Singer/songwriters Yvonne Perea and Moody Little Sister (Naomi Sparrow and Rob Stroup) take widely divergent approaches to production on their new albums, but they deliver much the same balm: however bad your situation may appear, you most likely have the means to make it better.
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hONEyhoUSe ‘Kicks Up the Dust’ on New Release
hONEyhoUSe: Danielle Andrade, Mandy Buchanan, Yvonne Perea, Hillary Smith, Diane De Leon
People familiar with hONEyhoUSe’s earlier recordings might need to make a small adjustment to their expectations on hearing the new album, Kick Up the Dust, currently available here and at hONEyhoUSe concerts. The sound is different—softer, instrumentally richer, more polished, radio friendlier—but all the hONEyhoUSe earmarks are in place, and the magic is very much in play. Their message remains the same, and it might be summed up this way: “This is the only life/world we have. Ain’t it a beaut. Keep your head up, trust in goodness, and make the best of it. We know you can. Here, let us help.” Continue reading
CD Release Party Promises a Double Dose of hONEyhoUSe Live
hONEyhoUSe: Yvonne Perea, Mandy Buchanan, Hillary Smith
On February 19 at the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center, the magical trio hONEyhoUSe—Mandy Buchanan, Yvonne Perea, and Hillary Smith—will celebrate the release of their live album, Raw Honey. It’s a double shot of hONEyhoUSe love: a live concert, all but guaranteed to lift the spirit and open the heart, and a new album that captures the special energy of their live performances and cements their standing as one of the finest singing/songwriting groups in the country today. Continue reading
hONEyhoUSe Goes Live at the Outpost
BACK FROM A SONGWRITING/RECORDING TRIP TO NASHVILLE, HONEYHOUSE GETS SET TO RECORD A LIVE ALBUM IN ALBUQUERQUE
If you see little red marks up and down the arms of Mandy Buchanan, Yvonne Perea, and Hillary Smith—collectively known as hONEyhoUSe—there’s no need to be concerned. They’re still pinching one another after a dream week in Nashville, where they opened for the Burrito Brothers at Douglas Corner Café, performed at the Blue Bird Café, and spent marathon songwriting sessions in the studio with award-winning luminaries on the Nashville scene.
Back home, they’re preparing for two performances at the Outpost this Sunday, which will be recorded for a live album to be released this summer. Continue reading
hONEyhoUSe Keeps It Tender (Updated)
hONEyhoUSe, Sweep (independent)
A Review
Just as plants turn instinctively to the light, so hONEyhoUSe turns to the healing properties of faith, hope, love, sisterhood, and self-
affirmation. They’re healiotropic. Healing is their mission. Their third release, the
beautifully packaged Sweep, delivers the
musical balm that Honeyheads crave.
Mandy Buchanan, Yvonne Perea, and Hillary Smith—with the support of Savannah Thomas on percussion and Maude Beenhouwer on bass—return to the intimate and acoustic setting of their first album, Sun, moving away from the full band setting of their second album, Medicine Lodge. I was not fully prepared for the quieter setting, having recently seen them at the Albuquerque Museum’s outdoor amphitheater, backed by a full band and blasting through a powerful sound system on a lovely summer night. They sounded great, and big enough to fill any arena, indoors or out. But that performance colored my expectations, and it took me two or three listens before I could let Sweep come to me on its own terms. Continue reading