars, organic gardening, the importance of supporting local economies, and why certain old albums are better than certain new albums. They also debated whether two guitar players should play together with two guitars, and decided for selfish reasons that they, in fact, should. Together with writing their own songs and harping on old country and blues tunes they found in old boxes in old closets (and on friends’ computers), Laura and Kagey began putting together a repertoire that Laura says “fits us.” You could call the Honey Dewdrops’ original material singer-songwriter because they do write and sing songs. You might just want to say that Laura and Kagey write honest songs with affective melodies that leave you feeling happy and sad and coming back for more. With subtle perception and complimenting guitar work, these songs bring to mind journeys, beginnings and ends, Robert Frank photographs, and a close feeling to home. A record is in the works now, to be released in Winter 2009. The album will be a collection of songs that Laura and Kagey have written over the past two years which includes material that comes straight from the heart, and straight from the heart of the Blue Ridge mountains where they abide near Charlottesville, Virginia. Some of the songs are award winners and a few of them got Laura and Kagey plane tickets to St. Paul, Minnesota where they appeared on A Prairie Home Companion’s “People in their Twenties Talent Show” in March 2008. Stay tuned – this promises to be a set of songs that’s full of spirit and soul.

The Honey Dewdrops are still spending a lot of time talking about guitars and records both old and new. They are also out on the road a lot, leaving old Virginia and playing all over the south and east U.S. Recently they’ve been playing alongside performers such as Sarah Lee Guthrie and Johnny Irion, Stacey Earle and Mark Stuart, Uncle Monk, and the Biscuit Burners.

Keep an ear bent and an eye open because the Honey Dewdrops are coming at least somewhere close by you in the near future. they’ll be happy to talk with you about a variety of topics including song-writing, the joys of barn-life, the tonal qualities of red spruce bracing, and, of course, the best restaurants to find tasty natural and organic dishes.