Normally, when someone is asked if they were raised in a barn, it’s meant as a slight to their upbringing, but when The Honey Dewdrops set out to record their first album, a barn seemed like the perfect nursery.
When “If the Sun Will Shine” was released last May, it was praised for its intimacy, both in terms of its sound production and the harmonies of husband-and-wife singer/songwriter duo Kagey Parrish and Laura Wortman.
Their no-frills sessions in a Virginia barn (their home at the time) yielded a sound that’s an honest, accurate representation of their live performances. That was the goal all along, Parrish said.
“We didn’t want to change what our stage show is like to having something different on the record,” he said. “There’s a lot of music out there, and lot of it is super-produced and sounds really good, but this is another way to make music that’s powerful in a different kind of way.”
As a result of their music’s grassroots birthplace, fans of the duo’s recordings will know exactly what to expect when they take the stage Saturday at Charles & Myrtle’s Coffehouse.