Howdy howdy folks!

Hello Everyone and Happy Warm Weather!

Our debut record, If the Sun Will Shine, is due out by May 16th!  We are so excited to share two years worth of songwriting with you as well as our best effort at an entirely live recording for your listening pleasure.  The record consists of 11 original songs, some which we released on our EP last year as well as 5 brand new ones.

We are having our first official CD release party at Mad Hatter Coffee in Farmville, Virginia-Saturday, May 16th at 7 o'clock.  It is just 3 dollars to get in, plus, this will be the first unveiling of the record.  Come and celebrate with us!

If you are out of the area, don't worry- we plan on coming to a town near you.  We are also heading out on the road, leaving our teaching jobs behind, to play, play play!  Check out our tour schedule on myspace or www.thehoneydewdrops.com for the latest info on our whereabouts.  We definitely plan on having a release party in or around the Charlottesville area soon as well- stay posted!

Here are the next dates for May we have planned:

5/2 Heart of Virginia Festival, Farmville, VA----1:15pm

5/7 is Venue (formerly Starr Hill) playing w/Yarn and Ali Marcus, Charlottesville, VA--10pm

5/16 Mad Hatter Coffee, Farmville, VA-----7pm

5/23 The White Hart, Lynchburg, VA -----730pm

5/29 Friday's after 5:45, Scottsville, VA----545pm

For those who live out of the area, you will be able to purchase our record online at cdbaby.com or itunes- as soon as we get things up and running on those sites, we'll make an announcement.

Thank you to everyone for your patience and support while we've put this together.  This is an exciting journey for us and we look forward to sharing it with you.

Warmest Wishes,

Laura and Kagey

The Honey Dewdrops, Live and Online!

Hello Friends- Our new website is up and running!!!

Welcome to our new, official website designed by our friend Tim Owens. We are very excited to bring you weekly news on our musical endeavors, tour information, photographs, new tunes, and all the information YOU need to stay informed.

On this site, you will find links to our Myspace page, Facebook page, Sonicbids EPK, our email address- so that if you just want to say hello, you can! Join our mailing list to get our up-to-date information in your inbox- it's as easy as entering your email on the home page. We will post all of our tour dates and new photographs as we get them.

We will be continuing to update the site as we get used to things and work out all the kinks, but for now- we are LIVE AND ONLINE!!!

Please feel free to contact us with questions, comments, etc. We're happy to hear from everyone.

In other exciting news, we have finished recording our record. We are in the process of finalizing everything and YOU will be the first to know when it's ready to be heard- stay tuned!

Happy Spring and can't wait to hear from you,
Laura and Kagey

www.thehoneydewdrops.com

We have just returned to our little home from Memphis and we are so excited to share information about some amazing musicians we had the privilege to meet, jam with, or listen to. These folks are very talented and we are humbled by their music. Check them out and support them because they are trying to do just what we are: play music!

In no order:

1. Devon Sproule, www.devonsproule.com - Our hometown lady tore it up on Saturday night with her new tunes from her newly, anticipated record "Soy Saint George"- A blend of many genres, Devon lights up the stage with her songs, humor and liquor flask! We are proud to call Charlottesville home after her performance.

2. 3 Penny Acre, www.3pennyacre.com - This bluegrass quartet of folks are extremely talented with tight harmonies, great songwriting, and if that wasn't enough, the gift of guitar building. We shared an awesome jam in the hotel lobby with them- They are some of the nicest people you could hope to meet and we're hoping to see them on many festival stages to come- won't be long!

3. The Lost Pines, www.lostpinesband.com- Dynamic 6 piece bluegrass band from Austin, Texas. Fabulous songwriting and again, really stunning 3 part harmonies. We felt a call to them as they sang about the blue ridge and couldn't help but support them- and you should too!

4. Trent Wagler & Jay Lapp, www.trentwagler.com - Male duo from our neck of the woods, we hadn't met them until this conference but had been hearing their names forever! Their setup harks back to the 30's and 40's brother duets with some real energy. Also, they treated us to some great jamming in their hotel room and out in the lobby- real, genuine people.

5. Creaking Tree String Quartet, www.creakingtree.com - The name says it all. This string band from Canada writes tunes that paint pictures and walk the line of "newgrass." We had to see them more than 3 times because we couldn't get enough! Super talented and also a hit at the conference, we enjoyed their writing and covers of Bill Frisell, Bill Evans, and Edgar Meyer tunes.

6. Parkington Sisters, www.parkingtonsisters.com - This group of 5 sisters really do take the stage with a force to be reckoned with, and they really are sisters. We saw them a number of times as well- 5 part harmonies, violins, cello, guitar, and keys, they write well and have very unique vocals.

7. Ginny Hawker & Tracy Schwarz, www.ginnyandtracy.com - This duet has been around a long time having started part of the movement of folk music, having been apart of The New Lost City Ramblers and epitomizing southern harmony duet singing. We feel so fortunate to have met them and attended their workshop this past weekend. They are very nice folks and everyone can find so much to learn from their music and experiences.

There were lots of musicians we met and played with that were all very kind. We had a great time this week and are already looking forward to next year's conference.

Check these people out and support local music, indie music, and go out to see a show!

Cheers!
Laura and Kagey

Coming in Mid- March, we will have an official website which is being worked on by our friend Tim Owens. You will be able to visit: www.thehoneydewdrops.com to see upcoming shows, listen music, view photographs, etc.

We'll let you know when it's officially finished, but in the meantime, you can visit and bookmark it (you'll see a "coming soon" banner)

Cheers!
Laura and Kagey

We have some photographs on our page here taken by Meredith Montague of Charlottesville, Virginia. We asked her to do some promo shots of us on the farm where we live. Please take a moment to look at them and follow her blog to see some more if you like these.

http://mermont.typepad.com/



Hope we see you at a show!
Laura and Kagey

We are featured on Folkalley.com as artist of the month in the open mic section- check us out!

Also, we have a write-up in Fly Magazine. Go to:

http://flymagazine.net/archive_bands_article.cfm?id=75667e0f

Enjoy the remaining summer days!