Do drop in on the Honey Dewdrops
When Kagey Parrish and Laura Wortman write songs they say they like to link images of a forgotten past with contemporary words.
Some call it roots music.
They moved to Charlottesville last June. Richmond wasn’t quite as welcoming to the roots crowd.
The couple met in college. He, a Richmonder, attended Hampden-Sydney. She, a Western Albemarle High School grad who grew up in Batesville, graduated from Longwood University in 2006. For the past six years, they have been performing as the Honey Dewdrops. You might have heard them at Gravity Lounge, or the Outback Lodge, or Mono Loco, or Rapunzel’s.
“We like playing in listening venues more than bars,“ Wortman said. “We played in Starr Hill before it closed.“
Their repertoire covers covers from old time to rock ‘n’ roll, but the duo also is building up a collection of original music.
They performed an a cappella folk song during the “Guy Noir” comedy segment of “A Prairie Home Companion” on March 15. That was the night they were named the champions of NPR’s Talented Twenty-Something contest.
Since they have been back home, Parrish and Wortman have had a slew of email on their MySpace page.
People loved their sound. They want them to see them perform. You might, too.
Check them out at myspace.com/thehoneydewdrops
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Mary Alice Blackwell was a sportswriter for 11 years before turning in her scorebook to cover cops and courts. The Virginia Tech Hokie joined the staff of The Daily Progress in 1987 and has spent the past dozen or so years writing about actors, musicians, artists, authors and, occasionally, her running buddies. 
