Press

“Though from Oakland, their Southern-fried jazz is so authentic that [audiences] may wonder whether they’ve been transported to the Big Easy.”
— LA TimesRead Article

“The album is a collective of feel good sounds and it is impossible not to tap your foot and smile while listening. Better than the individual songs, though, is the potential that the songs have for raucous live performances.”
— Washington DC ExaminerRead Article

“The band embraces the grassrootsy vibe that’s emanated out of the NorCal music scene for decades, and in live-album form, their sing-alongs and jammy breakdowns feel instantly familiar. This is music toGhost Tiger groove to, and it feels perfectly suited for blustery nights and dancing close.”
— Santa Barbera IndependentRead Article

“The Honeydrops lit up the big crowd — a multicultural mob that included naval officers and tattooed hipsters — with their good-time music. They dug into Chuck Berry and Fats Domino grooves, early-jazz blues, a rousing version of Wilson Pickett’s Don’t Let the Green Grass Fool You, and a dancing original called Breakdown that married South African township jive with New Orleans second-line parade music. ”
— San Francisco Classical VoiceRead Article

“…The influences from this band are heavily rooted in artists from the Stax theater, New Orleans horny funk, crossroad country Blues, and woodshed honky tonks…The openness & youthfulness of the music takes you back to a time when music was made for fun and not for monetary gain…”
— Kyle Palarino, BluesWax.com

“…The California Honeydrops, from Oakland, are the most refreshing act to roll down the blues highway in some time. Few groups before them have melded so many strains of African American music into such a seamless whole…”
— Lee Hildebrand, Living Blues Magazine, Livingblues.com